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Opinion: Surviving Whole in a Broken System
Caregiver violence is a form of abuse that affects thousands of Texans with disabilities. And yet, there is a constant need for more caregivers.
"...During October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we heard about the behind-closed-doors issue of..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Column by Renee Lopez

Council Hears Emotional Pleas for Change in Austin Police Leadership at Emergency Hearings
CMs join community in denouncing police violence at protests
"...With those words, Edwin Sanchez kicked off 12 hours..."

June 5, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Month After Mike Ramos Died, Some Hesitant Steps Toward Accountability
Justice comes slowly
"...who wasn't already awakened to the reality of police violence is now because of Mr. Floyd's death. I think..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Black Man Is in Critical Condition After Being Struck With “Less Lethal Impact Munitions” at Sunday's Demonstration
Chief Brian Manley addressed police response at Monday presser
"...weekend,” Manley said, placing the onus for the weekend's violence on “others who joined that group for reasons other..."

June 1, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws
Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.
"...the Texas Senate is holding its Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety meeting. This Committee has been..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

Point Austin: Hanging Fire on Gun Control
After yet more deaths, Texas leaders vow to do ... something
"...interview, Patrick grabbed the GOP momentum from Abbott's gun violence task forces, commissions, head-scratching about mental health, summary executions,..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun
As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again
"...According to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks the national carnage as accurately as..."

June 7, 2019 News Column by Michael King

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage
Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke
"...major American cities, the persistently gendered nature of this violence – often involving torture and sexual mutilation, targeting female..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Do Not Resist Charts the Rise of the Militarization of Law Enforcement
Documentary offers a critical look at evolving present-day policing efforts
"...of Craig Atkinson's police documentary Do Not Resist threaten violence, staged on the protest-filled streets of Ferguson, Mo. The..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots
Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents
"...[voiced by transphobic politicians] has the power to incite violence against trans people. It gives them permission to feel..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Everybody Has Some
In a round-robin interview, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black open up about their new films
"...and the Ti West Western In a Valley of Violence; and Louis Black – co-founder of The Austin Chronicle..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

A Safe Place?
Parties, alcohol, and attitudes are contributing to a high number of sexual assaults in Austin
"...that assists those affected by sexual assault and domestic violence, every day an average of two people report being..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Responding to Rape on Campus
"..."sexual harassment, sexual misconduct or physical abuse, threats of violence, physical assault, or any form of sexual violence, including..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy
Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects
"...the Sherwood Forest outlaw to confront state-sanctioned racism and violence against black people in both Robin's time and ours...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Off Your Ass and Change the World
Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams speaks tomorrow at BookPeople
"...a magnificent background: I was normal kid with some violence in my family because of my schizophrenic brother. I..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Code Maroon: Texas A&M Disarms Mississippi State
Contemplating the thin line between violence and condoned aggression
"...tape networks use to mark first downs – between violence and condoned aggression. I realized our reaction to violence..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

'There To Tell the Truth'
Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war
"...[Clinton] can say half the things she says about violence in Syria. Yes, violence in Syria is terrible –..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: What's in a Word?
Joseph Stack's terrorism calls attention to rampant political hypocrisy
"...of the FBI: "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Michael King

New Evidence Could Clear Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed
Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiancée
"...additional evidence regarding Jimmy Fennell's apparent proclivity toward sexual violence...."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Journey of a Gun
Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands
"...firearms seized by police for "safekeeping" in connection with family-violence calls – weapons that haven't been used to harm..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Media Watch
Feds make lame attempt to show broadcasters who's boss
"...hours a week of children's programming, and complaints about violence. That's it...."

July 14, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Preventing Fascism by Repressing It: Free Speech for Some
"...discontent to recruit and organize. Fascism inherently rests on violence. If you don't see it, it is because the..."

Nov. 16, 2005 Postmarks

Killer Choreography
Ellen Bartel's blood-spattered new dance 'Killsport' mocks our love of the old ultraviolence
"...wallowed in, even as it criticized America's fascination with violence, especially in sports. Rollerball, which came out the same..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Southern Destroyer
Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute
"...buying my books, and reading me, because of the violence." He smiles, and the grooves in his face get..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks
The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.
"...The most dangerous calls they can take involve family violence with alcohol, and often involve hostility and non-cooperation from..."

April 13, 2001 Column

TV Eye
The most recent episode of The Sopranos illustrates the caste system among the women of the show -- but does watching a woman get beaten to death educate or entertain?
"...show can be graphic and breathtakingly violent, but the violence is usually juxtaposed with the larger landscape of Tony's..."

April 6, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

World of Books
The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival
"...with work, our imperfections in love, our capacity for violence, and our longing for grace...."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Public Notice
Club Skirt, autumn leaves, and the flu are all back!
"...North west, etc.) will offer the shot. 324-1899.Let's Kick Violence's Ass Ostracism begets defensiveness begets stewing and brewing begets..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Psycho Analysis
An interview with Psycho scribe Joe Stefano
"...Festival, Stefano spoke with me about the two Psychos, violence in film, and Hollywood's changing positions on screenwriting...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Just Your Average Stiff
"...pal Sam Raimi, the pros and cons of film violence, and why a hunky guy like him doesn't get..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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