A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...the 1930s and early 1940s taking pictures for the Farm Security Administration. Working under the guidance of FSA Historical..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...be back home in Brazil, working on his family's farm. "I don't feel I am an activist; it is..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Lee Elementary Still Lee Elementary

Campus renaming debate still rumbles on the AISD board

"...as a photographer during the Great Depression for the Farm Security Administration, documenting working life and poverty in the..."

May 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Honor Russell Lee

"...world-renowned photographer, a member of the team of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers, whose mission was to record..."

April 9, 2016 Postmarks

Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...work of Walker Evans and other photographers of the Farm Security Administration. His love for painting, especially abstract expressionism,..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...photojournalist who had documented the Great Depression for the Farm Security Administration became its first instructor. He stayed on..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Habana Viejo

Two photography books recall a city that has fallen apart.

"...remember his great days as a photographer for Roosevelt's Farm Security Administration, particularly his portraits of Alabama sharecroppers and..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

99 Years of Tracking Texas

Texas State Historical Association's Publishing Division

"...Texas, a collection culled from the Library of Congress' Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information archives, features..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Phil West

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...It's not enough for the Bush administration, which contends the present weapons-grade stash -- enough for..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...biohazard in the control tower! When a Federal Aviation Administration employee tests positive for COVID-19 and is symptomatic, the..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News Shorts

"...Hughes. The feds, by way of the General Services Administration (which oversees federal buildings and personnel), implored the city..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Council Considers Fuentes’ Call to Slow Down AUS Fuel Project

New tanks to be located directly opposite Southeast neighborhood

"...required review that passed muster with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2020. The new assessment would include input from..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Shades of Gray

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

"...battle between the prison guard union and the prison administration over understaffing, poor pay, and poor training, of which..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...the cause of the deeper evil which threatens the security of the world...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...If you're so upset about new security measures that you think your civil liberties are being..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Page Two: Budgetary Fantasies

Those who think budget-cutting is easy will soon learn otherwise

"...the already weak economy. During most of the Bush administration, many of the long-offered Republican bromides for the health..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...so ready to jump on the back of our administration at the moment that you can't even appreciate the..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Naked City

"...Thanksgiving is Thursday. Be thankful you're not an Afghan farmer hiding from the War on Terrorism, a Colombian farmer..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...suggestions to Knee, including whether the case should be farmed out to an independent investigator for additional inquiry, whether..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...are the massive amounts of our revenue for homeland security being spent on? Is it being used by Tom..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...been declaring "war on drugs" ever since the Nixon administration. Bush's remedies were much the same as those proposed..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 11 AISD Bond Election

"...has in fact been a long time coming. The administration points out that, at current interest rates, the bonds..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...and they both claimed responsibility for convincing the "big farmers" in the community to offer up their ranches to..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Life and Nothing But

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Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Page Two

Bush's proposed economic reforms highlight the divide between Republican theory and practice.

"...government should be done with serious consideration for national security, economic responsibility, and the population's general welfare. Rather than..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Weed Watch

The latest dispatches from the front line of America's war on drugs.

"...appears that Asa Hutchinson, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, may be leaving his post as head honcho in..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...will increase the number of trips on an old farm to market (unimproved) road, to the point that accidents..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Food-o-File

Big Brother puts the squeeze on more than just juice

"...Flow's exemplary products by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruling designed to regulate large-scale wholesale juice producers that..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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Our readers talk back.

"...shown his position was wrong (oversimplified, that the Bush administration is merely a problem of lies and greed, they..."

July 29, 2005 Column

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...way to the rose-tinted, right-wing fervor of the Reagan administration. Waiting in the wings, MDMA, commonly known by the..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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