Inside Austin

Austin Educators look beyond Texas’ African American studies course

byJennifer Martinez

WATCH: UT students talk about African American History African American heritage runs deep in Texas. From the horror of slavery to the civil rights movement and beyond, Texas’ African American population has played a critical role in the state’s economic and cultural development. Yet Texas’ publication education system has downplayed African American history in its […]

Austin Teachers Say They Face High Levels of Work-related Stress

byHope Lenamon

Some Austin teachers say increasing levels of work-related stress make it difficult to effectively do their jobs.

At City of Austin, the Goal is Turning Trash into Treasure

byKatherine Corley

Austin’s Circular Economy Program aspires to reduce waste by turning it into new products.

Confederates Still Memorialized at UT; No Immediate Plans for Change

bySunny Kim

Despite the relocation of some of UT-Austin’s prominent reminders of Confederate times, other nods to the Confederacy, hidden and not so hidden, continue to dot the campus and provide potential flashpoints for controversy.

UT Slows Down the Scooters, Students Don’t Seem to Mind

byReid Jowers

In a series of interviews in April, most UT students said they welcome an automatically enforced 8-mph speed limit for dockless electric scooters.

UT Dell Medical School’s Unconscious Bias Training Seeks to Improve Awareness in Healthcare

bySunny Kim

By eliminating bias, educators hope to improve dismal maternal mortality rates among African-American women.

North Lamar’s Long Road Toward Improvements

byAlyx Wilson

Austin is in the midst of developing a small area plan for what some residents consider a neglected pocket of Austin — the area around North Lamar Boulevard north of Highway 183 to Braker Lane.

Texas’ Membership-only Card Clubs Circumvent Gambling Laws

byReid Jowers

Some gamblers have started using a loophole in state law to play cards for money at so-called card clubs.

Austin Works to End Youth Homelessness By 2020

byMichael Minasi

Youth homelessness dropped 25 percent in the past year, and experts credit a community plan and subsequent commitment to carry it out.

Austinite Aims to Foster Discussion of Sexual Abuse Through Musical

byAlyx Wilson

Anna Westbrook says her musical and an accompanying workshop have a simple goal — to make people more comfortable discussing sexual abuse.

UT Takes on the Scooters

byReid Jowers

University Health Services reported treating 110 injuries from scooter mishaps between August and December.

Classes Divide Along Burnet Road

Data collected by Opportunity Insights show a persistent difference in earning power between kids who grew up on opposite sides of the North Austin thoroughfare.