AltWeeklies Wire
Question Itnew
One effective way to begin to understand our racial biases is to examine where they came from.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Let's Talk About Racenew
First and foremost, there can't be any discussion about race and racism unless you're willing to entertain the notion that it still exists—that we're not living in a "post-racial" society—and that racism continues to cause serious problems in America.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Breaking the Silencenew
When James Ford Seale finally went on trial for his role in the 1964 kidnapping and deaths of Henry Dee and Charles Moore in Meadville, our reporting staff was blown away by the jury-selection process.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Pain in the Brainnew
If you suffer from chronic headaches, something in your diet may be the culprit.
Jackson Free Press |
Tam Curley |
07-01-2013 |
Health
Taking Jobs from Blacks? Not so Muchnew
When Chokwe Lumumba was a new member of the Jackson City Council, he went looking for an answer to the dubious adage that undocumented immigrants performing low-skill jobs in the U.S. take jobs away native-born African Americans. Lumumba, who sponsored an anti-racial-profiling ordinance, turned to Dr. Steven Pitts, a labor policy expert at the University of California Berkeley Center of for Labor Research and Education.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Internet Killed the Video Starnew
YouTube has made it all too easy to see any music video, any time, changing the way we see the art form.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
07-01-2013 |
Tech
What Is White Privilege?new
The problem with white privilege is that those who enjoy it usually don't know it, or want to know. It takes a deliberate effort to see through the dirty water of privilege, but it's worth it for deeper racial understanding and meaningful dialogue.
Jackson Free Press |
Tim Wise |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: White Privilege
Fear of a Black (& Brown & Yellow) Electoratenew
On June 25, the Supreme Court struck the biggest blow against civil rights since Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, striking down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
07-01-2013 |
Commentary
Green Tribunal: India and Enviro Lawnew
While America-centric enviros might think of India as "backward" with images of the 1984 Union Carbide Bhopal disaster and its toxic effects lingering, India just might surge ahead of us when it comes to its system for litigating development and the environment.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-30-2013 |
Environment
The Future of Big Chickennew
Georgia's orchestrating a makeover of the world's most popular meat. Which gamble will determine the future of chicken?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
06-27-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Georgia Poultry, Poultry Industry
Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Defeatednew
In the end, after the 13-hour filibuster and all the wrangling over rules, Wendy Davis and her fellow Texas Democrats could do only so much. In the end, it was the citizens in the gallery who made the difference late Tuesday night.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
06-26-2013 |
Politics
Tags: wendy davis, Texas SB 5
San Antonio's Glacial Progress on LBGTQ Rightsnew
One by one, activists, family members, and allies of LGBT San Antonians stood before their councilmembers, demanding the gay community be treated as more than second-class citizens. Recounting emotional, first-person stories of victimization and intolerance, testifiers urged council to pass a measure that codifies their societal equity by granting them the same protections as their counterparts.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
06-26-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: LGBTQ
Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Dies After Filibusternew
The Texas Senate gallery erupted in deafening applause, chants, and clapping as the clock edged toward midnight – the deadline for state lawmakers to decide on the fate of a bill that would essentially decimate access to abortion in Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
06-26-2013 |
The War on Women
Tags: wendy davis, SB5
Black and White and Red All Overnew
Owners of the Oregonian gamble on the newspaper’s digital future.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-26-2013 |
Media
Tags: Oregonian
Drag's New Dawn in San Antonionew
At first, it’s the bone structure that tips me off. Then, the thick, full lips. But ultimately, it’s the way he walks with unmistakable precision through Lulu’s crowded restaurant on Main that finally confirms that this man in a Spurs t-shirt could be none other than the singular Tencha La Jefa.
San Antonio Current |
Jade Esteban Estrada |
06-26-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: Tencha La Jefa
