Point Austin: Beside the Point

City capitulates to development plans on the Bull Creek watershed

"...The clock winds down on federal assistance for Hurricane Katrina's evacuees (remember them?). Jan. 7 is the likely..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...has been largely shut out of press coverage since Hurricane Katrina struck two months ago. In this scenario, Bell..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Hurricane Katrina survivors from Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi joined environmental..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Cryptic Messages Yield Treasure, Community

Austin Found sends contestants on a carless race about town

"...but will instead go to the educational needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. "Our main goal in this whole thing..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

New Georgia driver license law keeps poor folks down; and family-owned businesses put people ahead of profits

"...buy the original steak house. Just three months later, Hurricane Betsy ripped through the area, cutting off power all..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Audit Ugliness

Perry questions Strayhorn's ethics, but watchdogs warn he's in a glass house

"...press briefing last week on the state's response to Hurricane Katrina, Perry reiterated his concerns about the "very troubling"..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Are Gas Prices Too High?

"...Who drive the gas guzzling SUVs? And even though Hurricane Katrina has compounded the gas situation, high gas prices..."

Sept. 7, 2005 Postmarks

Documenting Disaster

Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History & Memory Project

"...from the University of Texas' Michener Center for Writers, Hurricane Katrina ran roughshod over the Gulf Coast. A New..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

TV Eye

David Simon is back with Treme, the new HBO series about a New Orleans ravaged – but still resilient – in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

"...Pierce, takes place in New Orleans, three months after Hurricane Katrina. While the series starts with Antoine Batiste (Pierce)..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

'Big Chief, You da Prettiest!'

A subtle nod to the longevity and cultural relevance of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition

"...own right, Montana the younger spoke of how, after Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras Indians searched for their precious handmade..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Review by Kate X Messer

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Austin Welcomes Gustav Evacuees As during Hurricane Katrina, Austin became a refuge this week for Gulf..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...as Gore has said, by the alarming injustices of Hurricane Katrina. Awakening the Dreamer runs from 9:30am to 3:30pm..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...to prevent the agency from terminating housing benefits for hurricane evacuees without first adequately explaining its decisions," according to..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

Unless my transmission conks out in a place like Bossier City, a guy like me hasn't much chance to hear out a guy like Virgil

"...it mainly housed "those people from southern Louisiana" – Katrina refugees who had evidently overstayed their welcome in Bossier..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and New Orleans (and the Mississippi Delta region). While Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster, the war in Iraq..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column

Austin Responds to Gustav

Gustav is still miles from the coast, but Austin's relief efforts are already kicking in.

"...Texas Senate candidate Rick Noreiga have each already launched hurricane pages loaded with news and resources. And we are..."

Aug. 31, 2008 News Post by Kate X Messer

City of Refuge

It's the strength and sanctity of New Orleans and its denizens that stick in this new novel

"...chronicler of life in New Orleans, before and after Hurricane Katrina, author and critic Tom Piazza made his mark..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

"...Humane Society Chief Oper­at­ing Officer Adam Parascandola arrived in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans to rescue stranded pets. He and Cory..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature

On the Lege

Rose, Dukes rewarded for standing with Craddick

"...started," she said. "That's next week." More Lege News• Hurricane Katrina wiped out thousands of personal medical records, but..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Disaster Assistance: Numbers vs. People

FEMA spent tens of millions of dollars improperly on hurricane evacuees, Government Accountability Office says; others beg to differ

"...dollars through potentially improper and/or fraudulent payments from both hurricanes Katrina and Rita," including "$17 million in rental assistance..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The Hightower Report

Axing Our National Parks; and Connecting the Dots to CEO Pay

"...is tightening its belt as our nation rebuilds from Katrina, continues the war on terrorism, and strives to reduce..."

July 7, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Tom DeLay to Todd Baxter

Top 10 state stories

"...Katrina relief had Gov. Perry looking like a saint, and..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Austin Lyric Opera: Breaking Glass

For Austin Lyric Opera's 20th season, artistic director Richard Buckley has lined up the American premiere of Philip Glass' opera 'Waiting for the Barbarians'

"...more than usually stormy, as in rained on by Katrina. ALO had planned to rent its set from New..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

About AIDS

Campaign to end AIDS moves to fall

"...of local-level events and 10 cross-country caravans this fall. Hurricane Katrina, however, interfered with the planned schedule. The C2EA..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Heather Mitchell

UPDATED "A Society is Ultimately Judged ..."

Civil rights group concerned about prisoners left behind in Galveston.

"...could be one of the most serious allegations as Hurricane Ike heads towards the coast: "Galveston County Sherriff Gean..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...appeal, denials of eligibility for further housing assistance" for hurricane evacuees, according to a statement from Public Citizen. The..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In a legal blow to Gulf Coast hurricane victims, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled on Tuesday..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...poor families in the region devastated by last year's hurricanes. The bill includes a provision for 4,500 "supportive housing"..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Changing Nations, Changing Generations: PJ Raval’s Who We Become

Austin filmmaker on his not-a-pandemic-project pandemic project

"...Orleans for documentary Trouble the Water only days after Hurricane Katrina. At that time, he experienced what he called..."

Jan. 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: The Broad, Brilliant, Beautiful Musical Universe of Jon Batiste

"We take you on a journey through Black American music history, ragtime to trap."

"...“I spent some time in Texas following Hurricane Katrina,” writes Batiste, scion of a Crescent City jazz..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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