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"...of the most passionate, resourceful women I've ever met ["Raped Twice?," Oct. 12]. Jordan Smith's articles have brought about..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

How Jesús Garza’s Puzzling Appointment of Art Acevedo Backfired

Acevedo publicly declined the job, but sources say he had little choice

"...leadership, APD detectives in the Sex Crimes Unit “cleared” rape cases, even though they had barely been investigated at..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Sexual Assault Audit Validates Survivor Concerns

Changing the culture

"...DNA crime lab was so poorly managed that the rape kits used to collect physical evidence of an alleged..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sexual Assault Survivors Watch Warily as APD Touts Change

Is everything really different under the new police chief?

"...uncovered APD's unusually high rate of "exceptional clearance" of rape cases – meaning they were closed without making any..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Shatara Michelle Ford Wants to Make You Uncomfortable

The Test Pattern writer / director explains how microaggressions from white Austinites taught them how to write about trauma

"...drive all over the city trying to find a rape kit. The film is a piece of realism, though..."

April 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

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

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

"...that encompasses not just local but nationwide failures in rape-kit retention and analysis – she began meetings with newly..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

ATX TV Fest Recap: Flipping the Script on TV’s Male POV

Writers and directors on reclaiming and centering the female gaze

"...sex scenes among the panel, but navigating depictions of rape and sexual assault were touched on. When it comes..."

June 11, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

District Attorney Margaret Moore Announces Re-Election Campaign

Speakeasy kickoff marks beginning of 2020 primary

"...office has received over insufficient or negligent handling of rape and assault cases. The issue, a persistent topic of..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Lege Lines: The Voters Speak, the Governor Listens

Abbott leaves the red-state red-meat back at the mansion

"...Tyler, and to "right the wrong" of leaving untested rape kits dormant on shelves. In light of the "horrific"..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...national investigations by NARAL Pro-Choice. Some counselors even shame rape survivors: At a state-funded CPC in Texas, counselors handed..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...meat conservative talking points back on the table. – R.W. Rape Insurance..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Crime Lab: Evidence of Improvement?

Audits on active forensic labs expected to begin before July's end

"...backlog of evidence, the bulk of which includes untested rape kits...."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Bill of the Week: Silencing Survivors?

Joan Huffman's bill may have an adverse effect on survivor psyche

"...what sexual assault activists have known for too long: Rape is far too common on college campuses. According to..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Bill of the Week: Protecting Sexual Assault Survivors

Austin senator files five bills in wake of Baylor scandal

"...alleged that 31 football players committed 52 acts of rape over a three-year period, reminds Texans that large academic..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

SXSW Panel: Game of Thrones Showrunners

Sansa or Arya? The truth comes out at the panel for the popular HBO show.

"...after the season 5 episode where Ramsay Bolton brutally rapes Sansa on their wedding night. The episode sparked outrage..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Sarah Marloff

Prosecuting Sexual Assault

DOJ grant provides $650,000 to jump-start new sexual assault prosecution unit

"...Trying rape cases in court is exceptionally difficult, and requires both..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council: Don't Say I Told You So

FY 2017 budget passes after a three-day marathon

"...use existing funds and grant money to eliminate its rape kit backlog (see "The Cost of Clearing the Rape..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

News Roundup: Guns, Gays, and Gaffes

Austin: It's like a whole other country (from Texas)

"...lost the race to Ann Richards when he compared rape to bad weather ("If it's inevitable, just relax and..."

Jan. 4, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Suffer the Children

Anti-abortion Lege targets vulnerable minors in judicial bypass bill

"...residents and sex trafficking victims. If a woman is raped and needs an abortion and doesn't have a government..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

House Approves Abortion Restrictions for Minors

House gives first OK to bill restricting judicial bypass

"...of amendments offered by Democrats – including exceptions for rape and incest victims – House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday..."

May 14, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Senate Votes to Ban Insurance Coverage for Abortion

GOP moves to prevent health insurers from covering abortion

"...an amendment that would add exceptions for cases of rape and incest, bill author Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, declined..."

May 6, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

'Downton Abbey' Slips Into Something More Comfortable

Let's talk about sex, darling

"...It’s the morning after the rape, and tragic Anna goes up to the big house..."

Jan. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Redacted

Brian De Palma's film brims with spontaneity and fury regarding America's involvement in the war in Iraq. (Ends Monday.)

"...events in Samarra before, during, and after the actual rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl and her family..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

FLDS' Jeffs to Stand Trial

"Prophet" accused of abetting rape by arranging and presiding over the 2001 "spiritual marriage" of a 14-year-girl and her 19-year-old first cousin

"...of Latter-day Saints, will stand trial on charges of rape-as-accomplice. Jeffs, 51, is accused of abetting rape by arranging..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ugly Maria

Despite some inexperienced acting and lax direction, 'Ugly Maria' deserves notice for its audacious exploration of the social stigma of rape

"...Maria is about four teenagers coping with sexuality, friendship, rape, and recovery. Maria and Ami are best friends who..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

'Somebody's Got to Pay'

Revisiting the forensic evidence in the Stacey Stites murder trial

"...with her braided leather belt, and that she was raped vaginally and anally...."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Straw Dogs

"...with resentment and desire that what might be a rape becomes something else and then turns into a more..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Paul Seydor

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...Eways. Still, the fact that boards first at Austin Rape Crisis Center and then at CEACO hired Eways despite..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Hands off My MUD

Davenport Fights to Retain Independence It Never Had

"...out the British," and he compared it to a rape: "It's somebody bigger and stronger coming and taking what..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Girls Town

"...journal, however, the three friends realize that an undisclosed rape may have been one of the reasons behind their..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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