Election Ticker: Travis County Races Heat Up

Noises from the March 2020 primary

"...will use the power of his office to build racial, social, and economic justice for all."......"

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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

Council to Consider Launching New Investigation Into APD Following Allegations of Racism

Multiple reviews and a "sense of urgency"

"...City Council returns today, Dec. 5, to consider a..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Racial Bias Controversy Now Includes Lawsuit

Suit alleges "a pattern and practice of discriminating against African Americans"

"...Justin Newsom on Friday, Nov. 22, alleging that systemic bias within the department prevented Wells from acquiring promotions and..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Opens Inquiry Into APD Racism Charges

Former Bexar County ADA will lead third-party investigation

"...give the city greater power in punishing claims of racial bias or profiling – a violation of APD policy..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature 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

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

aGLIFF Review: Transfinite

SF anthology feature shows lives as limitless as nature

"...to force him to pass radical executive orders for racial, decolonial, and sexual liberation...."

Aug. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Nick Yeager

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

UPDATED: AISD Reassigns Principal After "MAGA" Controversy

Andrews Elementary principal Gabriela Soto said the school's new PTA looks forward to "making Andrews Great Again!"

"...community has "suffered daily from an onslaught of anti-immigrant bias, racial slurs, bullying, threats, intimidations, and retaliations."..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Death Watch: One Man Spared, Another Set to Die

Mark Robertson seeks stay due to racist lawyer

"...Court cases – including Buck v. Davis – condemning racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. (In 2017, SCOTUS..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

How Women Are Changing the World of Wine by Reclaiming the Vine

Wonder Women of Wine advocates for gender equality and diversity in the wine industry

"...women – she realized most had also faced gender bias throughout their careers, manifested in a number of ways..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

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

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

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

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

Sandra Bland Remembrance Today

Evening event includes march from Victory Grill to Capitol

"...Through these provisions, the original bill sought to prevent racial profiling and hostile law enforcement behavior. But its passage..."

July 13, 2017 News Post by Maria Mendez

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

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

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

Point Austin: A Victory for Travis

Court decision on districts raises possibility for fairer politics

"...U.S. District Judges Xavier Garcia and Orlando Rodriguez, "that racial considerations predominated in the determination of what population to..."

March 17, 2017 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Panel: The Future of Policing

That thin blue line is a little shaky and could definitely use some help

"...and the communities under their jurisdiction, about the way racial prejudice and anti-authoritarian bias figure into the contentious mix,..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Death Watch: Cruel & Unusual Confinement

Convicted hit man faces third date with death

"...Buck was convicted on two counts of capital murder. Racial bias played a large role in the jury's decision,..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

UT Faculty Finds Itself on Conservative Watch List

Watch what you say

"...from previously published stories that supposedly document the leftist bias of its subjects, the Watchlist is a project of..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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

Council Approves Workplace Nondiscrimination Measure

City manager to review current policies

"...turns at the podium recalling startling instances of gender bias, harassment, and lack of effective recourse from the city’s..."

March 25, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Sandra Bland Trooper Indicted, Fired

Rep. Garnet Coleman reflects on the case

"...of this year,” looking “particularly at the evidence of bias in the arrest and the differential treatment of black..."

Jan. 6, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

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

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