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Painting the Politicalnew

Former Buffalo Nine activist and renowned oil painter Jerry Ross returns to his political roots with portraits of 2016 presidential candidates.

Eugene Weekly | Alex V. Cipolle | 01-03-2016 | Culture

Race to the Bottomnew

2015 proved (again) that this country still is not ready for its first black president.

North Bay Bohemian | Tom Gogola | 12-31-2015 | Politics

The Growth of Black Lives Matternew

After a wave of protests shook the streets of Oakland and Berkeley, activists have been hard at work enacting policy changes, building community networks, and practicing self-determination.

East Bay Express | Erin Baldassari | 12-23-2015 | Race & Class

Movie Madness: A Bracket-Busting Look at a Year at the Moviesnew

The Elite Eight: Brooklyn, Inside Out, The Martian, Room, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Star Wars VII, Train Wreck.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 12-23-2015 | Movies

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Why I Am Probably Going to Send the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Parents a Christmas Cardnew

The 10th anniversary of my parents' death brings up many emotions. Hate isn't one of them.

The Stranger | Emily Pothast | 12-23-2015 | Features

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Somebody's Watching Younew

We live in a surveillance state. Oregonians may not realize the ways in which law enforcement can already spy on them, in at least one case to a degree unmatched in any other state.

Willamette Week | Nigel Jaquiss | 12-17-2015 | Civil Liberties

How El Chapo Digs His Tunnelsnew

The cartel underground.

San Diego Reader | Monte Reel | 12-17-2015 | Features

Release the tapes from the Alexia Christian shootingnew

Nearly eight months have passed since controversial officer-involved killing.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Editorial Board | 12-17-2015 | Crime & Justice

Slim Jesus, Spike Lee and the art of cultural inauthenticitynew

Emcees in Chicago's underground drill-rap community are divided over which of two outsiders to dislike more.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 12-16-2015 | Music

The Unforgettable Party That No One Can Remembernew

From tie-died, rainbow hallucinations to San Jose City Hall's gray concrete plaza, the hazy history of the night that cemented the counterculture and changed America.

Metro Silicon Valley | Geoffrey Dunn | 12-15-2015 | Culture

Trump: When Fascism Comes to Americanew

Trump’s rhetoric in recent months — whether it was his connecting Mexican immigrants to crime or his comments on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), saying he is not a hero “because he was captured” and “I like people who weren’t captured”—has been tapping our nation’s darkest, deepest and most xenophobic veins

Random Lengths News | By James Preston Allen and Publisher | 12-15-2015 | Commentary

Why Goodie Mob's Soul Food Is the Greatest Atlanta Rap Album of All Timenew

The money. The power. The trap. The New South. The War on Drugs. The Red Dogs. The Dixie flags. The Million Man March. The Atlanta Child Murders. The black mecca. The 20th anniversary of ‘Soul Food.’ The South Had Something to Say.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Rodney Carmichael | 12-11-2015 | Music

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