Black people, news and events in Austin, Tx.
A lone police officer makes the decision that a black man no longer has the right to occupy any space on earth if he disapproves of his behavior. We see it time and time again. Not following orders fast enough? Boom! You’re gone.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will,” Frederick Douglass spoke those words in 1857. Those same words are ringing loud and clear across the United States and the world in 2020.
The country had not even caught its breath from the shocking death of Ahmaud Arbury when we found ourselves witnessing yet another daytime lynching of a black man on an American street.
The Austin City Council will discuss the protests held downtown over the weekend at a special meeting on Thursday.
Just like that, in a matter of weeks, our beloved city has become a casualty of a world war raging in all four corners…
With a recent unanimous 9-0 City Council Vote, the City of Austin has essentially directed the Austin Police Department to end the enforcement of “low-level” marijuana possession offenses.
Rodney Reed – from Bastrop – is scheduled to die by execution in 14 days exactly. The amount of overwhelming evidence that casts a…
The 21st Annual Austin Under 40 Awards ceremony will take place downtown on May 18. Nominees (including the four of us) will gather with…
Notes from the Field, Anna Deavere Smith’s awarding-winning play, wrenches your heart, illuminates humanity and provides proof that change is in the wind. The…
“I love everything about blackness, and I gravitate to it,” exactly the sentiment you hope for from kYmberly Keeton, the new African American archivist…
As Austin rapidly develops and experiences growth, challenges like gentrification are high stakes for people of color. “We are losing people and we are…
December is here and with it comes the pressure to spend that money. Consumerism is at an all-time high and Christmas time takes it…
