Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...why-nots among the interstate's friends and neighbors. While Austin's segregation long predates I-35, the inescapable visual and physical barrier..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...able to address the persistent inequities in racism and segregation that we still struggle to shake."..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Money Changes Everything

Or, scenes from the class struggle in Silicon Hills

"...to wear thin as the reality of Austin's economic segregation looms larger. New Ways To Share The Wealth..."

June 14, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones

Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus

"...owners of the existing houses and the de facto segregation created by the entrenchment of the owners' interests. More..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Closing Schools, Shrinking Enrollment Make for Tense Times at AISD

Sour apples at AISD

"...done through the lens of equity" that avoids "[enhancing] segregation patterns already present in the community by placing a..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Richard Overton Dies At 112

America's oldest man and World War II veteran, died Dec. 27

"...a "true East Austin icon," who grew up in segregation, served in a segregated Army unit in the Pacific..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

AISD Prepares to Slice the Apple

School district battles its budget monsters

"...the city's) long-established pattern of east/west ethnic and economic segregation. But boundary changes would almost certainly infuriate school communities..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Sends Signals on Future Budget Cuts

School closures and the redrawing of school boundaries eyed as potential ways to address $29 million deficit

"...western side), the district could both erode historical East/West segregation and reduce the number of closures needed to stabilize..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Police Proverbs

APD's new community brand, same old contract issues

"...Safer Together. It's a reference to Austin's history of segregation, and the department's new focus on improving relationships in..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Election Ticker: Endorse-a-Rama

You gotta support somebody

"...experience in the Legislature, and Arati Singh noted the segregation in many AISD schools as a challenge that needs..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Election Ticker

Gotta endorse somebody

"...Dis­trict 1 rep intends to again focus on "socioeconomic segregation," a problem he said few on the board were..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Rename Austin? Not Likely.

City name not going anywhere anytime soon

"...but were within the spirit of the resolution representing segregation, racism, and/or slavery." The renaming of Austin is tucked..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: The Struggle Continues

The Poor People's Campaign renews the long-term fight

"...of balance," Malfaro said – citing income inequality, school segregation, and the wealthy now explicitly proclaiming that they "don't..."

June 15, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Portrait of Fashion Icon André Leon Talley

Filmmaker Kate Novack on her new doc, The Gospel According to André

June 1, 2018 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Adding to Austin's Asian-American Cinema

Huay-Bing Law on his new short "June," now on HBO

"...just show up to America, you don't understand what segregation is, you don't understand the racial dynamics or history..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Abused Hutto Detainee Gets Her Day in Court

"...adequate treatment and reasonable accommodations, and placing her in segregation and isolation." See next week's issue for more details...."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: In the Name of Fairness

Times change, and so do schools

"...Jim Crow laws, and the shockingly violent fight for desegregation all across the nation. It was a fight that..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Seen / Soon: Jan. 5

Austin gets to see how Buddhist high holy days are celebrated in Tibet and Qinghai, and how African-Americans and Latinos once stood together in an era of social change

"...African-Americans took resistance to systemic prejudice, economic inequity, and segregation to new levels. Exhibition co-curators Alan Garcia & Rachel..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Column

AISD’s Big Move

A $1 billion bond? No problem.

"...campus, site of Austin's first African-American school. Opponents see re-segregation, while supporters predict a new start for East Austin...."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend in Film

­Pack it up, we’re traveling

"...designed to mask corporate ugliness like indentured servitude and segregation. That is the subject of Adam Sobel’s documentary The..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Blood of the Common Man

The Workers Cup is a sobering look at global capitalism

"...Other themes touched on in the doc include racial segregation, nationalism, and the company's liberal caste-like system. As a..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Election Results: Meat and Potatoes

Travis County, Austin ISD come up big on bond projects

"...to be done, including tackling the city's legacy of segregation. "Hopefully the success of this election will not obscure..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts

"...citizens deemed “disloyal” were relocated to the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a militarized camp where they faced further abuse...."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Reanna Zuniga

CodeNEXT Version 2.0 Is Here

Adler, Hart reveal second draft of land use code rewrite

"...quo.” Adler highlighted the city’s chronic traffic issues, economic segregation, the housing crisis, flooding, and Austin’s hemorrhaging of communities..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Looking for a Magic Bullet

CodeNEXT arguments reflect the complexity of affordability problems

"...housing, thereby constricting affordability and reinforcing economic and racial segregation. Tovo and those in her camp (Ora Houston, Leslie..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

“Let’s Make a Deal”

"...Old Anderson campus. As a plaintiff in the original desegregation lawsuit, DOJ v. AISD in 1970, I can tell..."

Sept. 13, 2017 Postmarks

Dueling Petitions on CodeNEXT

Sign here, sign there, sign everywhere

"...and describes the current land use code as reinforcing segregation and a “Jim Crow” development history. The petitioners would..."

Sept. 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...address affordability, gentrification, residential displacement, and the increasing economic segregation of the city. [inset-1-right]..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

UT Took Down Some Confederate Statues On Sunday Night

Lee, Johnston, Reagan out; Gov. Hogg getting moved

"...Erected during the period of Jim Crow laws and segregation, the statues represent the subjugation of African Americans. That..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Density? Bonus! (Programs.)

Planning Commission briefed on CodeNEXT affordability incentives

"...some, it was hard to not associate “off-site” with “segregation.” Commissioner Trinity White said she was concerned about where..."

July 24, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

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