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On Tuesday, some Texans will take a paid day off for a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederate army.
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Local officials want to make sure East Austin gets enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but a state and federal strategy on how to distribute vaccines might be standing in their way.
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As vaccines trickle out in Central Texas, Black elected officials are pointing out the disparity in access between East and West Austin. They recommend public spaces like schools and fire stations be used as pop-up vaccination clinics.
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Though the department has publicly committed to bolstering equity in policing and diversity in hiring, a 152-page memo suggests it's not doing enough.
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Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.
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Limited protections and structural inequalities led to COVID hotspots among low-wage Latino workers in Austin, researchers found.
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A lot of painful things are dividing Americans in 2020. But Peniel Joseph with the LBJ School of Public Affairs says, "There's no time to be tired."
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An annual report of police motor vehicle stops by the Austin Police Department finds Black and Hispanic people were disproportionately affected.
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From Texas Standard:Things are changing at the newsstand. Many magazines that used to mainly feature skinny, white women on their covers are now opting…
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Lee esta historia en español. A diversity training described by City of Austin employees as “hurtful” and “emotionally and professionally damaging” has…