San Antonio - Deceleration (Page 2)

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents

Advocates say the effort would begin repairing a system that fails to account for heat-related deaths across the community, a prerequisite for preventing needless suffering and loss of life. But Bexar County’s partnership remains uncertain.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Apr 2025

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

“The biggest domestic threat to our Constitution is Donald Trump and those that support him,” said one marcher, describing himself as a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Army.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Apr 2025

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

Lesley Ramsey and Joyous Windrider Jimenez have made the health and wellbeing of people the root of their community activism. That and smashing stuff up.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 14 Apr 2025

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

Texas ‘Mask Blocs’ Struggle to Fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp Up

Volunteer- and anarchist-led groups are working overtime to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 9 Apr 2025

Texas ‘Mask Blocs’ Struggle to Fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp Up

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

Deceleration stumbled into former and current Republicans at the Hands Off! march in San Antonio joining millions worldwide rallying against recent Trump actions, including the dismantling of federal agencies and social services, and in favor of fundamental human rights.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Apr 2025

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

Protests are being planned in cities across the U.S.—and clear across Texas, from El Paso to Houston and many small towns in between.

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2025

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Up to a million gallons of treated wastewater could flow into Helotes Creek from Lennar’s planned Guajolote Ranch every day, putting local wells and San Antonio’s primary water source at risk.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Feb 2025

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

Students told Deceleration that they understand they are organizing for the rights of their own generation as well as those who will follow.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Feb 2025

Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classes in San Antonio to Protest Trump Actions

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

A close reading of the last week of Jessica Witzel’s life reveals predictable failures by public agencies, facilitated by the dehumanization that housed residents often direct at their unhoused neighbors. It also reveals possibilities for neighbors banding together to meet all residents’ ‘true level

By Marisol Cortez

/ 16 Jan 2025

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

End of SAWS WaterSaver Rewards Program Prompts Disappointment, Reflection

As climate drought intensifies, San Antonio Water System’s 2025 termination of a conservation program popular among local eco-yard proponents highlights tensions between conservation and accessibility in the utility’s struggles for future water security.

By Rachel Cywinski

/ 15 Jan 2025

End of SAWS WaterSaver Rewards Program Prompts Disappointment, Reflection

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs

Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many other heat-related deaths among unhoused residents are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?

By Marisol Cortez

/ 9 Jan 2025

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs