SXSW Cancels Panels, Cites Safety Threats

Harassment panel pulled; BuzzFeed threatens boycott

"...scheduled for SXSW Interactive 2016 have been canceled over security concerns...."

Oct. 27, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Cliff Diving

The practice of government by self-extortion

"...to Medicare, or anything that would undermine health care security." Majority Rules..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

More Problems With Cap Metro

"...older.” This is misleading. I have been on Supplemental Security Income for the past seven years … I am..."

Jan. 27, 2010 Postmarks

Cybersecurity: Making the Code Unbreakable

Cyber wars bigger than Star Wars

"...Tech Caucus and the ranking member on the Home­land Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Techno­lo­gy...."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• Big Choices: The Future of Social Security, a policy symposium with panelists from the Brookings..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Common Law

Identity theft – protect yourself

"...to third parties. For example, be protective of your Social Security number and only provide it when required by..."

March 25, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

The Hightower Report

Jim hopes Dubya enjoyed his inauguration, because polls show the next four years may be bumpy

"...government to pony up $17 million to help provide security for George and his well-heeled party bunch. This despite..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two

A series of shifts: Mike Clark-Madison departs, our redesign winds up, and 'Page Two' tries to find joy while democracy crumbles

"...has known since birth, with a strong sense of social position but no appreciation of meaning or spirit...."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...them on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, or social or economic status. If we continue to pool our..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

She Hate Me

Spike Lee strikes out with his new "joint" about an unemployed whistle-blower who makes a living impregnating sperm-deprived lesbians.

"...when Jack links his plight to that of the security guard who busted the Watergate scandal wide open), but..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Our readers talk back.

"...Rarely has a public spokesperson for such an assbackwards social and economic agenda allowed his own festering psycho-emotional sores..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Building Black Momentum

A report on the African-American Legislative Summit

"...the benefit of defense contractors. "We are violating the Social Security trust fund," she said. "The budget is imploding..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

News Shorts

"...Judicial Building, which houses the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and Social Security Administration offices. GSA officials "were pretty nervous about..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Still Hungry

Reassessing the state of Austin's food security

"...in prosperity and Smart Growth. At that time, the social service agencies we visited made it clear that despite..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Lowdown

American CEOs are overpaid; missile defense shield money could be better spent; and art snobs need to not have a cow.

"...For them, it's a matter of simple fairness and social-harmony values that America used to represent.Real National Security Spending..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Opinion: Online Voter Registration Saves Money and Reduces Fraud. So Why Won’t Texas Allow It?

Travis County's voter registrar explains why online voter registration is good for business

"...giving them access to the voter's driver's license and Social Security numbers. Personal information is more secure and taxpayer..."

March 31, 2023 Column by Bruce Elfant

The AggreGAYtor: June 17

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...some extent, but it’s complicated. And so are the social implications...."

June 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.

"...Gould) work, uh, feverishly to crack the viral code. Social chaos, including looting, burning, and Internet-fed hysteria ensue...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thomas Frank's 21st Century Corruption Theory

A Q&A with the author of What's the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

"...consultants people well connected to the Department of Homeland Security. Of course – that's just the way it works...."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Frances McDormand's Miss Pettigrew is an unemployed nanny who bluffs her way into a job as the "social secretary" for the brain-dead, proto-fashionista, Yank-on-holiday starlet Delysia Lafosse, played by Amy Adams.

"...who bluffs her way into a job as the "social secretary" for the brain-dead, proto-fashionista, Yank-on-holiday starlet Delysia Lafosse..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

The Ruby Red Cocktail; and An Appeal to Evangelical Voters

"...the boys would be true and would deliver this social prize, so it would be worth the sacrifice...."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Capitol Chronicle

Farewell to Phil Gramm, the journalist's best friend.

"...shotguns than I want.") Consider his memorable attacks on social services, and on the poor themselves: "This is the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Shooting Star

"...Curtis Matthew Kirkwood, and provided Curt's birth date and social security number. He'd pulled the same stunt on five..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...escape treacherous surroundings for a secure future. But that security has since been stripped away, leaving DACA recipients on..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Letters at 3AM

It's time to put our money and our mouths where they're needed in order to defeat George Bush in 2004

"...WHAT ABOUT OUR JOBS?; HEY, BUSH – WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY?; HEY, BUSH – WHAT ABOUT MEDICARE?; HEY, BUSH..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Operation Tarmac: Overkill?

"...deportation, after pleading guilty last month to providing false Social Security numbers or other U.S. documents on their security-clearance..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Report

The Business Roundtable fights for CEOs' rights to rip off stockholders; Bushites fight for more bureaucracy and big government; and Tom DeLay fights for the rich.

"...Ashcroft, and the gang bark out the phrase, "Homeland Security?"..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two: The Ways Sisyphus Had It Easy

Consequences of perception

"...often just hating one another, but even a hostile social environment was better than going to an empty house..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

The institution of marriage has been undone by the changes brought about by modern technology and therefore has nothing to fear from the legalization of gay marriages.

"...old age, and death, were tended at home. No Social Security, no Medicare, no nursing homes, minimal hospital care..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

June 18, 1996: Aguascalientes in La Realidad, Chiapas

"...the recognition that in the Mexican nation a new social pact is necessary, a new relationship between the state..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

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