Take a Journey With Healing Veterans in 'The Battle Back Home'

MSNBC to air Wounded Warrior Project docu-series

"...got released, my reintegration was 'Go check in at the VA, man.'"..."

Nov. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Posted after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Into the Valley of Death, and Back Out Again

Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan

"...When Sebastian Junger and Tim Hether-ington's remarkably immersive and gritty-intimate Afghan war documentary Restrepo won..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Office Cuck

Maybe “Remember Fellatio!” will become the new Texas battle cry

"...a cuck, but I don’t think she’s been unfaithful. Then we are at a work party, and she ended..."

March 1, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Holiday Viewing: Remember the Night

The key to a merry Christmas is a shoplifter in the house

"...Does going home for the holidays have you fretful? Are you fearing..."

Dec. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Anikulapo-Kuti's funeral procession to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...KUTX host Susan Castle kicked off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Life and Times of an Emotional Transient

Poetry Festival Salutes Albert Huffstickler

"...no country for old men." He meant our country, the world of the living, pulsing with the fury and..."

March 28, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...During the week of March 19, legendary journalist Seymour Hersh was..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Hits, Errors, and Home Runs at ACTV

Missing funds at Austin Community Television spur an investigation and accusations

"...noisy controversy, things seemed to be settling down at the Austin Community Access Center – better known as the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Even Flow

The Wounded Warrior Project and MSNBC bring the war home via an Austin connection

"..."One foot in front of the other," commands physical trainer Jerry Campbell. The man in..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Destiny's Child

Tom Doyal reviews Sam Houston, Austin author James Haley's new biography on the Texas legend, and finds that the biographer's "hard work is almost invisible to the reader; he makes this complex life accessible, even understandable, in light of the times in which Houston lived."

"...his ambitious biographical labors by having chosen Sam Houston, the hero of the Battle of San Jacinto and an..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...There's a beautiful place about 150 miles southwest of here...."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Columbia Pictures, but for God's sake, don't wait for the movie. This is one bestseller that delivers the shamelessly..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...The first thing I remember from my mother's second marriage..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...The law is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...than many of us visit in a lifetime. Why, then, is Betty Baker still the most feared official in..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Hyde Park Theatre's Death Tax

This production of Lucas Hnath's play questions who really pays when the Reaper comes calling – and before

"...Dieterich) is sick and expected to die within weeks. The rules concerning the taxes on inheritance change on January..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...The verdict came too fast for it to be anything..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letters at 3AM

War movies are back ... but they don't make them like they used to.

"...War movies are back. Cinema has achieved an explicitness of expression and technique..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...shortly after midnight on Monday, Oct. 22. On Sunday, the temperature had peaked at nearly 90 degrees, before beginning..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, The Borderland:..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Day Trips

Texas avoided much of the devastation of the Civil War, but not all of it

"...The Civil War began 150 years ago this month. Texas..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Our readers talk back.

"...Get the Facts Straight..."

April 4, 2003 Column

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'I Am Sullied – No More'

Col. Ted Westhusing chose death over dishonor in Iraq

"...A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, Westhusing had a good job teaching English..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Our readers talk back.

"...a Texas certified biology teacher, and I testified against the addition of intelligent design to Texas textbooks at the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

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