AltWeeklies Wire
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
Tags: 2015 movies
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
Tags: Emily Pothast
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
Tags: goodie mob
Young and Homeless in New Orleansnew
As foster kids ‘age out’ of the system, many of them end up on the streets.
Gambit |
Della Hasselle and Alex Woodward |
12-11-2015 |
Homelessness
Tags: New Orleans
PDX to Trump: Drop Deadnew
How David Douglas School District proves Donald Trump wrong.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-11-2015 |
Elections
Tags: Immigrants, Presidential politics
Not One Morenew
ICE accused of abusing asylum-seekers in Colorado and elsewhere ... is it because they came from Muslim-majority countries?
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
12-11-2015 |
Immigration