Naked City

"...and other Texas cities who were denied thousands in wages and overtime. Target contends it isn't responsible for paying..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Playing Through

Wondering why the Longhorns are playing just as well without Kevin Durant as they were with him, economist David Berri knows why

"...play. Berri is an economist and co-author of The Wages of Win, a mathematical analysis of basketball performance that..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Wage Vigilance

Local businessman under fire for owing money to employees of his former West Lake Hills restaurant

"...others involved in the effort to claim the workers' wages, talked to Feste at his West Lake Hills-area home..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The Great Debaters

Denzel Washington directs and stars in this inspirational but predictable drama set in the Jim Crow South of the Thirties.

"...distinctive group: Henry Lowe (Parker), an antsy scholar who wages a constant battle between his intellectual pursuits and his..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Economy and Workforce Report

"...a result, the number of Texans working for poverty wages ($9.91/hour or less) dropped from 32% in 2005 to..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Business Owners, Not Economists

"...have a high propensity to spend all of their wages, and that expenditure has a ripple effect throughout the..."

Aug. 28, 2007 Postmarks

Macbeth

This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?

"...the life of a character as the battles he wages with his own inner demons, it’s probably best not..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Sicko

Professional gadfly Michael Moore alights on the topic of the shortcomings of the American health-care system, and crafts his most widely accessible film to date.

"...have to mean diminished care for patients or reduced wages for doctors. Granted, his studies of these countries neglect..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...Strip, painted a vastly more powerful picture of the wages of pop iconography.) Factory Girl opens and closes with..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Wal-Mart's New Look; and Good Neighbors, Bad Fence

"...a year for full-time work, would rather see their wages raised than their "status." In fact, these low-paid workers..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

TV Eye

Extended networks

"...Next Top Model have walked out to demand union wages. Again, there is no language addressing reality-show writers in..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...minimum wage, and another 1.5 million were reported earning wages below the minimum. 2) Together, these 2.0 million workers..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column

Facts According to Swanson

"...minimum wage, and another 1.5 million were reported earning wages below the minimum. 2) Together, these 2.0 million workers..."

July 31, 2006 Postmarks

X-Men: The Last Stand

This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors – racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.

"...by all the piercings and leather they sport) and wages war on those who would "cure" them. A smart..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Don't Look Down at Immigrants, Look Up; and a New Horror From the IRS

"...workers into the USA. Well, 12 years later, real wages in Mexico are lower than before NAFTA was imposed,..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...not for illegal immigration? (And how about affordable living wages?) If you really want to soak the rich, why..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Loosey-Goosey Land Agreement?

Environmentalists and AISD face off once again over school construction in Southwest Austin

"...provide market-average "compensation" to workers on bond-funded projects meant wages only, or wages plus benefits. Fairly or not, if..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Happy Holidays

Transit workers and Cap Metro contractor get closer, but still no agreement

"...at 60%, then allow an employee to reach top wages in his or her sixth year of employment. StarTran's..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Take Cheney away; and IBM's plans for the middle class

"...other sciences that require advanced degrees and pay top wages. IBM, the world's largest information technology corporation, has become..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bus Negotiations Headed for Collision

Strike could happen this week

"...hires would start at substantially less than current starting wages, and would be capped from reaching the maximum pay..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Gosh, This Is Embarassing

"...support them it is implied that they pay adequate wages. Why? Because of an economic concept called the multiplier..."

Dec. 21, 2005 Postmarks

Brokeback Mountain

The beautifully wrought film is a tragic love story (not a "gay cowboy movie") that’s defined by its staggering heartbreak.

"...the men might live out their lives together, Ennis wages an ongoing battle to repress his sexual longing for..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Human Rights? Not at Work

A conference in Austin ponders the odd notion that workers are human beings with rights

"...the responses of their employers to demands for decent wages, fair treatment, and most importantly, a voice for employees..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Jobs to Go

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

"...system, the new state workers hired at these sub-living wages will themselves be able to administer their own applications..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Norquist disowns stinky pal; and forget about a living wage

"...country's big problems, such as making sure that the wages of America's workaday majority stay low...."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to buy a basic HMO package. The survey of wages and benefits the district used to put together the..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...put together a scale of "prevailing," or market average, wages and benefits for construction contractors, but when AISD officials..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...adopting a scale that will pay contractors market average wages, but doesn't factor in extra money for benefits. On..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Film News

The Legislature's $20 million in proposed incentives to lure more film projects to Texas is emphasizing jobs and aiming to boost rural areas as well as larger cities like Austin; plus, Wes Anderson's next movie

"...of $750,000 for each $3.75 million spent on below-the-line wages to Texans for work done in Texas. That doesn't..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Hightower Report

Let's rein in CEO pay; and, 'conservatives' support Big Brotherism

"...no uptick in the economy to bring us cheer? Wages are stagnant, jobs are down, stock prices are in..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

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