Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"...Nine dollars may not get you much anymore, but it can still buy a pretty good guitar player..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

Chamber of Avarice

Developers Costing City Its Future

"...gone too far. Sure, they have some worthy goals, but they're wrecking the city treasury and simply must be..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...with hurting clients. "Texas nursing home quality is shamefully poor," it reads. "As a result of this intolerable care,..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

'Downton Abbey' Season Premiere: Part One

The denizens of Downton are back (some of them in black)

"...morning at Downton Abbey. Where is my beloved dog butt? That is a damn shame. I hope the traditional..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

The View From 21 Rio

Workers mourn and OSHA cites contractors in fatal accident

"...But last Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, in the cold, windy..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

TV Eye

Alternate realties, other lives

"...tidy conclusion that the family he meets are decent, hardworking people. George doesn't change his stance on illegal immigration..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...Ridgetop attendance zone without missing a day of school. But to schools like Ridgetop, where 89% of students are..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a controversial new subdivision on Hamilton Pool Road – but the new Hill Country Coalition isn't through fighting yet...."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From the Bottom Up

"...minimum-wage jobs in several cities to discover how ordinary working people are managing in the "new economy." She began..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...not Arkansas. We do have one (a Republican senator), but his name is Hutchinson, often confused with your own..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Off The Bookshelf

flatnessisgod:

"...The Working Poor in the Inner City..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Barrientos Misrepresented

"...of the City Council chose to ignore my advice, but throughout their discussion of the revised ordinance, I never..."

May 7, 1999 Column

Divine Intervention

What Price Salvation?

"...Church constitutes the nation's largest nonprofit health care provider, but huge Catholic networks like Seton are a fairly new..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

El Corazón de Santa Barraza

"...harsh terrain taught her about survival and growing up poor gave her, ironically, her calling and a work ethic..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...John Kunz, by contrast, rarely wears anything but curiosity and a grin on his beardy mug, and..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...run into technical issues resulting in massive delays. After working with our vendor for multiple hours, it appears there..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Some Kind of Heaven

America's retirement heaven shows some splinter in the clouds

"...An abstract idea longed for as some future eventuality, but ultimately unattainable, like universal health care in America. But..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...dreamed of attending the Univer­si­ty of Texas at Austin, but the incoming freshman is optimistic. “I want my first..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Lean on Pete

Equine tale is a lot deeper than the cheesy subject suggests.

"...away. He’s so cowed by the world of the working poor, yet so clearly a potential heroic archetype that..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Changing Directions

Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'

"...she had more difficulty handling her anxiety attacks – but teachers thought she was faking. At one point, Kaelyn..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

Point Austin: Perry's Tantrum

Perry's health care rejection blames everyone but himself for lousy government

"...states to reject the Medicaid expansion without federal sanction (but which also ruled PPACA constitutional), Perry told Sebelius, "Please..."

July 13, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Acevedo Defends DNA Lab

Police chief says whistle-blower's accusations are overblown

"...this spring, after making a string of complaints about poor training at the lab and poor working relationships between..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Papa Brasilia

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Retrospective

"...group set out to explore the predicament of the working poor struggling with the social and economic ramifications of..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...I got to know, who became not only friends, but heroes, were Barbara Jordan, who taught me a lot..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Jesus and his extolling the virtues of helping the poor in his article "Panhandle Christs" ["Letters @ 3am," Sept...."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Despite promise of good times, too many Texans go hungry.

"...a "food bank," they can make a short-term withdrawal. But the CAFB is not itself a food pantry; rather,..."

March 29, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Lies, All Lies

The Silver Castle

"...is grinding, and it is true that being born poor, especially in the third world, makes for a grossly..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Review

Liberation and Justice for All

Black Panther William Lee Brent's Exile

"...fault with democracy as it's practiced in this country, but I must concede that we're pretty damn lucky to..."

June 14, 1996 Books Feature

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...But 2019 is not a normal political year. Encouraged both..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...be able to compete with for-profit developers in scale, but the extra amenities they provide for low-income tenants have..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

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