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A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project
New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Point Austin: Ground Zero for Zero Tolerance
Southwest Key becomes the local symbol of brutal U.S. policy
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Donald Trump
The president dished on Austin gun man Cody Wilson
Civics 101
CodeNEXT: Kicked
Mayor, Council appear destined to quash land use rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF AND CHASE HOFFBERGER
NAKED CITY
CodeNEXT at Work (While It Still Can)
Staff continues to toil on doomed rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Kendra Scott Walks Back Support for Local Crisis Pregnancy Center
Jeweler regrets hosting fundraiser for Pflugerville CPC
BY MARY TUMA
Rules for Dockless Scooters Remain in Limbo
Emergency guidelines remain in effect
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
County Officials to Get Big Raises
And Gerald Daugherty's not happy about it
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Cronk to Reorganize Management Team
Musical chairs at City Hall
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Almost Time Again
A busy return from summer break
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Allegations of Mistreatment at a Southwest Key Shelter
The deportation complex
BY MARY TUMA
Sexual Assault Class Action Suit Adds Five New Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs' attorney says more than 40 women have reached out since suit was filed
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Rename Austin? Not Likely.
City name not going anywhere anytime soon
BY MARY TUMA
Precourt’s Plan for McKalla Place
Terms set with city staff, McKalla's fate moves to Council
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Election Notes: New Names for AISD, Council
News from the campaign trails
BY SARAH MARLOFF, NINA HERNANDEZ AND AUSTIN SANDERS
food
How One Man Started the Local Mesquite Movement
A baking challenge led Sandeep Gyawali to this little-known flour
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food Trailer on Airport Nails Salvadoran Tex-Mex
SalvaTex’s pupusas, my dudes, are nothing short of incredible
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep
ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35
BY JEREMY STEINBERGER
Playback: Eviction Notice
World Class Capital locks out Kingdom and Ethics. Could Empire Control Room be next?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time
Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Struggling to Get by in Rome
The pure perfection and modern resonance of Bicycle Thieves lives on
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
Custody
A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce
Dark Money
Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller
Death of a Nation
Dinesh D'Souza, at it again, in another propaganda exercise
Generation Wealth
Greed isn't good. But didn't we know that already?
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes
arts & culture
The Mahogany Project Makes Space for Queer People of Color
The latest performance by the theatre collective embraces joy
BY TREY GUTIERREZ
Snapshot: Hot Summer Nights Band Portraits
Favorites from the summer season’s Free Week
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Zilker Theatre Productions' All Shook Up
Take Elvis at his silliest, mix in Twelfth Night, stir playfully, and you have the latest Zilker Summer Musical
National Geographic: Symphony for Our World
The breathtaking natural history footage combined with live symphonic performance sent a noble message: Save the Earth
"Xavier Schipani: Chasing Desire" at Lora Reynolds Gallery
The artist probes the history and crisis of masculinity by placing beefy men in salacious tangles, exposed and unashamed
columns
Gay Place
Pride Week finally descends on Austin
BY SARAH MARLOFF
The Luv Doc: The Judgment of Solomon
Fortunately we have the depraved wisdom of the Old Testament to guide us
BY THE LUV DOC
Day Trips: Tree Sculpture Tour, Galveston
Galveston Tree Sculpture Tour turns lemons into lemonade
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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