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The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans, who criticized the lessons as “un-American woke indoctrination.”

Carl Settles Jr. founded E4 Youth to help teach digital skills to underserved youth. The nonprofit's "What Once Was" project uses augmented and virtual reality to preserve the history of Austin's Black and brown communities.

His office plans to depose the superintendent and others as part of an investigation into whether the district is using teaching materials linked to the "1619 Project," which was banned in Texas public schools 2021.

It took a man actively trying not to find oil to make the biggest oil discovery in U.S. history.

Harrison Eppright has become an expert on the history of East Austin. Now, he wants locals to become tourists in their own city.

The building, which last housed the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, got a State Antiquities Landmark in July. The university wants to build a $70 million football training facility in its place.

The Blackwell School will explore the often undertold history of Mexican American school segregation across the Southwest.

Nobody really calls it "Bat City." It's just not a thing, really. But Google "Bat City," and Austin pops up. We couldn't let that lie.

The East Austin museum has limited space, so much of its collection is stored away. Staff are hoping the city will help with a new location.

Carros y Cultura: Lowrider Legacies in Texas will be on display until September.