Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...Provide nutritious meal pick-up and delivery options for low-income student families...."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Dems Vie for Incumbent Rep. John Carter’s Round Rock Seat

North of Austin, a range of liberals in TX-31 contest

"...His priority issues include Medicare for All, education (relieving student loan debt), and living wages...."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Lifestyle Brand Collective Blue Supports Diverse Creators in Austin

Missfits Festival embodies their mission of putting community first

"...Perez, founder of Bravely. Perez paid off $25,302 in student loans on a salary of less than $30,000 and..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Shavone Otero

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...for government privatization. He's a former Texas State University student regent (appointed by Perry) and member of the city's..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Luv Doc: A Very Depressive Point of View

Contrary to our Idiot-in-Chief's racist desires, no one in Norway wants to come to America

"...They are not happy. They are still paying their student loans or living with $100 a month to actually..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...Austin, to his girlfriend (now wife), and to infamous student hangout Posse East, which he calls "my seat of..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...2006 to 81% in 2016, despite 85.6% of its student population being classified as economically disadvantaged. In addition, the..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The Q&A Hole: How Much Money to Break Your Arm?

Because everything, they say, has a price

"...to said injury, in addition to clearing up my student-loan debt and living expenses for the time off work...."

June 5, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

Queerbomb is short on funds and needs your help

"...do after June 3 – to pay off the debt. "I joined Queerbomb because I was a hermit," Cooper..."

May 12, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...as UT's primary hands-on training institution for Austin's medical students...."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Ethan: And mine was in great debt to yours. I saw Augie in the news last..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Kitchen Scales

The cost of Austin fine dining

"...a law degree, or a professional master's degree, where students start at $50,000 or more a year after graduation,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Darling Mickey

Prolific director Mickey Keating dials in to the Sixties

"...patron saint of indie horror. Keating acknowledges a huge debt, both creatively and careerwise. As a college student, he..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: What We Do in the Shadows

Jemaine Clement lets the vampires talk

"...Owing as much of a debt to classic British flatsharing comedy The Young Ones as..."

July 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: If There Be Thorns

Dear Lifetime, we need to talk

"...ballet instructor, and he's now a practicing doctor. Apparently student loans were really easy to get back then, and..."

July 15, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Space Camp Death Squad Reboots


ATX hip-hop trio premieres “Joe Dassin”

"...in topics including the riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, student load debt, and calling out the prejudice of public..."

June 8, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...scrapes your brainpan. Frontman Dara Kiely looks a straight-A student, but becomes increasingly unwound while reciting his aggravated poetry,..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...the "Texas Miracle" was the alleged spike in state student accomplishment due to the imposition of public school "accountability"..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Local environmental news wasn't all bad this year

"...focus of 10-1 campaign backlash as unnecessary, and its debt load has added to rising water costs despite increasing..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

A Chorus for Rod Kennedy

ATX songwriters pen one for the Kerrville Folk Festival founder

"...keep trying – through the self-doubt, the credit card debt, the medical research studies. I still haven’t quite lived..."

April 17, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...As a student at the Liberal Arts & Science Academy at LBJ..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts'

Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start

"...will positively affect the quality of education for Austin students for many years to come."..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...Bobby. Director: Roger Hayn A character portrait of a debt-ridden man with a violent past in pursuit of a..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Miami Connection' Connects After 25 Years

Grandmaster Y.K. Kim reels as his 1987 flop becomes a 2012 cult

"...almost everything and had piled up a lot of debt. However, I personally never regret producing the Miami Connection,..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: 'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'

In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness

"...families raised most kids. College wasn't expensive. The national debt was pocket change. The government functioned fairly well. Sociologists..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'

Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics

"...such high water rates is because of the enormous debt the water utility has piled up. I actually called..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

This week, Stephen judges the judges on 'Fashion Star'

"...night before the big show, a University of Texas student organization on campus called Face AIDS is producing their..."

April 20, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Money Laundering Case Continues

Detention hearings continue in case against Yassine family

"...Orr what he really has is a lot of debt and therefore cannot really be considered a flight risk...."

March 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Pride Goeth to the Fall

Pride parade postponed

"...booths, the new Pride board is still carrying a debt from 2010. (Full disclosure: The Austin Chronicle is among..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Hard Times, Soft Heads; and Wall Street's Resilient Greed

"...families are at least shedding some of their consumer debt. Good! Except that much of this is the result..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

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