Mr. Mom

More men are taking time off from work to enjoy fatherhood

"...on states to begin pilot programs that would provide unemployment benefits to employees during part of their time off,..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Playing It Safe

According to the latest FBI crime statistics, El Paso and Austin rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among the cities with the lowest murder rates in the nation.

"...hardscrabble border town with a flourishing drug trade, high unemployment, and low per capita income. The other is a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Lean and Mean?

"...years -- reductions which are contradicted by Rylander's own unemployment estimates in the 1998 State Economic Forecast, which predict..."

March 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...Austin is now surpassing the excellent national statistics for unemployment, job creation, and new business start-ups. And while old-monied..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...decline in 30 years. A boom ecomony and low unemployment rates had a lot to do with the decrease,..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Work It

Take This Job and...

"...openings. According to the Texas Employment Commission (TEC), Austin's unemployment rate in August was 3.9%. But in parts of..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Good Unemployment While it is true that Texas is tied in..."

Oct. 6, 2023 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...the form used in the UK to apply for unemployment benefits (Unemployment Benefit Form 40)...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh's stunning if messy look back at his childhood in Northern Ireland

"...must work due to Northern Ireland’s rampant rate of unemployment, his grandfather gently assures the young boy that his..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

White Riot

Britain's anti-fascist punks are still role models

"...15-minute burst of “energy, volume and lyrics about youth unemployment and alienation.” Inspired, he wrote to all three UK..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Sicilia!

Restored Italian experiment is more form than substance

"...disgruntled orange vendor decrying the island’s high level of unemployment and impoverished economy; overhears two fascistic policemen discussing law..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Out of Work and Stretched Thin, Hospitality Workers Share What Resources They Can

In a national day of action, Austin's Restaurant Organizing Project and other activist groups highlight the service industry's unique plight

"...hospitality workers – especially after the CARES Act $600 unemployment benefit expired on July 31 – and provide groceries..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by David Evan Rodriguez

Checking In: TC Superstar Creates a Micro Scene at Home

“A Black Live Music Fund would be a great step in the right direction”

"...was furloughed around SXSW. I was scared because Texas Unemployment didn’t really have a way for me to account..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

As Eviction Crisis Looms, Local Leaders Ramp Up Relief

Help is on the way?

"...cities across the country. Earlier this month, the federal unemployment benefits through the CARES Act expired, along with the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

For Early College Students, Online Classes Foretell Tech Careers

Just like the real world

"...the instability of the pandemic job market – June unemployment in Austin was 7.5%, nearly triple its rate last..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Clara Ence Morse

ACC Is Almost Entirely Online and Students Are Enrolling in Droves

Start here. Stay home?

"...first-gen and lower-income student body has coped with sudden unemployment and financial instability. In normal times, 80% of its..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Unemployment Claims Soar: The Texas Comptroller reports a record number..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature

Public Notice: Please, Can We Reopen Our Economy for Real?

"Open Texas" doesn't go nearly far enough

"...creative and hospitality industries that are currently suffering 50% unemployment due to the pandemic, and the fractured response to..."

May 29, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

For Those Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID-19, Time Is Running Out for ACA Enrollment

Lloyd Doggett Touts Benefits of the Affordable Care Act

"...Austin metro area prepares for as much as 25% unemployment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Central..."

May 15, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

City Scrambles to Get $15 Million to Struggling Austinites

The RISE-ing tide

"...communities, especially those who are undocumented and cannot access unemployment or direct relief under the federal CARES Act. One..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

System Failure

"...a job due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and filed for unemployment. For four weeks in a row now the TWC..."

April 14, 2020 Postmarks

Austin at Large: How to Wear a Mask

Constructive thoughts from the near side of the curve

"...Tuesday the City Council was told to expect 25% unemployment as we slide toward the bottom of the COVIDepression..."

April 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin’s Economic Forecast Is Unsurprisingly Bleak

City budgeteers project COVID-19 recovery could take two years

"...see the loss of around 261,000 jobs, or an unemployment rate of about 25% – levels last seen during..."

April 7, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Tonight’s Virtual Kiki Fosters Queer Connection

When you can’t go to the dance party, the dance party comes to you!

"...about some being rendered unemployed and filed for disaster unemployment assistance. Some have started new projects, and some are..."

March 26, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Hunkers Down and Waits as the Pandemic Grows

It’s closing time

"...and federal action will be required to get extended unemployment assistance, debt relief, temporary Medicaid expansion, increased funding for..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Amid Coronavirus, Labor Advocates Call on State to End Attack on Paid Sick Leave

Abbott fails to account for millions who can’t just “work from home”

"...paid sick leave and, two, immediately extend access to unemployment benefits. He did not talk about either one today.”..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Les Misérables

French drama keeps the name and spirit of Hugo’s classic

"...the outskirts of the city in daunting ghettos where unemployment was at an all-time high, ultimately lashing out in..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Blinded by the Light

Semi-true story of how the Boss shook the world of a boy from Luton

"...Thatcher’s economic and social terror, a time when national unemployment has climbed sky high, fueling far-right extremism and racial..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...school with ambitions of making a narrative feature about unemployment around the shipyards of Sunderland. She thinks that's the..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...one of the poorest communities in America. Starr County's unemployment rate in May of this year was 11% –..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

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