Justice Matters

In our ongoing series Renewal – Justice Matters we explore the longstanding failure of Austin and America to address systemic racism in policing, education, housing and other institutions — and what to do about it now.

‘This is all of our shame, this is all of our concern’

David Judson - June 3, 2020

Sometimes they spoke eloquently. Sometimes they struggled. Sometimes they wandered and searched for words...

This national moment of grief and mourning can become a marker of public shame or a symbol of American renewal

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph - June 1, 2020

American cities are in upheaval, awakened by the duel pandemics of COVID-19 and white supremacy, which has resulted in 40 million people out of work and the spectacle of George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

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The just society and knowledge economy now towering on the post-pandemic horizon

As the fog at last lifts, the future begins to arrive much sooner than we ever expected

As the pandemic becomes more dire, a fog of sorrow coils around life amid COVID-19

Spotting the new horizon after weeks of ‘Dead Reckoning’ through the pandemic storm

A new flu-like virus distant, abstract and then suddenly… ‘This is real, this is bad’

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Austin may condemn its sordid history — it should condemn its troubled present

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