The Hills Have Allies
Just west of Austin, preservationists fight to hold onto an ecological rarity as a Dallas billionaire's development looms.
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Cody Wilson, Austin’s Edgelord Prince
A new documentary and a 2016 memoir by the 3-D-printed-gun designer reveal a vision of Austin as a paranoid libertarian mecca.
On Inauguration Day, UT-Austin Students Demand School Be ‘Sanctuary from Oppression’
Hundreds of students gathered at UT-Austin to inaugurate resistance to the Trump administration.
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.
Texas Districts Pass UIL Restriction on Trans Athletes
Controversial UIL rule would base trans student athletes' gender on their birth certificates.
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Challenging Austin Exceptionalism
A new book explores the lives of 11 city-dwellers disenfranchised from Austin's financial success.