The Duality of Southwest Key

An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate

"...policies and its ostensible mission to help disadvantaged and minority youth, longtime ally Susana Almanza refrained from expressing any..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?

Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene

"...and reviews, and the coverage is disproportionately leaving out minority-owned food businesses. Though it's often difficult to tell by..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Soccer Watch

Pro soccer is returning to Austin

"...and is spearheaded by COTA Chair­man Bobby Epstein, a minority owner in the Aztex who recently assumed majority ownership,..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Soccer at Last

Pro team, stadium planned at COTA

"...and is spearheaded by COTA Chair­man Bobby Epstein, a minority owner in the Aztex who recently assumed majority ownership,..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...around relying on the private sector to produce the majority of affordable low-income units, said David Potter, NHCD's program..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Council: Code Blue

Lamentations on land use

"...tree-trimming services were postponed after objections from competitors and minority advocates that the process was unfair to smaller firms..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

AISD: Refilling the School Board

Candidates jockey to fill Saldaña's seat

"...speech, Saldaña noted how his departure leaves only one minority trustee (District 1's Ted Gor­don, who is African-American), and..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cornyn Rumored as FBI Chief

State's senior senator on Trump's short list to head Bureau

"...at odds with the needs and positions of the majority of the country’s minority students...."

May 15, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session

"...anti-immigrant "sanctuary cities" bill (SB 4), and Joan Huffman's minority-targeted Voter ID bill (SB 5). (It takes the GOP..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Waxing “Presidential”

Trump delivers the same threats in a more polite package

"...Jeff Sessions the DOJ will no longer be defending minority voting rights or addressing racial gerrymandering designed to protect..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Bye Bye Social Safety Net

Tearing down the social safety net will be a lot easier than building it back again when it is realized how necessary it is

"...is a permanent shift to the right, the silent majority finally vanquishing the welfare warriors. Certainly pleased that America..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Column by Louis Black

AISD’s Transfer Freeze

Trustees approved the 2017-18 school year list at their Dec. 19 meeting

"...siblings together, following a vertical team tracking pattern, or majority-to-minority transfers) in non-frozen campuses...."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...a lot of organizing work down there, in the minority communities. ... In the Anglo section of town, they..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

“Minimum Wage Is Not Livable”

Workers get paid, but the fight for fair wages is far from over

"...believe they can win a unionization vote from the majority of workers, the Fight for 15 movement sees value..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Jack Craver

“One Solution: Revolution!”

UT protesters took to the streets Wednesday for anti-Trump march

"...him. We’ve been told, all of us under the “minority” label, that in one way or another our lives..."

Nov. 10, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Pushing Forward

LGBTQ orgs and APD gather for hate crime summit

"...that all of us deserve protections. Throughout history, no minority has ever won full rights without support of the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Unbalancing the Budget

Council makes final spending decisions with one hand behind its back

"...and economic inequities that threaten to drive away more minority residents and to undermine the city's broader prosperity. In..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Playback: The Return of the Austin Smoking Ban

A decade after the initial smoking ban, local health group hopes to stomp out smoking patios

"...member to sponsor the proposal and then a three-fourths majority vote for approval...."

July 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What to Make of It

Local activists seek justice for black lives

"...standard in the belief that [these images are] the majority of what's happening." The conclusion many people draw, Styles..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

An Undue Burden: Supremes Vindicate Pro-Choice Texans

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

"...and thus violate the Constitution," wrote Breyer for the majority opinion...."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Congratulations on the Struggle

The Supreme Court decision rests upon political agitation

"...and in exposing the dishonest tactics of the Republican majority, which extended to an attempt to alter the clock..."

July 1, 2016 News Column by Michael King

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-Abortion Law HB 2

In a 5-3 ruling, SCOTUS says HB 2 creates an undue burden for women

"...violate the Constitution,” wrote Justice Stephen Breyer for the majority opinion...."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Tracking the Major Arcana

Planning Commission took votes related to Planned Unit Developments and Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams

"...rules on planned unit developments to require a 75% supermajority for City Council to override a negative vote from..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Sad Stories for Christmas

Foster care unconstitutional; voting rights rolled back; and more

"...in voting procedures that might affect the rights of minority voters. Rutenberg recounts statewide fights by the Mexican American..."

Dec. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Texas Tribune Fest Held This Weekend

Nancy Pelosi, Julián Castro to join Trib Fest

"...local line-up is boosted by some national-level speakers. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gets to evade D.C.'s summer madness,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Word About "Wards"

The homestead exemption is not just a feeble "tool," it's an inequitable one

"...the unspoken threat was that under a district system, minority candidates were likelier to be elected – it was..."

June 19, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law

5th Circuit ruling would leave Texas with only eight clinics

"...for clinics in McAllen and El Paso – underserved, minority-populated areas...."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law

Only eight clinics expected to survive ruling

"...an undue burden. “[W]e agree with the motions panel majority: We do not doubt that women in poverty face..."

June 9, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

What's the Damage?

The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session

"...out flaws in the drafting process. Instead, the GOP majority was bringing up "badly drafted legislation that didn't even..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSWedu: Steady as She Goes

Women's rights advocates push for educational equity

"...and chastity [for teachers]. Because we have been a majority of women, we have this incredible social justice heart.”..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

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