CodePink Red After Albright's Planned Parenthood Soiree

Peace activists unwelcome at speech by former secretary of state

"...Madeleine Albright has come and gone, trailing diplomatic bons mots and twinkling brooches, now famous..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

TV Eye

Testosterone on tap

"...Where have all the women gone? Oh, I see them on TV, all right,..."

March 31, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Problem," News, Aug. 12]. I saw schoolchildren begging for money at the street intersection of Brodie Lane and West..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

Page Two

The vision of a healthy, dynamic, impressively powerful country having a tortured, ongoing internal dialogue about its actions serves to inspire rather than discourage dreams

"...heavy hearts, some blindly optimistic, still others with almost fond memories of old times. Some had kept marching over..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Lowdown

The Bushes suddenly discover women's rights in Afghanistan, tear up the Bill of Rights, and let pesticide companies test their poisons on human beings.

"...In the White House's relentless, multimillion-dollar PR campaign to sell us "homelanders" on the righteousness..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Going All the Way

"...Directed by: Mark Pellington. Starring: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rose Mcgowan,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jungle Fever

"...Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette Mckee and John Turturro. Spike Lee takes criticism..."

June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

A Quiet Passion

A biographical sketch of poet Emily Dickinson

"...Directed by: Terence Davies. Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine, Emma Bell, Jodhi..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Michael Bay lends his firepower to this war that's not really a war

"...Adapted from Mitchell Zuckoff’s nonfiction book, 13 Hours is less about the catastrophic events..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Shock and Awe ... Once Again

Our wars return to roost, and we blame the victims

"...Responding to last week's terror attacks in Paris by declaring..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Celebrate Reproductive Rights While You Can

A Planned Parenthood benefit party and props for Jordan Smith

"...With Chron writer Jordan Smith winning a reporting award from Planned..."

July 8, 2011 News Post by Cindy Widner

Afghan Star

In Afghanistan's version of American Idol, there's a lot more at stake than the glory.

"...Directed by: Havana Marking. One of the more surreal docs to come down the..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lee fights the good fight but loses the battle in his bloated and muddled World War II epic that pays tribute to the Army's Buffalo Soldiers.

"...by: Spike Lee. Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonzo, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rehabilitation or Torture?

Texas prison inmates say their 'therapy' has taken a dark turn

"...What's worse than prison?..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

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"...and former Mayor Gus Garcia, point to Precinct 1's traditional identity as an African-American seat. It's true that Hispanics..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...where it is." -- Council Member Daryl Slusher, signaling trepidation before the City Council's 7-0 vote to approve --..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hours

"...Stephen Daldry. Starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Claire Danes, Toni..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...My name is Kira Koonce. I'm 7 and I'm in second grade and I..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

The Cider House Rules

"...Directed by: Lasse Hallström. Starring: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kieran..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Austin LGBTQ History

"...Dear Editor, Thank you so much for the article on Austin Pride [“The History of Pride in Austin,” News,..."

Aug. 14, 2019 Postmarks

Embarrassing Precedent

"...basics of the human body, the majority of first-term abortions are performed on embryos, not babies, not fetuses, not..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Postmarks

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...Barber. Starring: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, Sam Worthington and Kyle Soller...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Texas Responds to Hobby Lobby Contraception Case

Dems, health groups and religious freedom advocates slam ruling

"...businesses like Hobby Lobby can decide to not provide contraception through their health insurance if it does not fit..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

NARAL Stages 'People's Filibuster'

Action against new abortion regulations

"...in Texas, today is going to be a very long day. After a divisive set of abortion regulations were..."

June 20, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

A Woman in Berlin

This is that rarest of wartime dramas: an intimate, sorrowful glimpse into the heart and loins of the hellish aftermath of war when sex is used as a weapon.

"...Evgeny Sidikhin, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler and Ulrike Krumbiegel. "War changes our world," the protagonist, an anonymous Berliner, tells..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...since childhood from their villages in the south of war-torn Sudan. After wandering sub-Saharan Africa on the brink of..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I never once doubted that if people stayed at the table and..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...penned a letter to the editor of The Austin Chronicle ["Postmarks," April, 4] wherein I took to task Cris..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...When I was interviewed about ethical violations at UT's Texas Memorial Museum ["Only Natural," Feb. 21],..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Naked City

"...thankful you're not an Afghan farmer hiding from the War on Terrorism, a Colombian farmer hiding from the War..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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