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

Point Austin: Fireworks for the Fourth

Reflections on Independence Day from Frederick Douglass

"...– and was followed by decades of explicitly racist segregation, enforced by widespread lynching. It took a massive and..."

July 7, 2017 News Column by Michael King

AISD’s Big Balancing Act

The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?

"...education since former Superintendent Irby B. Carruth formally ended segregation in AISD schools in 1966 – a multi-part switch..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Ted Gordon Believes

Is it too late to fix the AISD bond package?

"...terms of socioeconomically underprivileged. This board has stated that desegregation is one of its principles. I don't see it...."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...release. Five long-running stories are pulled out, including racial segregation metaphor Strontium Dog and bloody, Celtic fantasy Sláine, with..."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Does Everyone Hate CodeNEXT?

Can a polarized Austin reach consensus on land use by next spring?

"...to meaningfully address Austin's worsening affordability, mobility, environmental, and segregation problems." Similarly, Niran Babalola of Desegregate ATX wrote, "The..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: The Media Has Always Been Biased

The history of American journalism is one of slanted and limited coverage

"...those that attacked it, newspapers that championed racism and segregation as well as those that denounced and decried them...."

April 7, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: The Mayor’s Tightrope

Tip-toeing our way toward a consensus on housing supply

"...to avoid addressing Austin's heritage of racial and economic segregation-by-zoning. In a better-planned and better city, all types and..."

March 31, 2017 News Column by Michael King

How Much Is 97%? AURA and Adler Exchange Notes on CodeNEXT.

Everybody's in transition zones over land use

"...that AURA blames for Austin's increasing unaffordability and economic segregation...."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Down in the Grove

Agreement on latest PUD portends … a little progress?

"...means the development represents a mighty blow against economic segregation, and those who oppose it are no more than..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Jeff Nichols' Intimate Portrait of a Marriage in Loving

Austin-based director on the pivotal civil rights case that inspired his film

"...always depended on one another.' Yes, absolutely there was segregation and separate bathrooms and water fountains and lunch counters..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Election Notes

More than 713,000 registered voters need to know what's going on

"...are the generation of Austinites who will repeal the segregation-era laws that were designed to keep wealthy neighborhoods exclusive."..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Ott Moves On

City manager to accept position with international organization

"...the city had made significant progress in addressing historical segregation and economic inequality, Ott recalled the city's September 2015..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

I Like to Watch

Sinner priests are here to save us all

"...in the near-future, dystopia-lite, Black Mirror sense – about segregation between the Australian population and the Hairymen, humanoid creatures..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Crunching the Numbers

"...These two charts reflect the overall economic segregation of Austin. In general, much higher poverty rates occur..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature

Council Preview: Water, TNCs, and Housing

Council wades back into taxi / TNC debate

"...Zimmerman accused the resolution of promoting "more institutionalized economic segregation" as it would increase the number of residents dependent..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Council: Spring Break Is Here

Council will return for a work session March 22

"...calling the resolution "ridiculous" and "another tool in economic segregation." He was equally dismissive of plans to develop a..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Do-Right

Lisa Sandlin's gem of a noir set in 1970s Beaumont is atmospheric, by turns amusing and harrowing, and surprisingly compassionate

"...Old South, a place haunted by its history of segregation and race riots – why, it begs for a..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

State of the City 2016

Mayor Steve Adler declares Austin “prosperous, strong … and cool”

"...a baleful symbol of the city’s formal institutionalization of segregation, and of moving minority populations to the Eastside. The..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Notes on Kamp: Left Out

Austin's economic inequality is a crisis

"...upon the 1928 city plan that codified that east-west segregation. Even further, you'll come upon a Capitol built with..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Poor Tactics

"...just $3.20. They decry Council's fingerprinting program, claiming driver segregation, while they offer some drivers hourly minimums for working..."

Feb. 1, 2016 Postmarks

News Roundup: Counties, Communities, Council

Municipal politics matter!

"...grow as a compact and connected city. Affordability, economic segregation, and traffic congestion all can be addressed by increasing..."

Jan. 18, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

A Perilous Journey

Mediterranea puts a real face on a topical subject

"...there's still that idea that they can repel it. Segregation still feels like it is possible here, it's like,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Top 10 Local Stories

"...escapade was brief, ridiculous, and self-defeating. 9) The New Segregation..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Leave No Fingerprints

Council’s last 2015 meeting looks both ways before crossing

"...objections by CM Zimmerman that they would “increase economic segregation” and force other neighborhoods to subsidize the homestead zones..."

Dec. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Master Plan of Encroachment

"...neighborhood. And then with the 1928 Master Plan of segregation we were pushed to East Austin. Because of racism..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Postmarks

CodeNEXT's Sound Check Gets Under Way

There's still (a little) time to tell city planners how you feel about the way Austin's designed

"...type of dwelling. Austin is economically segregated. Shamefully, this segregation has deepened as the city has grown. The new..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

UT Football: How Soon Is Now?

Recapping the season ahead of Saturday’s matchup against Kansas State

"...in the hot seat. Surely, the rumored locker room segregation would destroy the team. You had a freshman (re)tweeting..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Wendell Pierce's The Wind in the Reeds

In Wendell Pierce's memoir The Wind in the Reeds, Godot and Treme help transform post-Katrina New Orleans

"...net for those who were denied insurance because of segregation, Jim Crow laws, couldn't get a burial plot, redlined..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...the Mississippi Delta, where the scars of slavery and segregation run deep. The “South’s South" – some people make..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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