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Organizing in the Southnew
The spirit of revival certainly was in the air at Tougaloo College's Holmes Hall
Jan. 29, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to show support for Nissan workers seeking a union election at the giant plant in Canton.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
02-15-2013 |
Business & Labor
Hello, Texas!new
SXSW is a music-lover's Mecca, and I'm beyond excited to see bands such as Dawes, Glossary, ZZ Ward, Vampire Weekend, Paul Oakenfold, The Polyphonic Spree, Cherub, Moon Taxi, Freedy Johnson and many more. Plus, I can't wait to come back with new favorites that I hadn't heard of before the festival.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Long |
02-15-2013 |
Music
Honest Abe's family tree, reconsiderednew
Indiana State Museum's 'The Lincolns' uses a variety of artifacts to nuance our understanding of figures like Mary Todd (raised, it would seem, by an evil stepmother).
Great Gardens Start with a Plannew
Now is the time to plan the placement and diversity of your summer crops.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
02-15-2013 |
Gardening
Transparency Troublenew
City of Boulder officials are increasingly resistant to coughing up open records.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel and Jefferson Dodge |
02-15-2013 |
Policy Issues
Is Your Weed Covered?new
Will your health insurance cover medical marijuana?
Boston Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
02-15-2013 |
Drugs
You've Got No Mailnew
The corporate hit job on the US Postal Service continues wit the end of Saturday mail.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
02-15-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: US Postal Service, Saturday mail
Between Man and His Godnew
Some really smart people knew that when they wrote the First Amendment, which includes two intertwining clauses to ensure that no one abridges our freedom of religion by trying to establish their own. Put simply, the government doesn't get to pick or establish or force any particular faith or its prayers and practices, because that obviously endangers freedom of religion for all of us.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-15-2013 |
Commentary
S.C. House Speaker Under Criminal Probenew
The S.C. GOP attorney general asked for an investigation into the state’s most powerful politician, GOP House Speaker Bobby Harrell.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-15-2013 |
Politics
Cinematic Wedgienew
Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) searches for answers for his patient’s ailments with a controversial drug in “Side Effects.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
02-15-2013 |
Movies
Gail Marrynew
One local congregation's unique stand on same-sex marriage.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
02-15-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: Unitarian Universalist
The Sugar Tradenew
Edmonton students see being a sugar baby as an easy way to make some cash.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
02-14-2013 |
Sex
The Risingnew
One billion women will experience violence in their lifetimes. In Santa Fe and around the world, they're rising up for change.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
02-14-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Domestic Violence
Darius Anderson Wants to "Rape and Pillage Other Publications"new
New Press Democrat owner also hints at run for office
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
02-14-2013 |
Media
From Phish to Phervent Love: A photographer's love storynew
But it's not every weekend that an assignment turns into a love story. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I asked photographer Angela Leisure to recount how she met her beau covering a show for NUVO.
