Page Two: Spin and Cinema

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

"...majority rule except when it is assured that the rights of minorities are protected. A republic and a democracy..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to read, write, and speak English to be a voter in the United States." – Congressman John Carter, R-Round..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

An Honest Ballot

A look at what you're actually going to be voting on

"...troubling. But the language may still not tell a voter precisely what she is voting for or against...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of mid-decade redistricting and apparent violation of minority voting rights. Oral arguments are expected in March...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...is safe – the homophobes convinced 76% of Texas voters to support Proposition 2, a constitutional amendment to ban..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...struggle, as well as to efforts to gain equal rights and wages for African-American educators. The George Washington Carver..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...his allegation that election officials "are having difficulty reconciling voter information" has thrown County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir for a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...In the same anti-DOMA spirit, the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas is launching a new voter-ID drive..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...district" will be interpreted by the folks out in Voter Land as paying for sick poor people. But a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Carving Up Texas

A Preview of Redistricting at the Lege

"...is an analytic-geometry assignment: Divide these points we call voters, distributed in a certain way over the flat surface..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

Phil Alden Robinson's Freedom Song, premiering on TNTthis Sunday, is a touching depiction of a small town's grassroots Civil Rights movement; also, cheers to Frasier and jeers for Fox's Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire.

"...King Jr. and Rosa Parks, for example, are well-known civil-rights-era "stars." Lesser known are the undocumented heroes at the..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...Aquifer Conservation District [BS/EACD] be dissolved? The question, which voters in South Austin and southern Travis County will address..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Unlikely Allies

Eastsiders and Suburbanites Unite to Fight City

"...and it's called Section Five of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1974. Under the act, Texas, along with..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...GOP's Voter Suppression ChallengedSenate Bill 1, the Republican Party's 2021 voter..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...election. That breaks the county's 2016's presidential election total voter turnout of 477,588, which included early voting and Election..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature

Travis County Early Voting Information and Locations

Early Voting October 13-30

"...Travis County voters may vote at any "vote center" (where you see..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature

March 3 Primary Election Voting Info

Early Voting Feb. 18-28

"...Travis County voters may vote at any "vote center" (where you see..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature

Balancing the Scales of Justice on Texas’ Most Important Courts

Dems run en masse for statewide judicial seats

"...Pieratt Demond of Houston describes himself as a "constitutional rights attorney." On the GOP side of the ballot, Bert..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Headlines

"...ruling that found Texas in violation of the National Voter Registration Act ("motor voter") for preventing drivers from registering..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...challenger Sema Hernandez in some border counties. Travis County voters overwhelmingly supported O'Rourke, no big surprise considering the massive..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin: City of Petitions

New Linda Curtis-fronted PAC has agendas for days

"..."independents" that weighs in regularly on growth issues, water rights, candidate campaigns, and related matters. IndyAustin is a specific-purpose..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...that Texas' House and Congressional maps violated the Voting Rights Act, and this week he is accepting petitions as..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature

Early Voting

Oct. 24 - Nov. 4

"...Travis County voters may vote at any precinct polling place in Travis..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...on. Because he could only win with a low voter turnout. So I hope we take this to heart..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

The Hightower Report

Florida official can't seem to get the hang of running elections

"...Rick Scott and his party's legislative henchmen officially rammed voter suppression into law, targeting Latino, African-American, student, elderly, and..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Top 10 Texas LGBT Stories

One step back and two steps forward

"...that largely eschewed dog-whistle politics. By now, every Houston voter knows that Parker is a lesbian. And by an..."

Jan. 6, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Road Rage

Stand With Texas Women Bus Tour launches mobile protest

"...trip to highlight not only the threat to reproductive rights, but also the effects clinic closures would have on..."

July 9, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...– that, and finding hot-button issues to distract the voters from the shell games being played with their money...."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 State Stories

Rick Perry's embarrassments, education's funding battles, and more

"...Texas got itself sued as well over a reactionary voter ID law, which didn't pass muster in U.S. District..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

Top 10 Election Stories

This year wasn't just about the November ballot, but that was a very big (literally) part too

"...leaving Republicans scrabbling for candidates who can survive when voter turnout finally becomes minority-majority...."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

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