The Renewal Series

In our ongoing series Renewal – Beyond COVID-19 we explore how Austin is rising to the inescapable challenge of renewing civic life, culture and institutions toward the other side of the pandemic called COVID-19.

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

Brett Hurt - January 8, 2021

In the classical Greek myth, Pandora opened her infamous box, releasing death, destruction and...

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

Brett Hurt - January 7, 2021

Acceptance is not surrender. That idea seems such a clear aphorism. Accepting what we cannot...

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

Brett Hurt - January 6, 2021

If the fear phase of my pandemic journey fused suddenly, and if the state...

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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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