The Fire Last Time: AFA and City at Impasse

I/O Solutions becomes entangled in latest dispute about AFD's hiring process

"...to labor strife, and left a lingering feeling of racial bias around the whole mess for a very long..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Another Blow for Death Row Inmate

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Duane Buck case

"...would; at issue is whether that testimony from Quijano biased the jury against Buck, tainting the outcome of his..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Two Inmates Set To Die This Month

September could boost Perry's execution tally

"...manner evidence that one of Woods' jurors was so biased that his presence on the jury violated Woods' right..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Valby Got Only What She Was Looking For

"...Powell had been elected. Valby is so concerned with racial bias but didn't mind publishing a biased summation of..."

June 3, 2010 Postmarks

The GOP's Racism Problem

Defeated railroad commissioner points out the elephant in the room

"...a failed political candidate who happens to be a racial minority to play the race card. But when Railroad..."

March 3, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Human Rights and a national expert on issues of racial bias, incompetent counsel, and other injustices in the capital..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature

Cruz Beating: Arbitrator clears Griffin to return to APD

Officer Gary Griffin's "use of excessive force" during confrontation with mentally ill man was 'nothing more sinister than gross negligence,' arbitrator concludes.

"...However, Hays concluded that Griffin was not acting with racial bias and only "momentarily" crossed the line into excessive..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I don't think we have racial bias in Texas any more. … I simply believe..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines

"...favor of Texas death-row inmate Thomas Miller-El, who alleges racial bias in jury selection at his 1986 trial. See..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In Our Names

The case of Napoleon Beazley shines a spotlight on the Texas system of capital punishment.

"...both direct defense and habeas appeal, coupled with the racially biased application of capital prosecutions, mean that those executed..."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...the ACLU, after the trial an investigator found severe racial bias against blacks; one juror said of Beazley, "The..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

City council continues to keep public out of Stratus negotiations. Paul Robbins urges individuals and publications to count Floridal votes, A Georgia company sold a flawed list of ineligible voters to Florida.

"...be used in Madison County.) There was also a racial bias in the purge list. A Hillsborough Co. statistician..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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"...Stop Racial Profiling..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

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"...Stop Racial Profiling..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Opinion: Diversity and Equity in Times of Crisis

"...times easier. In the case of cultural change, our bias is the calculator. Bias is our mental shortcut that..."

May 15, 2020 Column by Jeff Hutchinson

Tatum Report Depicts Bleak Conditions for Accountability at APD

Is meaningful reform to address bias, bigotry “aspirational at best”?

"...effort as an agency in the area of unconscious bias, racial and cultural sensitivity training, and we see the..."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Gifted and Talented Education Programs Turn the Lights Out on Non-White Students

"Race is the greatest predictor of who succeeds and fails in American public education"

"...into the gifted and talented program. "A Lot of Bias and Racism"..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Autumn A. Arnett

Group Calls for Legislative Action to Address Texas’ High Maternal Mortality Rate for Black Women

Black Mamas Community Collective says, “We must do better.”

"...mental health care due to a long history of racial abuse within medical institutions. Various studies have shown that..."

Feb. 26, 2019 News Post by Alex Puente

What Does It Mean in 2022?

"...one of his claims is that he fought for racial justice. But what does that mean in 2022? The..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Postmarks

City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report

Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism

"...institutional racism – a result of the confluence of racially-motivated city policies and ordinances in place for decades –..."

April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Equity Under the Lens

City office release first equity assessment

"...It's no secret that Austin suffers from racial and economic inequity. Systemic imbalance traces back to the..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent

Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments

"...its jurisdiction includes Texas – made numerous offensive and biased comments during a February lecture at the University of..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...The [racial proportion] numbers are starting to get a bit closer...."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Page Two: Mutiny: A Ballet in Several Parts

Part II, Illustration Not Validation

"...made it crystal clear that those attacking the liberal bias of mainstream media cared not at all about the..."

May 14, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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"...little to help. Those that choose to create a racial issue out of this are perpetuating the very imbalance..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...On another front, in an attempt to establish whether racial discrimination is a factor in state-jail drug convictions, Moore..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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"...(yes, that's his real name) ..."). Beyond the obvious racial offense, trivializing a name in this way is sophomoric..."

July 26, 2002 Column

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Coded Bias D: Shalini Kantayya Coded Bias follows MIT Media Lab..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Dives Deep Into Racism at APD, Land Use

Busy week isn't over yet, with development code hearing Saturday

"...trains its new cops to perform their duties without bias – and if the good ones are promoted –..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...anything," de Uriarte said. "But because class falls along racial and ethnic lines, minorities are often the first victims."..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

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