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Most Recent in Border:

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Most Recent in Education:

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3How We Got Here

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5The Forgotten Children of Texas

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6American Health Care is Broken, Especially in Texas. What Can We Do About It?

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3How Texas Women Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment

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5The Ghosts of Jefferson

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6Loneliness in the Age of Coronavirus

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2Remembering W.S. Merwin, Honorary Texan

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5Parallel Planes

Articles tagged: protests

A large boot is crushing Lady Liberty while a trooper says to the boot, "Hey trooper—got something on your shoe."

Loon Star: Trampled Liberty

The latest cartoon from Ben Sargent.

Fri, Sep 18, 2020 |

To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here. Read more from the Observer:...Read More

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by Kaye Northcott

The ‘Police Riot’

Tue, Aug 28, 2018 |

The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention Riots, 50 Years Later – by Kaye Northcott September 6, 1968 Editor’s Note: A deeply divided country, a polari...Read More

by Ignacio Martinez

Video: ‘Freedom’ Rally Brings Alt-Right Groups to Austin for Fourth of July Weekend

Tue, Jul 4, 2017 |

Nearly 200 people rallied for a variety of far-right causes — from support of President Donald Trump to white supremacy — on July 1 at the “1776 Freedom M...Read More

Video: ‘Queer Dance Freakout’ Outside the Governor’s Mansion

The crowd danced hard and carried signs reading "Trans rights are human rights," "Feminism for now, feminism forever" and "I don't care about your front; I got your back."

Thu, Feb 23, 2017 |

Around 200 gathered outside the Governor's mansion Thursday night for a "queer dance freakout" to protest what organizers called transphobic and ...Read More

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Hundreds Protest Islamophobia at Austin Mosque

Demonstrators held signs reading 'We stand with our Muslim neighbors,' 'Jews reject Trump' and "you make America great.'

Fri, Nov 18, 2016 |

A crowd of 300 Austin demonstrators gathered Friday at Nueces Mosque to show solidarity with Muslim Americans after a spate of anti-Muslim incidents....Read More

Anti-Trump Students Shut Down Austin Streets and Bridges

After gathering around noon at the campus’ main mall, the marchers blocked traffic on the South First Street and Congress bridges on their way to the Capitol.

by Michael Thompson

Wed, Nov 9, 2016

A spontaneous anti-Trump protest that began with about 50 University of Texas at Austin students grew into a crowd of more than 400 by Wednesday evening....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

David Dewhurst Claims He Saw ‘Bags of Feces’ at Capitol

Fri, Jul 19, 2013 |

For the last week, activists, lawmakers and media have demanded that DPS produce evidence that protestors tried to bring jars of urine and feces into the Senate...Read More

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