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Austin, Texas · AustinHBO's "God Save Texas: Hometown Prison" was "joyfully upsetting for me," says John Avlon. Avlon: The death penalty takes one tragedy, a murder, and expands the pain and suffering to include so many others. The law itself is designed to kill; it's the labyrinth that we have tragically built ourselves into, Avlon says.See the Story
An Open Letter to Richard Linklater on Our Texas Death Penalty
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Photography · AustinPhotographer Dan Winters is the subject of a new National Geographic documentary. The film, Life Is Once Forever, premiered earlier this month at South by Southwest (SXSW) Winters shot regularly for Texas Monthly and is known for his portraits of the likes of Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, and Angelina Jolie.See the Story
A Bittersweet Portrait of a Famed Austin Photographer, Obsessed
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Austin, Texas · AustinThe In Between is an 82-minute feature documentary that premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin on March 9. Director Robie Flores shares both her profound sense of loss and, at other times, gratitude. The movie is also an exploration of universal human experiences, like grief and gratitude.See the Story
A New Documentary Reveals the Real Eagle Pass
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Austin, Texas · AustinA booming petrochemical buildout on the Gulf Coast has drawn billions of dollars in public subsidies from state tax abatement programs despite regular violations of pollution permits, according to a new report released Thursday. The Environmental Integrity Project, an environmental nonprofit based in Texas and Washington, D.C., compiled data on all U.S. plastics projects built, expanded or proposed since 2012, almost all of them along the Gulf …See the Story
Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters
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Austin, Texas · AustinFred Rouse III is helping to create a memorial to his grandfather, who was lynched in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921. The memorial will turn what was once a Ku Klux Klan headquarters into the Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing. In a city that traditionally identifies itself with nostalgic legends, these efforts to commemorate the first Fred Rouse, Tarrant County's sole Black lynching victim, aim to reckon with the horror.See the Story
Fort Worth's Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse
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Gaza · GazaEven well-resourced journalistic outlets are ill-equipped to detect technologically advanced fakery. Generative artificial intelligence technologies that can automate the creation of bogus but convincing content pours gas on an already raging fire. The prognosis for combating disinformation is grim, particularly with the advent of advanced machine learning.See the Story
The Specter of Disinformation Haunts South by Southwest
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Joker · AustinThe Queen vs. Texas follows drag queen Raemonn James, better known as Hermajestie the Hung. The 15-minute film also depicts James' Joker-like political transformation. Director Emil Lozada hopes the film inspires people to support nonprofits that fight anti-LGBTQ+ laws.See the Story
'The Queen vs. Texas' Revisits the Battle over Lone Star Drag
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Gaza · GazaThe Puro Pinche Palestina is a San Antonio way of declaring support for the Palestinian cause. The event's earnings will go to an outfit called San Antonio for Justice in Palestine. The death toll in the Gaza Strip, population 2.2 million, soars toward 30,000.See the Story
'Puro Pinche Palestina': Scenes of Solidarity with Gaza in San Antonio
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