Cool City: Getting Down With the Grid

Everybody's excited about the Pecan Street Project – they're just not sure what it is

"...coal plants). Oh, and it needs to compete with dirty coal on price, too...."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

'Libres y Lokas'

Masked wrestlers and drag queens work side by side in this multimedia installation

"...On another screen, two libres grapple intimately on a dirty floor, as children and beer-swilling grandmas scream at them...."

July 31, 2009 Arts Feature by Audra Schroeder

Outsourcing Impacts MetroAccess Riders

"...Editor, In Lee Nichols' article about the outsourcing of jobs at Cap Metro, there was no mention of the..."

July 12, 2009 Postmarks

Just Watch the Livestock

Texas schools' sex ed favors 'don't ask, don't tell ... and keep 'em ignorant'

"...But, say Wiley and Wilson, the dirty little secret is this: Abstinence-only education is failing Texas..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Up, Up, and Away

Do Obama's sky-high approval ratings and unprecedented support indicate unrealistic expectations?

"...News might shock one, as there are more blow jobs being given on the screen there than in most..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

When the Science Guy Is Still in Short Pants

Welcome to Enzoology.com

"...music, advertising, design, and a number of other media-related jobs, so when they saw how well Enzo performed on..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Sarah Jean Billeiter

Urban Roots

Urban Roots gets kids growing vegetables and growing up, too

"...teenagers all over Austin for the afterschool and weekend jobs Urban Roots was offering and got about 50 applications..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Page Two: Spin and Cinema

An understanding of the U.S. Constitution by way of Robert Thom

"...On the other hand, "compromise" is not a dirty word, though it seems to have become one in..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Target Target: Janitors win a legal victory

Laid-off janitors at Target sue for overtime and back pay

"...Target achieves its trademark cleanliness can be quite a dirty business, according to former janitors from Austin and San..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...I think it's one of the most gorgeous packaging jobs I've ever seen. I just like everything about it."..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

Walking nervous breakdowns are so "normal" they're barely noticed

"...the carpet was worn almost through, and it was dirty, there was stuff around – stuff, scraps of this..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Dumped by County, BFI Takes Landfill Plan to TCEQ

County rejects BFI deal but isn't willing to fight landfill proposal at state level

"...efforts she says will create scores of new "green-collar jobs." Texas Campaign for the Environment presented a letter opposing..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

WilCo's Latest Snafu

Illegal workers and sexual assault – just another WilCo contract

"...The dirty little secret is out: The T. Don Hutto Family..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...third of the Senate's seats. So that's where the dirty tricks began. First, voter-ID backer Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst..."

June 8, 2007 News Column

The Last Rock & Roll Deejay

KLBJ cans legendary Johnny Walker

"...at KLBJ other than to avoid the infamous "seven dirty words." Walker was still confined by a playlist, but..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

"...Frank Erwin, who called the group a bunch of "dirty nothings." In the past year, SDS has seen a..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Invisible No More

Houston janitors strike a mighty blow for the value and dignity of labor

"...a week. Those who could worked two or three jobs to try to make ends meet. Under the new..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

What if?

"...getting by, a single mother holding down too many jobs while going to school, and a quiet delivery man..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Crackin' Up

The Arm muscles up to 'Call You Out'

"...The Arm boys are giggly and dirty-minded, like four 16-year-olds skipping class, sneaking cigarettes in front..."

April 14, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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Our readers talk back.

"...private lives who peek out just long enough like dirty old men who shout out something obscene or like..."

March 24, 2006 Column

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...just threw away everything and wrote a down and dirty version that would have cost about $10 million. The..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...their L.A. effects guys out here. That means more jobs for Austinites, too."..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

One Night on Red River

Darcie Stevens returns to the live music beat – for just one night – on Red River

"...chill, while regulars count their pennies. Tumbleweeds bounce off dirty marquees promising nights of rock – mostly from last..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...side Houston, the H-town underground, hip-hop epicenter of the Dirty South. So are the tracks full of chopped beats,..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Austin @ Large: A Bad Precedent

The courthouse deal is another chapter in Austin's same old sad Downtown saga

"...paranoia of our type and era has detonated a dirty bomb amid what was starting to become, and could..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...I'd come back, if only there were some paying jobs...."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column

Doubt and Caution at All Times

An interview DBC Pierre and Dan Rhodes on tour, together

"...it is a satire -- and DBC Pierre, the "Dirty But Clean" pseudonym for Peter Finlay, the author, the..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Another Austin boom is pointless unless it improves the quality of life.

"...thousands of words about the loss of high-wage manufacturing jobs in Central Texas without once mentioning the slightly obvious..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Some of us have served our country, worked underpaying jobs, and worked extremely hard to get where we are..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Fixing Up the Fringe

Do it yourself? No way. This is the second in a series of articles by Josh Medsker as he attempts to re-establish a zine library in Austin.

"...me, never mind the fact that I have two jobs and other writing projects on the side. Still, I..."

June 13, 2003 Books Feature by Josh Medsker

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