Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...that lean Democratic, given Texas' profound partisan polarization along racial and ethnic lines. "Almost 90% of Texas population growth..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Handcuffed

Is this what the African-American Achievement Plan looks like at AISD?

"...discretion. AISD officers undergo extensive specialized training, including on racial profiling, and coordinate with the administration on cultural diversity..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Du Bois v. Washington?

Jeff Travillion formally enters Pct. 1 Commissioners Race

"...African-American curricula for public schools, his research work on racial bias in Texas, and his testimony in the Texas..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Death Watch

Kimberly McCarthy becomes the 500th person executed since death penalty reinstated

"...ruling, a claim that her conviction was tainted by racial bias will likely go unaddressed...."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Three Executions Pending

Three more executions scheduled and under appeal

"...been moved to June 26. The question is whether racial bias affected her case; in 1998, in keeping with..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Quality of Life for Blacks in Austin: Going Beyond Midtown

The city's treatment of blacks – both governmentally and culturally – is questioned

"...issue concerning the community, the perception that there are racial issues within the [police] department. … It's in everybody's..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Meanwhile, at the Supreme Court ...

"...same "traditional principles" the court has referred to in racial redistricting cases (contiguity, compactness, communities of interest, etc.) would..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Rise and Fall of Jason Dusterhoft (and His Frenemies)

A trip down APD's Memory Lane, from the Chronicle archives

"...Nov. 8: Everything blows up this week, when we..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature

One More Time for Miller-El

The Supreme Court once again hears death-row inmate's case

"...[Dallas DA's Office] in the past was suffused with bias against African-Americans in jury selection." Justice Clarence Thomas was..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Third-Party Report Finds Police Academy Hasn’t Implemented Crucial Reforms

Council stresses need for internal audit process

"...investigation into improper use of force cases; patterns of racial and sexual discrimination within the department; and suppression of..."

March 28, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

kYmberly Keeton Wants Your Stories for the Black COVID-19 Index

And at the Austin African American Book Festival 2020, she’ll tell you why

"...in a White Coat, discusses the high stakes of racial bias in health care and how Black patients can..."

June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD’s Suspension Situation

U.S. Department of Education runs a study

"...students without disabilities who belong to “two or more” racial groups – the demographic group with the next highest..."

May 2, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...vision – one built on revoking important strides toward racial and economic equality in order to further pad the..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

S-Comm "Roll Calls" Raise New Questions

Data released leads to more questions than answers

"...Project, said the burden of proof of ethnic or racial bias in arrests is considerable. "From a legal perspective..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

The Hightower Report: The Class of 2013 Seems to Get It

Civilization is what we make happen

June 21, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Black Firefighters Break with Union

"...Travis County District Court claiming that the AFD exhibited racial bias in its hiring practices and violated collective bargaining..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cruel and Unusual

"...by prosecutorial errors, including the mishandling of evidence and racial bias in jury selection, which even the county prosecuting..."

Oct. 2, 2024 Postmarks

Head of Travis County Juvenile Justice System to Step Down

Retirement follows diversity concerns

"...Hurley did not opt for a public discussion of..."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...and brown competitors, fed up with mainstream drag balls' racial bias, started putting on their own events. House of..."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: The Long Game

Bordertown golf story filled with humanity and Cheech

"...miss. When you portray real-life humans striving to overcome racially-motivated obstacles, the stakes are even higher...."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Council Has Much Business to Attend to Before Its Break

A 125-item agenda stands between Council and a summer break

"...discrimination on the basis of hairstyle, a proxy for racial bias aimed at Black women over the generations...."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Activists Call for Heads at APD

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...accountability, and acknowledging the department has a problem with racial bias...."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Activists Call for Firing of APD Leadership in Wake of Officer Involved Shooting

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...most fundamentally acknowledging the department has a problem with racial bias...."

April 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

19 Years On, Anti-Death Penalty March Sees Progress

Yet time is running out for Ruben Gutierrez, Rodney Reed

"...marred by investigative bungling, prosecutorial misconduct, flawed forensics, and racial bias. His execution date is looming, but each week..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Ortiz Shooting: The Merits of Self-Defense

What would it take to believe Jason Roche's story?

"...successful self-defense argument would require dog whistles to trigger racial bias within the jury, a tactic that isn't likely..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Death Watch: Chris Young Executed

Last-ditch effort to challenge Board of Pardons and Paroles falls short

"...a 30-day reprieve, again in order to determine if racial bias played a role in the board's ruling. That..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: DNA Testing Denied for Rodney Reed

Reed and Pruett strike out. But justice for Duane Buck?

"...on two counts of capital murder in 1997, but racial bias and racist testimony played a large role in..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: U.S. Supreme Court Steps In

Highest court to consider two Texas death penalty cases

"...once, in 2011, to argue that his sentence was racially biased. (Racial bias has led the bulk of Buck's..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Willful Ignorance

How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.

"...In addition to quantifying the racial bias in use of force, a comprehensive database would..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

"...black potential juror – without cause and because of racial bias...."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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