Point Austin: Jobs to Go

The sunny side of the state's assault on social services

"...– and by the way generating several thousand abruptly unemployed and welfare-eligible former state workers in the bargain –..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Hitler's demagoguery had won the support of the mainly unemployed German working class who were rioting in the streets...."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column

Don't Confuse Them With the Facts ...

"...Hitler's demagoguery had won the support of the mainly unemployed German working class who were rioting in the streets...."

Sept. 19, 2005 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...lives on less than $2 a day, 20% are unemployed, 16% are chronically hungry; the list goes on and..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Film News

What does Katrina mean for the Texas film industry? Plus, bidding goodbye to the Austin actress with the most beautiful eyes, Tomi Barrett.

"...The Austin Film Office has fielded calls from suddenly unemployed New Orleans crew members, but the projects themselves aren't..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

Violates free speech, judge says

"...police had used the ordinance to target homeless and/or unemployed people. "This is a victory for free speech and..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Trials and Tribulations of Sexy Panhandling

"...court. Bryan, local media hounds may recall, was the unemployed blonde who, along with a friend, hit the streets..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Nickel and Dimed

The State Theater Company's 'Nickel and Dimed' makes Barbara Ehrenreich's book about the desperate plight of the working poor flesh and blood, immediate and urgent

"...The young woman in question is pregnant, her husband unemployed. The job she holds with a corporate house-cleaning service..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Spotlight: Blowfly

1am, Emo's Main

"...soul. If that doesn't work, we'll send Oprah Winfrey's unemployed hemorrhoid."..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Swanson's Question Answered; Will He Now Answer Question Posed to Him

"...deliveries. If cows could fly, maybe some of the unemployed drivers could be retrained as flying-cow wranglers. However, this..."

March 10, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Costello accuses Curtis of attempted bribery

"...your table and go home.'" Gardner, who is currently unemployed, says he answered, "I don't want your money, and..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

No concept lies more firmly embedded in our national character than the notion that the U.S.A. is No. 1,' the greatest.' A number of facts reveal that we can no longer even consider ourselves among the Top 10 nations in the world.

"...last year; 1.8 million – one in five – unemployed workers are jobless for more than six months (NYT,..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

For the Activist Who Has Everything

Useless political gifts for the holiday season

"...day, all those bumper stickers you bought from Two Unemployed Democrats are going to be worth something to somebody..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature

Page Two

Forget the middle ground: Why don't the progressives take over the Democratic Party and make a real fight of this thing?

"...served as many artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, working poor, unemployed, students, temporarily unmoored, financially overwhelmed, creative, desperate, and/or in-need..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by John Sayles

World Wide Menu

Accessing all things culinary on the Internet

"...of friends, or ham radio freaks, and Chuck is unemployed, and needs a job if anybody reads this."..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Food Feature by Mick Vann

One Night on Red River

Darcie Stevens returns to the live music beat – for just one night – on Red River

"...Happy hour doesn't fare well in a community of unemployed, especially one with more options than Usher has girlfriends...."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Texas Five Minus Four

The Congressional races perform almost as the GOP designed

"...expressed his frustration by calling his opponent "an ill-equipped, unemployed lawyer." Gohmert also was conservative, Baptist, and a Bush..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...hallway to her apartment. The girl lives with her unemployed mother and three siblings in a one-bedroom apartment perhaps..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...great sense of humor. She also visited the Two Unemployed Democrats gift store Friday night and bought a lot..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

Honor Others' Free Speech; You Just Might Agree

"...great sense of humor. She also visited the Two Unemployed Democrats gift store Friday night and bought a lot..."

Oct. 18, 2004 Postmarks

Innocent Man Off Death Row

Ernest Ray Willis exonerated after 18 years behind bars

"...Brock Jones Jr. ruled that Willis – then an unemployed oilfield worker with chronic back problems – had been..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion

Stephen weighs in on the whole Cipel / McGreevey thing (you know, the gay governor scandal), and lucky for us, we have never made untoward advances toward Our Style Avatar, especially now that we know how he feels

"...Trey Lopez, spay/neuter education from Emancipet, goodies from Two Unemployed Democrats, and on-site voter registration. Spokeswoman Emily Fleming-Nash says..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...raised awareness of the virtues of volunteering, although for "unemployed teacher from across the street" Will Shoaf, who wandered..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

Abilene State Park is an oasis in the parched, red-dirt prairie

"...Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put thousands of unemployed men to work building public facilities with the Civilian..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Unemployed coal miners and family members struggling with sexual abuse..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Free Money!

The city is broke, so why are we giving candy to corporate strangers?

"...requiring that those jobs be created, or filled with unemployed Austinites. If there's a wealth of spin-off jobs to..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hot Spot

How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again

"...of companies are gone and lots of friends are unemployed. It seemed like fun at the time, but perhaps..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Under the Covers

All of a sudden, it's cool again to play other people's songs – not to mention fun!

"...brightly – but it was a sad time for unemployed songwriters...."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Does Bush Really Feel Our Pain?

"...accomplish, and it's time he joined the ranks of unemployed in the country. Maybe then he can really feel..."

March 9, 2004 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

In the next presidential election, only the Democrats can be counted on to preserve the Bill of Rights

"...of American government toward its citizens: Farmers, workers, the unemployed, and the aged were owed basic protections – still..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

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