A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project

New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard

"..."In El Paso, the fight for racial, social, and economic justice will continue with or without"..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Travis County to Comply With All ICE Detainers After 5th Circuit Ruling

Panel nixes lower court block on immigrant detention rule

"...of people in Texas at risk for profiling and discrimination, and could lead to unnecessary and harmful turmoil to..."

Sept. 26, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin African American Book Festival Comes to Carver Museum

Authors and activists address the state of Black culture

"...shootings altered the rhetoric of the 2016 election and racial, religious, and LGBTQ discrimination...."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Jennifer MacKenzie Murphy

Affirming Diversity in College Admissions

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

"...Stephen F. Austin High in Sugar Land, filed a discrimination suit against UT over its admissions process: Ten days..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...of the civil rights movement as well as current discrimination (in all forms) against women. Earlier today, panels discussed..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

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

How to Weave a Hanging Jury

Juror selection may explain the glaring racial bias in capital convictions

"...long asserted that capital punishment is administered in a racially disproportionate manner. For example, African-Americans constitute only 11.6% of..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and more than 43,000 same-sex households in Texas. "Writing discrimination into the U.S. Constitution is a needless attack on..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Hopwood lawyer Steven Wayne Smith aspires to the Texas Supreme Court.

"...as plaintiffs rejected white applicants, putative victims of "reverse discrimination," among them Cheryl Hopwood. Such ambulance-chasing is a time-honored..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Legislators, NAACP, and Professors Condemn UT’s Mass Layoffs

At least 66 people have lost their jobs, and counting

"...most who have come forward have been women or racial minorities: “We have concerns that these terminations will have..."

April 11, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

The DPS Partnership Cost Taxpayers at Least $80,000

And targeted Black and brown Austinites disproportionately

"...first three weeks of the partnership, arrests had consistent racial disparity. White people accounted for just 12%, even though..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Council Has Much Business to Attend to Before Its Break

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

"...to amend the city's civil rights ordinances to prohibit discrimination on the basis of hairstyle, a proxy for racial..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council, City Utilities Continue to Soften Blow of Storms

Reason to relieve

"..."the City's role in disenfranchising Black Austinites through past discrimination, urban renewal policies, and the 1928 Master Plan." It..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...(United Kingdom) Director/Screenwriter: Mitch Kalisa Coaxed into playing a racial typecast in a fellow student’s play, Black drama student..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: ARIC, Meet ALICE

Two acronyms walk into an ongoing conversation about justice and equity

"...what should be bright lines protecting your civil rights. Racial profiling? Check. Unwar­ranted (in all senses of the term)..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Set Supper Club Auction to Benefit People Experiencing Homelessness

Win a 1:1 pastry class with Erin McDowell and support the unhoused

"...to MEASURE Austin, a research and data organization studying racial disparities. On Saturday, July 18, they are hosting an..."

July 17, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...hire a diverse group of stylists to combat the discrimination she faced at local salons after finishing school earlier..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Opinion: A Crisis of Leadership in the D.A.’s Office

The women behind the sexual assault class action litigation are still waiting for meaningful change

"...effort to change this system, and the patterns of discrimination continue unabated...."

July 10, 2020 Column by Sexual Assault Survivors

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...for his SB 672, which would prevent police from racial profiling or enforcing federal immigration law. "SB 4 is..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Fusebox Festival Review: (Re)current Unrest

This dance grapples with cultural appropriation and racism

"...contingencies. In the movement, performed by a cast more racially diverse than is typically seen in Austin dance, we..."

April 24, 2018 Arts Post by Jonelle Seitz

Austin Women: Underrepresented and Underpaid

City commissions bring Council recommendations for improving gender equality

"...for women comes after anecdotal reports of systemic gender discrimination within the city ("The Boys Club," Aug. 12, 2016)...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...school students have been exercising their right to protest racial injustice recently. The McCallum High cheerleading squad bent on..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature

SB 4 Ruling Means Cities Can Prioritize Public Safety

Full hearing to permanently block law awaits in coming months

"...Citing “viewpoint discrimination” and First Amendment protections, Garcia also put a stop..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...the surprise election results swung the focal point to racial justice and immigration. Women lead the small staff, comprised..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Resistance in the “Sanctuary”

Assessing the fallout after SB 4’s passage

"..."Show Me Your Papers" state like Arizona, and allows racial profiling and discrimination...."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Protesters Stage Sit-in at Governor's Office to Oppose Sanctuary Cities Bill

Activists won't move until Abbott vetoes "racist" bill

"...is simply detained, not just arrested. That measure ensures racial profiling and increased discrimination, critics of the bill contend...."

May 1, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Page Two: Frogs Were the Second Plague

The Time of the Toad, and a time to dance

"...political correctness vanquished, multiculturalism defeated, those annoying minorities – racial, religious, or political – segregated and denied...."

March 31, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session

"...more comically absurd than the notion that enforcing institutional discrimination and public humiliation against transgender people – estimated at..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Waxing “Presidential”

Trump delivers the same threats in a more polite package

"...no longer be defending minority voting rights or addressing racial gerrymandering designed to protect Republican majorities. More ominously, Trump..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Notes on Kamp: Left Out

Austin's economic inequality is a crisis

"...The discrimination that the formerly incarcerated and LGBT and racial minorities..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

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