Made in Dagenham

This film dramatizes a historic labor strike for equal pay that was conducted by the women of a British auto plant in 1968.

"...suburb of London, Dagenham is the location of a Ford Motor Company assembly plant where the female sewing machinists..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carbon Monoxide a Continuing Problem in APD's Cars

One officer still on medical leave after incident

"...Administration are in town this week, with representatives from Ford Motor Company, to run a series of audits on..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Partners With Corporations to Solve Mobility Problems

The City:One Challenge "puts residents at the center of the mobility conversation"

"...a collaboration between the city and corporate partners including Ford Motor Company, Microsoft, and Dell Technologies. The challenge aims..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Lowdown

The Firestone Tire / Ford conspiracy; genetically engineered corn and StarLink; WTO's complaints about citizens

"...killer is the tag-team duo of Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Company. Corporate criminals. Their weapon: tires. The Firestone..."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

A Little Help From My Friends; The Buddy System

"...here's a headline in Business Week magazine announcing that Ford Motor Company is planning a new factory "to make..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Funeral

"...at the meetings. “We should be taking over the Ford Motor Company instead of shooting each other,” he comments..."

Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...group of featured speakers, including media technologies guru Kate Crawford and Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex, an..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Lincoln has been part of Ford Motor Company since 1922 when it was purchased out..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The Ford Motor Company failed to sell the Pinto in Brazil..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Developing Stories

Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City

"...hearing, several commissioners and anti-ordinance speakers expressed concerns about affordability, raising the question whether low-income Austinites were well-served by..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

While Kilns Burn, a Recycler Smolders

"...Mike Radovanov thought he was smart to move his company to Austin...."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...come from organizing corporate events for firms such as Ford Motor Company, GTE, and Verizon, and throughout the American..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Naked City

"...Dr. Chuck Kutscher of the National Renewable Energy Lab, Ford Motor Company Sustainable Mobility Director Nancy Lee Gioia, Union..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Hey, Hey, Woody Guthrie, I Made You a Film

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home'

"...verses that have been used by everyone from the Ford Motor Company for its commercials to the Mormom Tabernacle..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Robert S. McNamara, the confounding former secretary of defense during the Vietnam era, may be visionary filmmaker Errol Morris' best interview "get" ever.

"...the brightest." He left his post as the first non-Ford-family president of Ford Motor and served as secretary of..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...GODZILLA MOTOR COMPANY: When local pundits talk about unsigned Austin bands..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Resisting enemy interrogation, government- subsidized health care, and hula dancing

"...According to Ford Motor chairman Bill Ford, the company's Volvo subsidiary is..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips

The Terrill Antique Car Museum in De Leon makes up for its small size with some of the most unique specimens of automotive history

"...In the museum is a 1925 Ford Model T Touring Car, the first car that Terrill..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...says exposure to this bad ozone, created largely by motor-vehicle exhaust, can result in asthma and respiratory infections and..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature

From Mad Dogs to Mister Golf

Bud Shrake, continued

"...a little group to drive down there. Took a motor home and my Ford van, and we had a..."

April 25, 2008 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Day Trips

"...preserving old cars in 1978. The owner of a company that makes products for the petrochemical industry, Burdick started..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...roommate of mine up north told me about a company called Atlanta Recruiting that was hiring thousands of temporary..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Building the Perfect Beast

Building the perfect acoustic (and soon, electric) guitar - by hand

"...jobs can easily exceed $10,000. Even if you can afford one, it generally takes eight to 10 months from..."

July 14, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...gigs in '38," he recalls. "There was a milling company, Marsen Milling in Sherman, Texas, that had a sales..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...sweater; her clenched hands and crabbed fingers haven't the motor facility for so simple a task. Her freckled cheek..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...ways recall a young Hüsker Dü. Charlotte, N.C.'s Lou Ford continues with twangy harmony vocals couched in orchestrated pop..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...also be found in this section. The abbreviations that accompany each movie capsule are as follows: PAR (Paramount Summer..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature