Texas Republicans’ efforts to control what is taught at the University of Texas passed another milestone last week, as UT administrators announced that the school will consolidate its highly regarded gender and ethnic studies programs into one new departm... See more
On Monday, the Chronicle spoke with Lisa Moore, who has served since 2023 as the chair of UT-Austin’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department – a department that is now being collapsed with three other programs into a single department. Moore sp... See more
Last year’s meetings of the Texas Legislature must have done something to Austin’s elected representatives. After the last special session ended in September, half of our city’s six House members announced they would give up their safe seats, where they m... See more
Austinites shut down two mass surveillance programs last year, worried about how the technology threatens privacy and aids Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants. Advocates from over 30 state and local groups banded together in a coalition called No ALPRs t... See more
“I know, I’m a downer,” Christine Maguire told the Council members on the city’s Mobility Committee this past December. “I’m a buzzkill. Nobody invites me to meetings anymore. “But from the financial services point of view, the city’s risk profile has inc... See more
