Are We Willing to Fight Our Battles?

"...example. Do we want someone willing to fight our battles or someone that prefers the sidelines?..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Postmarks

The Budget Battles, Round 3

Will Wynn proposes permanently shuttering libraries, parks, and other facilities to devote scarce resources to the ones that are left.

"...year would be "debilitating." Compared to next year's budget battles, Wynn says, this year's fracas "will look like the..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

San Marcos’ Police Contract Battles Heat Up

New contract tosses out previously included reforms

May 25, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

As Budget Battles Begin, APD Takes a Minor Hit

Only a small change, for now

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New City Council, New Battles

10-1 version 1.5 stares down the coming year at City Hall

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Gift Guide 2015: Video Game Gift Battles

Which of the season's blockbusters will earn your dollars?

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

APD Detective at the Center of Two Legal Battles

Brenda Bermudez has filed a sexual harassment complaint with APD, but she’s also accused of sexual harassment. Another suit claims her negligence led to a teen’s suicide.

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Local Filmmaker Battles Plagiarizer

Clay Liford's 'My Mom Smokes Weed' gets ripped off

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

SXSW Interactive: Lessons From the Texas Abortion Battles

Social media played key role in contentious abortion debate

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Texas State Battles the Devil

This year's Bobcats might be doomed for mediocrity

Oct. 18, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Gowalla Battles Foursquare, Interactive Wins

Social media systems square off at SXSWi

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fire Chief Fights Diversity Battles

Kerr called back to Arkansas for a pending lawsuit

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Talk First Battles Rise in Teen Pregnancy

Planned Parenthood's new program targets parent education

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gay Groups Tired of Fighting Speed Walkers' Battles

An altogether different sort of "gay bar," another Snickers ad bites the dust.

July 25, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Surviving the Battles, Shaping Our Worlds

Honoring the life and work of Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa

Oct. 15, 2004 Books Feature

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Let the Battles Begin!

The new city budget promises less is less.

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde

Oct. 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Oct. 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...tale of boy meets girl, boy woos girl, boy battles said girl's seven evil exes in order to win..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Outlaw King

Chris Pine aptly fills the crown of Robert the Bruce

"...Justin Kurzel's unjustly overlooked 2015 adaptation of Macbeth). The battles aren't grand and formal, but brutal and messy. An..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bodied

Battle rap comedy takes no prisoners

"...in the basement and warehouse world of underground rap battles. No fists of fury here. In lieu of UFC..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Venom

Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head

"...dull rhythm of doomsday plot devices and mirror-image boss battles...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Cultural icon Grace Jones, caught raw and wondrous.

"...Bami chronicles not only Jones’ personal history, and monumental battles with the now mostly defunct corporate music industry, but..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

The battle over NYC's urban planning

"...of the city in this documentary about the historic battles between New York City’s “master builder” Robert Moses and..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Piece Film: Gold

Japanese anime insanity

"...nearly the entire running time with skirmishes, melees, and battles royal beyond compare. While you might not grasp the..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pan

Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank

"...Hook (Hedlund, wandering in from a Saturday-matinee Western), and battles the despotic pirate Blackbeard (Jackman), who’s seeking eternal life..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Liberator

South American revolutionary Simón Bolívar is the subject of this vast epic.

"...film’s opening text tells us: "Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America."..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Mardaani

In this Hindi film, a female cop tangles with a human-trafficking ring.

"...press time. In this Hindi film, a female cop battles with a crime lord when her investigation into the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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