The Next Round of School Reform

AISD focuses again on Eastside schools

"...the East Austin of today: The traditional blue collar, majority-minority population has faced the arrival of an increasingly diverse,..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Early Morning Fire at Hill's Cafe

Damage was contained and restaurant will re-open

"...fire department as well as KOKE-FM radio personality (and minority owner) Bob Cole. Cole and Ellis Winstanley want to..."

Nov. 25, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Council: Call Me 30 More Cabs?

City Council considers permitting more cabs over drivers' opposition

"...does not care for the well being of a majority minority workforce that serves the city tirelessly."..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Strama and the Mystery of the Texas Score Contradictions

State rep puzzled by how students do well and badly at the same time

"...system has no idea how to teach its growing majority-minority population. That's troubling for Strama since the state is..."

June 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Mission To Communicate

Austin ISD's new multicultural, multitasking outreach director has a big job ahead: telling the district's story and getting the district to listen to the response

"...large urban districts, enrolling around 80,000 students; both are majority-minority, with nearly 60% Hispanic students; and both have large..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Acevedo on Dallas, Austin, and Ambition

"...I can see from the census information, it's a majority-minority city, and it has a history of challenges in..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"..."Every child in Johnston had 'diversity choice' with busing. Majority-minority without busing gives them another chance to go [to..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Democrats and Abbott Settle in Voter Suppression/Fraud Case

Both sides claim victory

"...the law was overbroad. They also noted that the majority of the Republican AG's prosecutions were against racial minorities,..."

May 28, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

On the Lege: Itty Bitty Steps

Minority Dems savor a few budget victories, and other news from the Capitol

"...Briefs• Although their efforts were, ultimately, tabled by a majority vote of the House, state Reps. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin,..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future

"...• The whole region is moving toward a "majority-minority" population: Non-Hispanic whites currently comprise just over 55% of..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

2006 Election by the Numbers

"...6 seemingly did little to motivate turnout in the majority-minority boxes. Early votes accounted for the usual 30%–40% of..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Passing the Baton

City looks to future in wake of Texas Relays Controversy

"...Downtown Austin is not interested in playing host to majority-minority social events. The only solution Davis sees is to..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Lesson Planners

All I need to know about cities, I learned in kindergarten

"...But neither is truly representative of urban Austin, a majority-minority city whose center is shifting north and even east..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Condos, Charter on E. Sixth?

"...siphon students and money away from precisely the lower-income, majority-minority Eastside campuses that need help, and not competition, from..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Local news in Austin, Texas

"...now, anyway, it doesn't much matter; the largely rural, majority-minority Hays CISD is still property-poor, and, according to Milli..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

A recap of how the Democrats and Republicans fared in this year's state legislative elections.

"...the state's changing demographics -- the prospect of a "majority-minority" electorate in the next decade -- to provide the..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy

The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn

"...Rule 22 – first enacted in 1917 – a minority of senators can indefinitely obstruct the majority from taking..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...session of the Lege – an almost completely powerless minority of the 150-member body. It's not even enough to..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dred Scott, Revisited

The federal court decision on re-redistricting opens an old wound in Texas politics

"...And minority Texans, in the consequence of a bipartisan tradition dating..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...as long as they were the choices of the majority of white anglo voters and the white business community...."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Judges Rule: Map May Not Be Wise, But It's Legal

The federal judges rule in favor of the Texas congressional map -- even while admitting it may destroy the political hopes of minorities.

"...plaintiffs' coalition of Democratic voters, members of Congress, and minority advocacy groups, on all issues. As they had announced..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...than many can afford, especially many members of Austin's minority communities, but we don't know the individual stories of..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...resolve the Economy Furniture strike, improving ambulance service to minority communities, and calling for the paving of streets in..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Council Recap: Land Code Revision Advances to Final Round

Late-night second-reading vote features familiar 7-4 split

"...Kitchen, and Leslie Pool were once again in the minority on the final vote, which followed a series of..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Maps, Balls, and Testifying

The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.

"...proposed plan represents "retrogression" for the voting rights of minority Texans all over the state, and that circumstantial evidence..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...provides is unlawful due to the protection of the minority provided by the First Amendment. It has been proven..."

April 2, 2004 Column

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...Politically involved Austinites, the Demo­crat­ic majority at least, had their own, partially conflicting aims. They..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Single-Member Situation

Movement afoot – once again – to ask voters to endorse City Council districts

"...This arrangement was specifically a response to complaints that minority citizens were not fairly represented on City Council, which..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of Illinois under an affirmative action-style program to boost minority enrollment (Illinois comprised about 3 to 5% minority students..."

July 11, 2003 Column

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