When I launched into my role three and a half years ago as the American-Statesman’s Metro columnist — a public trust and a dream job — I was focused on using this platform to unpack problems ...

The continent is not yet ready for this new era of Trumpian geopolitics. By New Statesman Donald Trump has long told the world who he is. In 2022 he hailed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as ...

The Austin mom of four was featured in the American-Statesman's 2024 Season for Caring program after being nominated to the charity program by Foundation for the Homeless. Instead, she walked into ...

Both houses of Congress owe an abject apology to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and to our European allies for the disgraceful treatment of the leader of a nation soaked with the blood of ...

Little reversed the ban a day later, and he didn’t mince words about his opinion of the move, calling it an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt,” the Idaho Statesman reported at the ...

The tyranny of social media has made us all minor celebrities: exhausted and narcissistic. By Ed Smith The Sirens’ Call, by the American television host Chris Hayes, cites a lot of big thinkers – ...

Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times. By Tanjil Rashid What do you do when time is out of joint, when history’s tectonic ...

The former National Commissioner was 97 years old. The statement was signed by his brother, Prof. C. C. Clark, and his son, Penawei Clark, on behalf of the children. Chief Edwin Clark, a prominent ...

Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick on Saturday evening told the Statesman that, after speaking with multiple witnesses, his office is not accepting the case at this time. RELATED ...

Rieff offers the American left a path beyond the culture war and towards a more generous, genuine humanism. By Lee Siegel Donald Trump’s relentless attempt to erase the slightest trace of diversity, ...

Essentially, as one can glean from the American-Statesman archives, Austin began growing its own distinctive culture during the 1960s. There are those who believe that culture is vulnerable ...

The party is appealing to a socially conservative base at the cost of its more liberal-minded voters. By Ben Walker The polls are showing some strange numbers right now. Reform, according to my model ...