Back by Popular Demand: Save Texas Schools

Public schools march and rally set for March 24

"...testifying at committee meetings and demonstrating in the lobby. Unfortunate­ly, it couldn't stop lawmakers from passing a devastating $2..."

March 23, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Guv's '65 Percent' mandate called arbitrary and a distraction

"...this session, including some of the more controversial education reform proposals of the recent sessions. Perry said he would..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

City Council: All This, and Bull Creek Too

Council adopts budget after two grinding days of debate

"...the budget Tuesday afternoon, after adding a few lagniappes for particular needs; decided to move forward on the Onion..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Out of the Schools and Into the Polls

Lege (and voters) still fighting over how much to cut public schools

"...much in doubt. Late Monday, the last-ditch school finance reforms in Senate Bill 1581 died as lawmakers failed to..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Looks Like a Straus Waltz to House Speaker

With the help of House Democrats, San Antonio Republican locks up votes for speaker

"...session to begin bitterly as Speaker Tom Craddick fought for his political life. But on Jan. 5, after just..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...Just time for a quick recap of the week (as John Oliver..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows

Does ridesharing work for Austin?

"...in the Statesman penned in support of Ridesharing Works for Austin by Travis County Repub­lic­an Party Vice Chair Matt..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'

Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms

"...that his innovative use of social media like Twitter for student projects and Skype for office hours actually made..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...debated Proposition K, the November ballot measure that calls for a third-party efficiency audit of the city. Chuck DeVore..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...coming from, where's it going, what's it being used for?..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Shortchanged

A lot of belt tightening and creative thinking make getting by with low dollars possible for AISD

"...AISD board of trustees approved a $1.15 billion budget for the 2016 financial year. AISD Trustee Ann Teich called..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How the GOP Ended up With a Rape Problem

It's not just Todd Akin: Republicans reveal their radical mainstream

"...every contemporary journalist, Akin is fighting Democrat Claire McCaskill for one of the state's US Senate seats. He recently..."

Aug. 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...step they took after hard-line conservatives scuttled any attempts for a consensus version)...."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

"This is one of those rare cases where the initial conception was ambitious to begin with," Executive Producer Steve James says of The New Americans, a three-part documentary premiering March 29 on PBS' Independent Lens.

"...several small but keenly telling details in The New Americans. The film had its regional premiere at SXSW...."

March 26, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life

Steering away from the turbulence of the past

"...to shrink, opportunities are coming fewer and farther between for those who stay here. "The Hispanic population has increased..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report: What’s Being Taught at Koch Kollege?

An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be community organizers, using Saul Alinsky's classic manual, Rules for Radicals

"...Breaking news: An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Jawbreaker, Last Band on the Titanic

Saving lives decades on

"...a simpler time, an age of Clinton-era peace and prosperity, when artists delivered emotion without irony, punks played Les..."

July 14, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Edwards Impact

Texas Democratic Party praises former presidential hopeful.

"...wanted to change it to. See below the fold for the full text...."

Jan. 31, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sin by the Numbers

"...has hit Indonesia hard. Despite the International Monetary Fund's efforts, Indonesia's currency is worthless. Because of "austerity measures" demanded..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The great days of the United States of America are over: Our country is now important economically only because of its citizens' consumption

"...self-deception, and fear that each must struggle with – for they are merely human and we all struggle with..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...it really matter whether the coven of madmen responsible for 9/11 plotted in the West Wing or in an..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Ante Up for Art, Austin..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...You may want to sit down for a moment. Jon Stewart has something to tell you...."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In Order To Maintain Human Dignity

"...history, this reality has slowly and painfully become clear. Prosperity produced by postmodern individual liberty established – specifically –..."

Feb. 1, 2011 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Pushing for shared prosperity; and Bush's Iraq oil law

"...that this is a healing measure that would provide for a fair distribution of oil profits among Iraq's Shiites,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Eight Is Enough

Diverse Set of Opponents

"...of color, and Vrudhula and Mok are the first Asian-Americans (he from India, she from Hong Kong) to run..."

April 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I'm writing because I wish there were an organization for Austin like MoveOn.org – something that could mobilize people..."

May 28, 2004 Column

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality

Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense

"...– they're instead concerned with who should be blamed for the problems. It is as if simply the act..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dell's goal is to make recycling easy and affordable, and we think we have shown real leadership in..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Page Two: A Living Constitution

The promise of liberty, unedited

"...Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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