Are you registered to vote? by Claudia
All of us need to have our viewpoint heard, no matter what the issue. In light of how much homelessness costs our city, (i.e. going to the ER for dehydration leading to kidney and heart…
Category Archives: Features
Leslie Cochran: Queen of Austin by Val Romness
This year for Leslie Fest, some of Leslie’s weird friends who dress like him, met to celebrate his birthday, They joined the former Keep Austin Weird Fest, now called Fun Stop Fest! They met Saturday…
Surprise! You’re Homeless by Pirate Joe
There is a myth we are taught growing up: poverty can be prevented. This isn’t to say that there are steps and precautions that can limit the possibilities of this unfortunate event. An ounce of…
Hollywood, Madison Avenue, Homelessness
by Christopher Homelessness. The very sound of the word conjures up images which define public attitudes toward us. To me, it almost sounds like poverty, privation, or want blended with the circumstance we all must…
Rivera
by John Curran I went in active first week of September. It was gonna be September October for Basic and I was at Fort Jackson S.C.. It was 1976. Basic, I knew, was gonna be…