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The Man Whose Discovery Changed What We Know About Human History
The sky was spring blue and the air mercifully dry on the day I visited the Gault School of Archaeological Research, about fifty miles north of Austin. Filmmaker Olive Talley spread out a cloth near B...

Austin Metcalf’s Killing Prompted Racist Vitriol Online—Then the Internet Came to Frisco
As three masked young men Sieg heil–ed across the street, Jake Lang spoke softly into a cellphone, listing off Black crime stats to a grieving father he hoped to recruit to his cause. On the other s...

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?
After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department...

Opinion: Toxins and Trauma – The Silent Threat to Austin’s Kids
Austin needs stronger air quality policies, green spaces, and public health measures that prioritize equity and protect vulnerable youth...