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One Court, Three Decisions
SCOTUS rules on three Texas cases impacting abortion, affirmative action, and immigration
BY MARY TUMA AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Congratulations on the Struggle
The Supreme Court decision rests upon political agitation
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Going Big
How to spend $720 million on mobility
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Escape From City Hall!
Members navigate homestead exemption politics en route to vacation
BY MICHAEL KING
A Team Approach
Program to aid homeless seeks more funding
BY ANNAMARYA SCACCIA
APA Chief Punches Horse-Molester
Union head unlikely to face consequences
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
How job cuts miraculously turn into job "creation"
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Review: Backbeat
Vintage-inspired bar is everything but retro
BY BRANDON WATSON
Smart Growth
Logro Farms brings sustainable mushrooms to Austin
BY JESSI CAPE
Dear Glutton
Have you no heart?
BY EMILY BEYDA
The Take-Out
Who gets to own the story of food?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music
Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown
Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Lovers, Sinners, and Saints
New AFS series shines a light on Maurice Pialat
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Having a Gas
Swiss Army Man is more than just "that farting corpse movie"
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The BFG
Steven Spielberg tackles Roald Dahl’s 1982 children's book
Independence Day: Resurgence
ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less
The Legend of Tarzan
This new take on Tarzan, with its CGI jungle animals, isn't half bad
Our Kind of Traitor
Stellan Skarsgård and Damien Lewis rock this John le Carré adaptation
The Purge: Election Year
The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent
The Shallows
Blake Lively is trapped by a shark on her own bikini island
Swiss Army Man
This infamous "farting corpse" movie is all gassed up with nowhere to go
Wiener-Dog
Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite
arts & culture
What in Our House?
Theatrical perversity in Chicago: the Austin connection
BY SHANON WEAVER
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Buyer and Cellar
A funny and surreal solo show by Jonathan Tolins
Loverboy at ColdTowne Theater
This troupe's improvised scenes based on personal sex stories prove ColdTowne is still a fun place to catch local comedy's up-and-comers
"Evolution" at Art.Science.Gallery.
In this group show, each piece leads two lives: one as an artwork, one as a device for sharing information
columns
Gay Place
If you're craving a big party, our sister city San Antonio is celebrating 13 years of Pride
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Half-Way Oak, Breckenridge
Citizen uprising turns 200-year-old historic oak into a folk hero
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Uncool!
Yes, you should stop checking his phone
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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