This One's for the Ladies

Documentary following Newark’s Nasty Boyz is only skin deep

"...are moving accounts of police violence, the cycle of poverty and addiction, and how stripping became a way to..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

InfoWars Crashes Drag Storytime in Austin

Alt-right rags want to end LGBTQ-inclusive children's events

"...– dubbed an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center – has also campaigned against LGBTQ inclusivity..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Teen Spirit

Pop fable never feels like a smash hit

"...her and her mother from the immeasurable depths of poverty, and she may even get to reconnect with the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Hagazussa

Witchcraft and oppression in late-medieval Austria

"...(played in youth by Celina Peter), she lives in poverty with her mother in the snowiest corners of the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hotel Mumbai

True-life terrorism and heroism in the 2008 Mumbai attacks

"...the audience gets a vivid image of the abject poverty they’re used to, while there’s just a mote of..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Ground Floor Theatre's black do crack

In this new solo show, writer-performer Florinda Bryant shatters the myth that black women must go it alone

"...racism, most often in a toxic mix; single parenting; poverty; life-threatening medical conditions (which can't be treated properly because..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Filmworker

Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man, forever in the maestro's shadow

"...2001: A Space Odyssey enough recompense for aging into poverty, and a loss of his own identity?..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Teachers Union to AISD Board President: Resign

Pace vacates presidency, won't resign from board

"...via text message that disparaged community activists and the "poverty pimps" she feared would foil policy she hoped to..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cine Las Americas Review: Niñas Araña

Life in Chile's slums, close enough to wealth to touch it

"...girls, Avi (Michelle Mella), compares her experience mired in poverty to a cartoon character running across a static landscape...."

May 7, 2018 Screens Post by Austin Sanders

The Endless

Sibling banter and cosmic terror means observational comedy horror.

"...the Smith siblings. They have been living in abject poverty ever since they ran away from what the elder..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What’s Showing at the Indie Meme Festival

Highlighting the best of South Asian cinema

"...Childhood poverty. Addiction. Growing up gay in a religious environment. The..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Death Wish

Bruce Willis picks up where Charles Bronson left off.

"...when white flight left our major cities festering in poverty, decay, and an increasing drug menace. The threat of..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Polenta Is Just Fancy Porridge

Why chefs love polenta, or, how to polish a turd

"...the nation. Here's this dish rooted in negative connotation, poverty, and disease. It's got a long rap sheet and..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Food Feature by Danny Palumbo

Out of the Eyes of Babes

AFS and AISD bring young filmmakers into focus

"...plus, a growing scientific consensus has become manifest: Generational poverty and stress exponentially beget further generational poverty and stress...."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

I, Tonya

Belated biopic redress for America's skating punchline

"...sees her daughter’s talent as a way out of poverty, and when not using assault as a motivator, she..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens created Ebenezer Scrooge

"...the sets portray a London plagued by smog and poverty with a constant stream of particles floating in the..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”

High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom

"...and Northeast. The study also found that households in poverty would see a 75% increase in access to frequent..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Step

Inspiring doc on Baltimore teenagers

"...various girls confront regarding academics, family life, and/or endemic poverty, one of the biggest challenges the students face is..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls' beloved memoir hits the big screen

"...is plain-faced and with jaw set to escape the poverty-stricken West Virginia town the family has landed in, and..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Maudie

A Canadian folk artist falls for a fishmonger

"...beneath that of a dog. The two lived in poverty without heat or electricity, although Everett soon saw the..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...is wealthier than it was 50 years ago, the poverty rate today remains roughly the same as in 1967...."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

How Austin Restaurants Are Leading the Trump Era Resistance

Economically culture-jamming the new administration

"...raised $1,000 each for the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and $3,000 for SafePlace. Bouldin raised $3,000..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

East Austin Crescent Sees Spike in Child Abuse

Abuse in Austin / Travis County follows an "East Austin Crescent" pattern that directly corresponds with several risk factors

"...pattern that directly corresponds with risk factors such as poverty, lack of educational opportunity, community, and domestic violence. In..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Crunching the Numbers

"...overall economic segregation of Austin. In general, much higher poverty rates occur in the eastern districts (1-4) than in..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature

Saadia Faruqi at BookPeople

Houston author and interfaith activist shares her stories

"...hot-button issues of suicide bombers, systemic injustice, and generational poverty so often associated with Pakistan by Westerners over the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...women who obtain abortions earning incomes below the federal poverty level ($11,770 for a single woman with no children),..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ip Man 3

Donnie Yen returns as the grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee his moves

"...for glory (or at least a way out of poverty). Far more affecting for followers of the Ip Man..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Appalachian Blues

New series Outsiders explores outlaw mountain men

"...tale is a metaphor for survival in abject, grinding poverty in a civilization with no heart. He said, "The..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point: Abortion Debate Hits Home

The attacks against Planned Parenthood are not just political, they're about class and privilege

"...have incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. Policies that impede those services in turn hurt..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

The HIV Gap

While state HIV rate declines, Travis County rate climbs – especially among African-Americans

"...(38%); 72% were living at or below the federal poverty line...."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

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