byLouise Rodriguez
Breakthrough works with students from middle school through college. It depends on AmeriCorps for employees.
byYelitza Mandujano
City plans to build facilities for large events were shelved after residents said they wanted the park to remain user-friendly.
byOmar Rodriguez Ortiz
Efforts will include translating essential documents into several languages and improving the translation feature of city websites.
byKathryn Lundstrom
Wooldridge Elementary has developed expertise working with immigrant and refugee children.
For six years, photographer Liz Moskowitz has documented the impact of gentrification on the area’s religious communities.
byCésar E. López Linares
An Austin-based nonprofit brings its miniature horses to visit with patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Medical experts say the interaction can bring joy and motivation to sick people.
The November election spurred some Austin-area teenagers to create their own political organization. Now they’re working on how to assure that it continues.
byKaitlin Reid
As young people define spirituality in broader ways, some view yoga in the same way older Americans see places of worship.
byYi Li
DesignLab is unique in putting students to work building projects designed to teach others about threats to the Texas Gulf Coast.
byJesús Nazario
With little chance of being caught, homeowners continue to rent their properties without a city license.
byHailey Becker
Most buyers have their Carvana purchases delivered, but some choose to retrieve their automobiles from an automated dispenser.
byTaylor Jackson Buchanan
By day, Monroe Stinson works for the Williamson County Constable’s Office. At night, he picks up a bass guitar to play in a band.
For Ammar al-Sahabi, getting his Iraqi family to the United States is a dream come true.
A cellphone rigged as a hot spot lets students iron out plans face to face with their partners in Tamil Nadu state.
byVanna Vasquez
Just two spans have structural problems, and one of them has been closed for 15 years.
byMolly Smith
Alejandra Rodriguez Boughton took a risk and quit the corporate world to become an organic farmer. She’s young, Latina and female — not the usual model for a farmer.
byDanielle Smith
Targeted at the deaf, the show is gaining 1,500 Facebook followers a week.
byAzriel Hebrado
It’s hard, but not impossible, to get a plot on this hallowed ground. Years ago, a burro made it in.
The organization took shape after Boy Scouts of America welcomed gay and, more recently, transgender youth to participate.
byShelby Knowles
The damage was a blow to a low-income community that struggles with crime. But within a few weeks, the repairs were done and people were back tending their beds.
