Page Two: Spin and Cinema

An understanding of the U.S. Constitution by way of Robert Thom

"...over their belief that mainstream media presents a liberal bias. The advent of Fox News has made it clear..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Louis Black

APD Releases Racial Profiling Report

Traffic and pedestrian stops down last year; searches up

"...2007, Chief Art Acevedo wrote in the APD's annual racial profiling report, issued recently to the mayor and City..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD Releases Racial Profiling Report

Traffic and pedestrian stops down last year, searches up

"...2007, Chief Art Acevedo wrote in the APD’s annual racial profiling report, issued last week to the mayor and..."

March 12, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

Point Austin: Shoot the Messenger

The ARA strikes back

"...their reporting on the Aus­tin Revitalization Authority was inaccurate, biased and incomplete. In fact, their coverage of ARA activities..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Racial Fairness in the Criminal Justice System

Activists, academics, advocates gather at Columbia to address issue of racial fairness in criminal justice system

"...the U.S. Supreme Court was called on to address racial disparity in the application of the death penalty. University..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...corporations, Republican partisans, right-wing talk-radio hosts, the (nonexistent) liberal bias of the media, satanic anti-Christian fanatics, Masons, or the..."

Dec. 29, 2006 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

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"...with incontestable verification, please step forward.]Case Likely Motivated by BiasesDear Editor,..."

July 21, 2006 Column

Case Most Likely Motivated by Biases

"...specific case that is most likely motivated by personal bias. Austin needs a chief for APD who is strong,..."

July 18, 2006 Postmarks

Point Austin: Supreme Confusion

The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug

"...a few days before, "I don't think we have racial bias in Texas any more." (The congressman resides in..."

July 7, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

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

More Damning Data Against Racial Profiling

Activists recommend abolishing "consent" searches

"...The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition's third annual report on racial profiling in police traffic stops reveals that while so-called..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...finding that Miller-El had not been the victim of racial bias, the high court agreed to review the matter..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...meaning causes me to doubt my instincts. Perhaps my bias blocks my ability to absorb these words of deeper..."

July 22, 2005 Column

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"...July 1]. Seems to be a bit of a bias on the part of Margaret Moser, even when reviewing..."

July 8, 2005 Column

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"...Kathy McCartyBiased Coverage (?)Dear Editor,..."

May 6, 2005 Column

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

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

Page Two

The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"...given (not an opinion) that Fox News demonstrates no bias but mainstream media's liberal leanings are so pronounced as..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...to ask is] what, exactly, does that mean?"Bullying and Bias As it turns out, what it means to be..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

ACLU Blasts Drug Task Forces

Yet more charges of impropriety against Texas' much-maligned supernarcs

"...this fact encourages their nefarious conduct – like apparent racial profiling and unhealthy dependence on consent searches to further..."

May 28, 2004 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

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"...HB 546: Judicial Training in Ethnic and Racial Sensitivity..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Condemned Banks Looks to Supreme Court

Delma Banks death row appeal reads like a laundry list of everything wrong with Texas capital punishment.

"...an all-white jury. A statistician found that, considering the racial population of Bowie Co., the odds of selecting an..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Supremes Back Miller-El

"...Texas denied his claims, in his habeas appeal, of racial bias in jury selection at his original trial in..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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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

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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

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

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"...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

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