Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

"...compliance with the electoral preclearance provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act is just too burdensome for the poor..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: MUD Rising

Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes

"...the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review one Austin-based voting-rights case and rejected another, in a revealing coincidence of..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

From Georgetown to Austin, a March to Defend Democracy

Barber, O’Rourke hosting 27-mile trek to force action on voting rights

"...the GOP’s attempts across the country to turn the voting-rights clock at least halfway back to the dark days..."

July 27, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Voter Purge Leader David Whitley Resigns

Embattled SoS calls it quits after discriminatory voter purge

"...non-citizen voters and led to three separate lawsuits from voting rights groups, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley’s job..."

May 27, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Selma

Although it's dramatically uneven, this film is a commendable historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr. that sidesteps the common pitfalls of adulatory biopics.

"...50 years to the day of the Selma, Ala., voting-rights marches that are depicted in the film, comes this..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lege Ticker: From Voter Suppression to Salamanders

GOP bills spell trouble for voting rights, Barton Springs

"...ride last week, as committee hearings on two restrictive voting bills sputtered in the Texas House and Senate...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: 'No Bueno'

Court says the Lege still trampling on voting rights

"...unnecessary and burdensome rules upon the constitutional right of voting, and the more literal Republican fraud of pretending that..."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Texas Voter ID Law Struck Down

5th Circuit: Senate Bill 14 violates Voting Rights Act

"...bill passed in 2011, violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. That was the ruling issued today of..."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Behind Closed Doors

As the Feb. 6 redistricting deadline gets close, what cost unanimity?

"...the April 3 primary. But what will the minority voting rights groups want from those maps, and can they..."

Jan. 30, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

DOJ Says No to Texas Maps

Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting

"...passed by the Legislature this year comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965...."

Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy

The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn

"...• Most perniciously, that the filibuster protects the rights of minorities. In the U.S. Senate, the filibuster has..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...Nearly everybody loves voting by mail. While only seven states currently enable universal..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Stacey Abrams TribFest Panel Gives Texans a Therapy Session on Voter Suppression

Voting is medicine, Abrams says

"...Ashley Lopez, moderating the conversation with Abrams and national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman, had only to utter Attorney..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark Updegrove

The Library's director from 2009 to 2017 on LBJ's evolving legacy

"...failures in Vietnam toward the landmark achievements in civil rights and social progress...."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...a woman who, until Harris County's turn in the voting rights spotlight in 2020, bore the brunt of decades..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Watson's 3/17 Speech Against Voter ID

Transcript of Austin senator's remarks

"...importantly, those who weren’t watching, those millions of legally voting Texans whose lives won’t be the same if this..."

March 18, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Go Vote RIGHT NOW

Early voting starts today; take advantage and avoid long Election Day lines

"...Early voting for the Nov. 4 election starts at 7am today..."

Oct. 20, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...up protections for partisan poll watchers, and restricts mail-in voting, while SB 7 focuses on early voting hours and..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Shapleigh Rips Into GOP Witness

Former Justice Department lawyer participated in Texas re-redistricting

"...up by mentioning reports of illegal aliens registering and voting in Bexar County. But El Paso Sen. Eliot Shapleigh..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Rebels With a Cause

Compelling documentary about the Sixties" Students for a Democratic Society includes commentary from such leaders as Tom Hayden and Austin's Alice Embree and Jeff Shero Nightbyrd.

"...1962 and on through their involvement in the civil rights struggle of the Sixties to the emergence of the..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House Dems' 11th-Hour Walkout Stops SB7 In Its Tracks

"Election integrity" bill stymied (for now) as session ends

"...Bill 7, a bill that would drastically alter the voting process for Texans...."

May 31, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

The Common Law

Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation – where’s the line?

"...This voting season has generated tension between Republicans and Democrats on..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Column by Luke Ellis

Can’t Vote by Mail Now? Perhaps November.

Courts have time – if not the will – to expand VBM before general election

"...It may be cold comfort to Texans voting in person early or on July 14, but there..."

June 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King

President Biden Rolls Out Supreme Court Reform in Austin

Biden marks 60 years since Civil Rights Act with new proposal

"...the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation championed by President Lyndon Baines..."

Aug. 2, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Sword and the Shield Shows Malcolm X and MLK Were More Alike Than Different

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph's book argues that the civil rights leaders are two sides of the same revolutionary coin

"...In our nation's hazy memories of the civil rights movement, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...."

Nov. 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Austin at Large: Blue Blood, From a Turnip

In voting-averse Texas, how can the “election integrity” juice be worth the squeeze?

"...a generation; we're pretty universally regarded as the least voting-friendly state in the union. There's been plenty of outrage..."

March 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bill of the Week: A Straight Ticket to Court?

Rep. Ron Simmons wants to end straight-ticket voting

"...disproportionately impact minorities, who more frequently opt for straight-ticket voting, as well as the disabled and elderly who spend..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Motor Voter: Texas Won’t Play Nice

Why does the state want to restrict voting access?

"...option; and send lawsuit plaintiffs with the Texas Civil Rights Project data for three years to monitor progress. This..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Judge Finds Texas Violated National Voter Registration Act

Motor voter mayhem

"...When it comes to voting laws, Texas can’t seem to keep it legal...."

April 10, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

McLeroy, Smoking, and Voter ID

A bullet-point list of recent dome doings

"...Senate floor on a 4-2 vote (Watson and Shapleigh voting nay). Jackson previously would not move the nomination because..."

May 20, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

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