Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...and for Austin voters this year, the most important local questions are near the bottom of the ballot (or..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...ballots, was 217,428 voters – a 37% turnout that local election officials found most pleasing. County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

The Roots of the Left

Sixties Austin took a deep whiff of revolution.

"...repression that was law enforcement's reflexive response to student activism and partly to illustrate how absurd the word "intelligence"..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Dragons in the Whorehouse

Houston STP Lawyers Depose "No Nuke" Activists

"...conspiracy going on between the Austin City councilmembers and local anti-nuke activists to harass and disrupt the Houston utility...."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...two years thereafter. "Those were the beginning embers of activism," he said. "Even as a young kid you could..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The AggreGAYtor SPECIAL EDITION: The Chikin Chronikles

A extra heapin'-helpin' of LGBTQ news, dipping sauce not required

"...As reported this Wednesday and last Friday , the local response to Chick-fil-A has been swift. The AggreGAYtor took..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Endorsements

"...and prepare yourself for the ballots closest to the local ground: City Council, AISD Board of Trustees, and ACC..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...and prepare yourself for the ballots closest to the local ground: City Council, AISD Board of Trustees, and ACC..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...and prepare yourself for the ballots closest to the local ground: City Council, AISD Board of Trustees, and ACC..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Not Your Daddy's Facial Hair

Kate Messer brings us up to date on the drag king scene in Austin.

"...began to form in the minds and jockstraps of local filmmakers K. Bradford and Mocha Jean Herrup late summer,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Net Worth

"..."Hacktivism" -- a word combining "hacker" and "activism" -- is an interesting term if you're into the..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Lazaro and The Shark: Cuba Under the Surface

Protest, poverty, and art intersect in Cuba's conga culture

"...The documentary (which recieved its local premiere at last year's Sound Unseen festival) focuses on..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Annie Flores

Faster Than Sound: New Cocktail Lounge Takes Over Ex-Sidewinder Space

Run by former Scoot Inn and Longbranch owner James Stockbauer, Birdie Num Nums maintains the outdoor stage.

"...karaoke, and then occasionally bigger bands, rather than just local stuff."..."

July 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...goes to provoke ICE into arresting her, passes beyond activism and out of common sense. Yet that’s the root..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Monsters and Men

Racism drama never matches its powerhouse opening sequence

"...D, a neighborhood fixture who sold loosies outside a local deli (shades of Eric Garner’s death by police chokehold..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drag Out HIV for Pride 2018

Beatrix Lastrange joins forces with Planned Parenthood for Pride

"...Rio Grande Valley’s rich history of drag performance and activism to advocate for HIV awareness. Uvalles says performing drag..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Point Austin: Meet the Republicans

The Republicans hold their convention while licking their wounds

"...scandal going on outside the St. Paul convention, where local police in cooperation with federal authorities were first making..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Netroots Thumbnail

Becoming visible together

"...a lot to do with the strength of online activism in the area. "The local progressive community reached out..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Long Shadow of Wal-Mart

Place 1 candidates differ on development, environment

"...that Austin voters remain quite reluctant to turn out local incumbents. And while one recent poll showed Lef­fing­well at..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Happenings

August 9-15

"...IT TAKES A COMMUNITY: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT WORK Austin Independent School District customer service..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature

Bicycle Nomads and the Winds of Change

Backers say winter migration to Mexico creates 'a whole new way of life'

"..."Seasonal bicycle migration represents a radical departure from mainstream activism," says organizer Ed Sapir. "We are creating an entirely..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Public Notice

This week's benefits and fundraisers are burning up, flying high, and a she thang.

"...a great deal of dough through fundraising activities for local groups. Until the post rebuilds, the town has one..."

May 19, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Some local civil rights advocates are worried that HIV-positive inmates in..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature

Choreographer Alison Orr's New Book Dances Across the Page

Dance Works recounts 23 years of Forklift Danceworks as a force for community change

"...As many in the local artistic scene may know, Forklift Danceworks, founded by Orr,..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...Want Jus­tice First" Floyd's killing moved Austin's own police-reform activism into the streets, including direct action by leftists calling..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Interactive: The Latino Millennial Vote

Maria Teresa Kumar and America Ferrera discuss the Latino vote

"...Explaining how she got involved with activism, Ferrera, who grew up among immigrants and first generation..."

March 15, 2016 SXSW Post by Mac McCann

The AggreGAYtor: January 15

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• If caller ID "spoofing"� is being used to..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Pride Divide's Aftermath

Wrap-up of 2010 Pride and QueerBomb festivities

"...Flannigan said he had deliberately withdrawn from all community activism over the last year. "My presence would have been..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Homemade History

Las Manitas, the Pérez sisters, and a usable past

"..."to support artistic development, to provide exposure to emerging local visual artists, musicians, poets and other performing artists, and..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Permaculture

Local activists try to break free of oil-dependent lifestyle

"...to consumerism. It is seen as the answer to activism, and a series of upcoming locally organized instructional events..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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