Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law

5th Circuit ruling would leave Texas with only eight clinics

"...a widely discredited anti-choice advocate. Admitting that women in poverty will experience heightened barriers due to HB 2, the..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law

Only eight clinics expected to survive ruling

"...Admitting that women in poverty will experience heightened barriers due to HB 2, the..."

June 9, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Q&A with Sen. Bernie Sanders

Sanders talks a possible presidential bid, income inequality

"...to decline and we have more people living in poverty today than in almost any other time in American..."

April 2, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Still Room in Obamacare

More time to get covered for those who didn't realize they'd have to pay a fee

"...Monitoring Survey, 19% of uninsured Americans living above the poverty line heard little information about penalties, and 25% did..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Tashanna Turner

T-Rex

What if you became the first American woman to win Olympic gold for boxing?

"...of both like Mike Tyson) drags himself out of poverty and into redemption, which, in America, means into success...."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...unconscionable that a musician living at or below the poverty line is having to pay, on average, $300-600 per..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Hightower Report: McDonald's Desperately Seeks Love

McDonald's preaches "lovin'," but does that gospel extend to its treatment of its employees?

"...Nor do they love McDonald's corporate-wide policy of paying poverty wages, its ruthless anti-union tactics, and its cynical strategy..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Landlords Sue to Block Section 8 Renters

Austin Apartment Association fights Council's ban on source-of-income discrimination

"...to fair-housing advocates and low-income citizens, last Thursday City Council unanimously passed (on third and final reading) an ordinance..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Politics Gift Guide

Part 2

"...on giving and giving and ... Heifer International connects poverty-stricken communities across the globe with sustainable agriculture, partnering them..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature

A Filmmaker's Filmmaker

The Austin Film Society presents a series of rarely screened early films by Satyajit Ray

"...to Kolkata, leaving his mother behind, and ekes a near-poverty existence in the big city. (Ray's My Years With..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Vijay Ganju

The Hightower Report

Lifting America Up by Raising the Wage Floor

"...wage of $7.25 an hour – please! That's a poverty wage, a shameful stain on our extremely rich nation...."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...and raise their families and feel safe, regardless of race (Dove Springs is mostly Hispanic)...."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Hightower Report

Perry goes from callous to disgusting

"...where rape, murder, conscription into drug cartels, and hopeless poverty is their future – trekking all the way to..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

What job creation numbers don't tell us

"...one pays a middle-class wage. Four pay barely above poverty level, and five pay beneath it, including fast-food workers,..."

June 20, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Education of Greg Abbott

Attorney general in hot water over school plan

"...the Republican gubernatorial hopeful is in trouble for using research from an accused white supremacist to back up his..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Small Victories

Whatever the prospects, the tasks remain the same

"...impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong..."

April 4, 2014 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: 'Manny'

‘Manny’ and the movies’ long love affair with boxing

"...the young fighter who boxes his way out of poverty. It helps that Pacquiao is such a charismatic figure...."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long Shots

Ramey Ko: Cheerful to the End

"...Garry Brown hosted a quiet crowd at Sherlock's on Research Boulevard. Optimistic as always, he reiterated his hope that..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...also knew that the show's central themes of emotional poverty, hope, and change could resonate with unique spirit inside..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cutie and the Boxer

The 40-year marriage of two visual artists is explored in this documentary.

"...The 40-year marriage of two visual artists – action painter Ushio Shinohara, who rose to fame in the..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie wrote the screenplay for this film, which is based on his Booker Prize-winning novel about the children who were born at the exact hour of India's independence in 1947.

"...lower caste who was destined to grow up in poverty. This is hardly the first of the story’s many..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

"...in her own life and accept responsibility for her actions...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Then There's This: Another Swipe at Austin Energy

State report calls for slashing low-income assistance program

"...critical dissections of AE's rate increase, which the City Council approved in June 2012, and which took effect in..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Governor Oops! Again

Perry's vision of Texas rests on willful blindness

"...declared (emphasis added), "Freedom is the best anecdote to poverty," a bumble that suggests he should rethink his proposal..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Other Son

Palestinian and Israeli baby boys are accidentally switched at birth, and that discovery in adulthood creates many repercussions.

"...of the Palestinians (very much stuck in an oppressive, near-poverty world) and the Israelis (who are much freer and..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

'Rewriting the Rules of the Food System'

Q & A with author and activist Raj Patel

"...devaluation of food culture, the rise of consumerism, and poverty mean that for many people, the only possible meal..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Montopolis Battle Lines

Neighborhood dispute lingers after council approves housing project

"...then, it delivered on that promise. The case won council support at the Oct. 18 meeting and is unlikely..."

Oct. 26, 2012 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Hightower Report

The minimum wage is overdue for a raise

"...inflation, reducing the wage's current purchasing power to a sub-poverty level of $6.75 an-hour. That's only $14,000 a year..."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

A troupe of top-tier British thesps raises this crowd-pleasing pap into something enjoyable,

"...arisen is resolved (believably or not) and the picturesque poverty of India and the ingratiating spell of the hotel..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Delwin's Index

"...children – 1st • Percentage of children living in poverty – 4th • Percentage of population uninsured – 1st..."

Jan. 9, 2012 Postmarks

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