Political Action Committee Proclaims Support for Convention Center

PHAM says expansion means millions in community benefits

"...The PHAM political action committee (the acronym represents the four community interests)..."

Aug. 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Political Discourse in the Modern Age

@WeThePeople #oftheUnitedStates

"...When Ben Shapiro took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, he declared: "The era of..."

March 2, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Childhood trauma dominates this year's narrative short list

"...that holds together this year’s Academy Award-nominated short live action films, it has to do with children in harm’s..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films

This live-action group is unified by a general desire to tug at the heartstrings.

"...language barriers, this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Live-Action Short Film are unified by a general desire to..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Point Austin: Dark Money, Sunlight, and Political Soccer Games

Shadowy funding works its way into Austin campaigns

"...Austin politics. In the 2014 mayoral campaign, an out-of-state political action committee, the South Forward PAC, spent about $10,000..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Men Do Well by Women's Political Caucus

"...To Michael King, Have the men of the Women's Political Caucus done it again? Recently, men have fared quite..."

April 26, 2006 Postmarks

Science-Based “314 Action” PAC Attacks Congressional Candidate for Her Legal Work

PAC pitches hardball against Shannon Hutcheson in TX-10 Race

"...candidate Pritesh Gandhi announced the primary endorsement of “314 Action … the nation’s largest resource for scientists and STEM..."

Feb. 26, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Great Works of Political Fiction

Donna Keel claims not to know Tom Craddick – that's weird, right?

"...The obvious desire of anyone attending a political forum is to glean some bit of information previously..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...the environment – specifically, the rain forests, and the action we need to take to preserve and protect them..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

EPA: Political Punching Bag or the New 'It' Agency?

Perry emits more hot air over state's dirty air

"...The Environmental Protection Agency's May 25 action to begin taking federal control of the flawed air-permitting..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

District 7 Runoff Is a Battle Between Austin’s New and Old Political Generations

Mike Siegel and Gary Bledsoe face off Dec. 14

"...affiliation with more youthful, leftist organizing groups like Equity Action, Ground Game TX, and Democratic Socialists of America. But..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

2021 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action

Great performances bolster this year's Academy nominees

"...creates a gratuitous level of violence that ends in political confusion. At risk of spoiling too much, the film..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Academy Award-Nominated Live Action Shorts 2006

And the Oscar goes to … see the five nominees and judge for yourself.

"...be made for Spanish directors in the category of live-action shorts: Two of the five shorts nominated for 2006..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cinematexas' Political Arm

Film festival's radical approach extends to politics, too.

"...forms and procedures as it seeks to deconstruct "the political economy of images." Named after a Vietnam-weary, Watergate-informed thriller-politic..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: The Abbott and GOP Project Is an Exercise in Brute Political Cynicism

What’s at stake in Texas

"...of intended execution. The death penalty is the most political of punishments, because it confirms the arbitrary power of..."

June 12, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Rude Mechanicals: Grrl Action impacts Austin

The Rude Mechs' greatest achievement? Maybe scoring funding for Grrl Action from nonprofit heavyweight Impact Austin.

"...what the Rudes do, and they founded their Grrl Action program, a three-week summer intensive for 13- to 16-year-olds,..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Where the (Early Action) Rubber Meets the (Clean Air) Road

Local leaders take the first steps toward real-world solutions to our air-quality problems.

"...may recognize terms like "nonattainment," "O3 Flex," and "Early Action Compact," Capital Metro's free-ride Ozone Action Days are about..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Coming Energy Crisis: Not Political, Not Conspiracy Theory

"...lives will be absolutely enormous. This is not a political issue or a conspiracy theory – it's an economic..."

Nov. 17, 2005 Postmarks

Council Proposes “Austin Affordability Action Plan”

Looking for ways to balance the budget

"...ordinances necessary to finalize and implement the Austin Affordability Action Plan" itemized in the resolution. As drafted (there were..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Driving While Campaigning: Bill White Talking (Around) Climate Action

The gubernatorial candidate gamely navigates the politics of climate change

"...Is it politically possible to advocate statewide reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions while..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Homelessness in Austin Becomes a Political Game

Abbott threatens Adler: “Clean up the streets,” or else

"...sent a threatening letter to Mayor Steve Adler demanding action on Austin's "homelessness policies" by Nov. 1, or the..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Page Two: Class Action

Republican policies deepen economic divisions, to the peril of all of us

"...Obviously, my political sympathies find me vastly favoring Democrats over Republicans. It's..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Gus Takes Affirmative Action

"...this race -- how it so neatly mirrors the political terrain of the mayor's race, thus making Messrs. Watson,..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News Roundup: Political Humility, Pandering, and Money

Donald Trump is a very humble man – just ask him

"...named for Turkish exile Fethullah Gulen, a scholar and political opponent of the Turkish government who lives in self-imposed..."

July 18, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Political Football

"...reimburse Texas for the massive costs. Abbott's recent legal actions, however, contradict his annual protests. He is leading a..."

Dec. 16, 2014 Postmarks

Props. 1 & 2 Just an Exercise in Political Power and Ego

"...means that this is an exercise in nothing but political power and ego. Your BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere..."

April 28, 2006 Postmarks

Expose Extreme Political Thought

"...quoting Peggy Venable on behalf of the Texas Citizens Action Network ["We Got Reds in Our Webs!" Sept. 26]...."

Sept. 30, 2003 Postmarks

A Civil Action

Preview of Place 3 City Council Race

"...berated by the media as an exotic species of political activist: the "Gadfly." (She's been attacked, for example, as..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Firefighters in Action

Snowden and allies on the tech side of human rights and personal privacy

"...founder of WikiLeaks, and spoke to the Festival from political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Snowden (live-streamed,..."

March 14, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Time to Move From Theatre to Effective Political Tools

"...Dear Editor, Recent "actions" taken in response to the presidential inauguration have left..."

Feb. 1, 2005 Postmarks

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