Immigration Insanity in D.C.

While Senate debates useless details of proposed immigration legislation, potentially insidious portions of Hagel-Martinez compromise lurk, waiting to slip through

"...say that all this English-as-national-language talk is nothing to debate – among other things, the proposed legislation would mandate..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...who don't read us. We have a lot of debates in our magazine, and they're different from the debates..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Immigrant Supporters Make Themselves Heard

Millions of people across the country take to streets in response to anti-immigrant legislation

"...Over the past couple of years, the immigration debate has grown louder and louder, fueled primarily by anti-immigration..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...provide more coverage for this topic. Help make the debate accessible to everyone, keep it alive so all of..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

TV Eye

Geena Davis is not really the president, but you might be surprised to learn how many people are riding the coattails of her administration

"...to the table ... creating a broader spectrum for debate."..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...pushed-out to get back in is a matter of debate: The so-called affordable units will cost "around" $250K, with..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...48% in April 2004. In late June, a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll found 54% said so. "It is the first..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

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"...the other hand he quotes The New York Times, CNN, The European Dream, the Associated Press, USA Today, and..."

March 11, 2005 Column

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"...I saw a debate on TV between two women journalists (names I can't..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

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"...obvious option to toll roads was offered and even debated at the last CAMPO meeting (Sept. 13) ["Austin@Large," News,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column

News 8 at 5

Can Austin's little news station that could survive the grim reapers at Time Warner?

"...years, U.S. airports have generally been held hostage to CNN, but at ABIA, travelers gather around monitors playing News..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Page Two

When Rush Limbaugh reinvented the blindly loyal conformist as a daring, oppressed, truth-seeking revolutionary, he also re-created the mainstream in his image

"...perfect past. Rush was the modern pioneer of sneering debate in which the unimaginative, sometimes reactionary celebration of the..."

July 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Rove M.O.

If you read this story, your career could be over by the end of the day: Michael Paradies Shoob examines 'Bush's Brain'

"...no rule, for example, that prohibited a high school debate team member from setting up his table for a..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Three inhaled -- but only one (a different one) supports decriminalization

"...Last week's youth-oriented CNN Democratic candidate forum, "America Rocks the Vote," was forgettable..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...a Different Story in the Age of Fox and CNN" today (Thursday, Sept. 4), 3:30-5:30pm, at Parlin Hall, Room..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Gun Debate..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

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"...so completely socially irresponsible, I can't believe there is debate. That particular design should have gone in the trash...."

June 6, 2003 Column

Big in Yemen

Bob and Tucker Livingston conquer the Middle East through songs not arms.

"...Pakistan, and Syria, countries that a few minutes with CNN tell us we're now more likely to trade artillery..."

May 2, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...is room for a myriad of opinions in public debate, even the ones that don't correspond to mine. Do..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...For before the CWO, the Barton Springs debate was less about water quality per se than it..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...over a million viewers. His numbers surpassed those of CNN rival Connie Chung, but only attracted half the numbers..."

July 26, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives

"...Critical Mass Debate Rages On..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...floods the streets. Politics was defined by the environmental debate. Austin decides to build a City Hall. We'll even..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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Politics & music & the politics of music.

"...expect after helping to shut him out of the debates, effectively shutting down any real impact Nader's campaign could..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column

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"...stance on the death penalty from the second presidential debate. No, Mr. Black, it's not that Naderites are a..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Liberals blame Ralph Nader for Al Gore's defeat; media frenzy at the Governor's Mansion

"...dangerous to be allowed even to attend the presidential "debates," was also to blame for Gore's dithering campaign, his..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Beating Around the Bush

When Zack Exley built his parody site of George W. Bush, he expected a simple call : he got a whole lot more.

"...It is another installment in the ongoing debate over domain names, in which a man who bought..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

On the Move

With arguably the best content on the Web, Salon is poised to move into your living room and onto your radio dial :president and CEOMichael O'Donnell explains how.

"...concerns some companies because we're more of a threat. CNN refused our television ads, for example, because they saw..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

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Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.

"...more fundamental issue that seems to have escaped public debate entirely: the presence of advertising on our public transportation..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Elían Gonzales, the six-year-old currently caught in a custody debate between Cuba and the United States. Mere miles away,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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