All the Way

In Zach Theatre's staging of this epic political drama about LBJ, the fight for civil rights feels particularly urgent

"..."Is this America?" asks the woman, her voice ablaze with disbelief and..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Re-Forming AI$D

What's behind the national involvment in local school board races?

"...at the national level. And then there's Teach for America, the national organization that puts recent college grads into..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Ted Cruz Doesn't Know About Apartheid

And it's not just what the word means

"...Israel can never be made an apartheid nation while America exists, because America will be with Israel regardless of..."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ACA Deadline Monday: Getting 'Out of the Box'

Advocacy organizations address lack of education

"...the numbers are no more encouraging; according to Enroll America's Texas state profile, between 15,000 to 25,000 uninsured reside..."

March 28, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...a green card and that he could remain in America while the paperwork was processed. She was mistaken: She..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation

Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent

"..."America no longer has a functioning democracy."..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Breaking out of the Film Fest Box

After a festival run, indie movies used to die on the vine. Video-on-demand is changing that.

"...in the United States than the Dallas Cowboys, but America's Parking Lot, Austin filmmaker Jonny Mars' 2012 documentary about..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Shirley Manson: Still Mysterious and Delicious

Garbage singer on the industry, Obama, and the animal kingdom

"...As a foreigner, my perspective is how he’s dragged America out of the gutter in terms of how the..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Both the feds and the corporations are abandoning the middle class

"...America's real 'job creators' are broke..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Back to the Great Recession; and Subsidizing Plutocrats

"...state capitols are pushing a massive jobs program across America. Great, just what we need! Uh ... no. Unfor-tunately,..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Goldman's Singapore Sling; and Flipping Us the Bird

"...enterprises. However, they took the money and ran, leaving America's workaday families mired in a jobless swamp. Meanwhile, Goldman..."

July 29, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

It's About You

A photographer's portrait of the thinking man's Mellencamp

"...had recorded. Left to his own devices, Markus discovers America in decline, narrating about abandoned downtowns and landscapes touched..."

March 31, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Hightower Report

Where There's Smoke, There's Firing; and Plenty of American Jobs

"...before they have no one to boss? Plenty of American Jobs..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

City Hall Hustle: Play It Again, MRF

There's many a slip between the dais and the big blue bin

"...Unhappy with their current recycling contract with Greenstar North America (aka Mid-America Recycling), City Council made it a priority..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Agribusiness, Mutant Germs, and Us; and A GOP Leader's Economic Plan

"...America is under assault. From coast to coast, we are..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Obama's Decline; and The Next Health Care Reform Battle

"...sinking political fortunes stem directly from the fact that America's great middle class is in a heap of hurt..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Birth of Texas Independent Movement

"...to the Founding Fathers of the United States of America in their Declaration of Independence from the throne of..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Postmarks

Keeping It Bearden

"...got what's probably considered a more standard degree, in American studies, and I got out. And I worked a..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature

The Hightower Report

Public Works Work; and Big Oil's Charm Offensive

"...we use our public funds to build something in America?..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...I got to know the United States and Latin America, and Japan, and lots of places. When Mano Negra..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...PA: First trip to South America, actually. We’re here one and half, two weeks –..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

Russia has gone from a crippled to a powerful nation, using the model of what might be called "national capitalism"

"...say, "Sometimes." Was he a democratic visionary? "Yes!" chants America's press; others are not so sure. But all agree..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Who's a Pepper?

The piquant history of an American hot sauce

"...as "Dr. Pepper" to thank for its popularity in America. The overwhelming success of salsa as a condiment can..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Letters at 3am

The "Situation" is upon us: China and Southern Asia can support their own growth and have no more use for us

"...thus: "The great days of the United States of America are over."..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...could be the prize of an upstart, rich, Catholic Irish-American. Scan the 1960 convention floor: There are no women...."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei

Two new film series bebop and globe-hop

"...the prevalent themes of alienation and isolation in postwar America...."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Raymond Blanton

First Night Schedule

"...Feliz Familias, Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress. Create traditional Latin American holiday crafts: maracacitos (noisemakers), papel picados (small banners), and..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature

The Hightower Report

The Paris Hilton Minimum-Wage Hike; and Superrich Tax Cheats

"...a bill in the dead of night to raise America's minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. Thankfully, Senate Democrats..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

TV Eye

Slot Machines

"...Hates Chris and an encore of the reality series America's Top Model. The CW's Sunday night block gives the..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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