Community
Is Austin ready to go green?
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Field Museum anthropologists spent time this summer learning how some residents are already engaging in practices that can prevent climate change.
Opinion
What happened to our strong community?
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Austin native Susan Banks laments what she sees since returning to the West Side to open a preschool.
Opinion
Who gets to say that?
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Rasheena Fountain writes about being black today and her thoughts on the use of a long-debated word.
News
Three Austin schools have now approved longer days
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Despite opposition from the Chicago Teachers Union, nine schools have voted to add more time.
Business
Two Moo & Oinks close, including one on the West Side
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Austin residents have one less grocery store to shop at.
News
Former New York Jets player attends ceremony
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Emphasizing the importance of education, Brian Musso tells Catalyst Circle Rock students to stay focused on their dreams.
Community
Spots still available for crime fighting conference
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The free event, held Saturday, is sponsored by the Chicago Westside Branch NAACP Block Club.
News
Freedom Rider tells group history must not be forgotten
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Thomas Armstrong III shared his story as a civil rights worker at a West Side barber shop, part of a monthly Cafe’ Society-hosted discussion.
News
Firefighters, police officers visit West Side school to mark 9/11
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Students, faculty and staff at Al Raby School for Community and Environment commemorated the terrorist attacks by planting a tree, painting a rock and learning what’s changed in the last decade.
Opinion
Students, you can beat the odds and graduate from college
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Austin native shares his struggles and gains, while encouraging others to follow in his footsteps.