The Next Chapter

Three Austin-based national-security experts offer their views on how America can rebuild its reputation in Iraq and beyond

"...first taste of Iraqi politics while helping run the overseas "get out the vote" campaign for the Transitional National..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...talked to workers who have seen their plants shipped overseas as a consequence of bad trade deals like NAFTA,..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Maxed Out

A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.

"...America all the way to the White House and overseas to Iraq, this sinister creature has a seemingly unquenchable..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters @ 3AM

The widespread and richly deserved condemnation of President Bush's new Iraq "plan" has been high on rhetoric and low on specificity

"...for a handful on alert or ready to go overseas within a month – are currently rated as unready..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Chili Cold Blood Loves You!

Black & blues cowboy metal

"...Breeze – begged them to put out a 7-inch overseas. After a two-hour recording session, the boys sent the..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Freeport & Grasberg: A Chronology

"...July 1994: Independent scientists working for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a federal agency that provides political..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...companies are jumping on the bandwagon to relocate jobs overseas ["The Hightower Report," Feb. 6]. While greater profits from..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

The Problem Is Our Relentless Demand for Lower Prices

"...companies are jumping on the bandwagon to relocate jobs overseas ["The Hightower Report," Feb. 6]. While greater profits from..."

Feb. 11, 2004 Postmarks

Page Two

If you want to cut government spending, legalize pot, plus more pearls on government spending (or lack thereof) and the Austin Film and Green festivals.

"...job subterfuge: Politicians aren't doing much about jobs hemorrhaging overseas...."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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.

"...Information, and not long after that Lee joined the Overseas Technical Unit of the Air Transport Command, where he..."

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

After 40 Years of Hard Labor, Joe Gunn Steps Down

The longtime AFL-CIO leader ends a chapter of Texas labor history

"...the Americas]," Gunn said, "are simply shipping U.S. jobs overseas, especially in manufacturing. We may not be exporting more..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

This Good Thing

Austin's sharp-dressed ska men, the Stingers

"...Meyers' Mars colleague, Paul Minor. When Dunn was assigned overseas as expected, that was that. Or so they thought...."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Hightower Report

Corporations launder money to cheat the IRS; Homeland Security makes for good comedy.

"...in which corporations "buy" supplies and services from their overseas selves, grossly inflating the price they pay. These phony..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cloud 9 and Rising

Jesus, space rock from Denton: Lift to Experience

"...Lone Star State has always been a big hit overseas, and so has the cowskull, Lift's mascot...."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Napster Gone Barbados

What if Napster went offshore?

"...of backwater tyrants. But others are more optimistic about overseas prospects. Sean Hastings, CEO of HavenCo, believes that copyright..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Tim Quirk

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...Special. More often than not, these clips came from overseas artists, including Queen, David Bowie, and ABBA. These nascent..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...receiving serious attention abroad.5. U.S. Taxes Underwrite Nuke Plants OverseasAward to: Ken Silverstein and Ian Urbina, The Progressive "Here's..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don't come out, and more bad club news

"...several of the acts planning to make the trip overseas, says organizers had no idea when they picked that..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses a lawsuit filed by Irian Jayan Amungme tribal leader Tom Beanal against Freeport-McMoRan, which he claimed had violated international environmental law.

"...that practice, combined with other environmental practices, led the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an arm of the U.S. government,..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Endurance

"...very qualities that may help boost the film's fortunes overseas among people of various languages and in countries hungry..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where, Oh, Where Are the Murray O'hairs?

"...Unless they had stashed several million dollars overseas, this theory doesn't add up...."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

"...tossed-off scene in which he attempts to place an overseas phone call to Sotheby's while being harassed by a..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Country Club PERCs

Political Economy Researchers Preach Laissez Faire

"...OPIC It's been a tough 18 months for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). They got hammered by Freeport-McMoRan..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Intervention Last year at this time, Freeport-McMoRan and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) were bitter enemies, fighting a..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature

Chronicle Sues OPIC

Weekly Seeks Records On Insurance Cancellation

"...Sept. 4, The Austin Chronicle filed suit against the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). The move was the latest..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Scooter Finally Goes to Press

And This Is Just the A's

"...indeed representing Freeport-McMoRan in their arbitration case with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. So, Freeport has an inept spy..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline

"...June 1994 Scientists from Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a federal agency, visit Freeport mine,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline

"...including Tempo, an influential newsweekly. June 1994 Scientists from Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a federal agency, visit Freeport mine,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Insuring Disaster

Austin: Just Another Outpost

"...The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a federal agency which provides..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...McMoRan's $100 million risk insurance was cancelled by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). It seems that OPIC, the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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