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Health Care for All?new
Obamacare prohibits undocumented immigrants from obtaining health-care coverage. But that would change in California if the "Health for All" bill passes.
East Bay Express |
Momo Chang |
05-22-2014 |
Health
Our Dumb State — The Book-Burning Editionnew
In this occasional series, we chronicle some of the outrageous, frustrating, sad, silly and asinine things that happen in South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Free Times |
05-21-2014 |
Features
Could Legalization of Marijuana Be in Texas's Future?new
Opinions are changing, and legalization - at least for medical purposes - could be coming to even the most unlikely of states, including Texas.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
05-21-2014 |
Drugs
Exotic Enormitynew
Violations of Alberta's Zoo Standards lead to more suffering animals.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
05-21-2014 |
Animal Issues
The Three 'B's' of Summer Movies: Blockbusters, B-Grades and Bustsnew
10 movies you must see; 10 more that you can wait for to appear at the discount theater; and 10 movies that, if you do see, we'll never talk to you again.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-21-2014 |
Movies
Pure Cinema: Alejandro Jodorowsky Returns
After a 23 year hiatus from making feature films — his last was “The Rainbow Thief,” a work-for-hire film from 1990 starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif that he disowned after it was completed — Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky makes a striking return to filmmaking.
‘Nymphomaniac: Volume I and II’ are embarrassingly excessivenew
Lars von Trier’s Nymphomanic films are ambitious but pretentious
Orlando Weekly |
Cameron Meier |
05-19-2014 |
Reviews
Justice System Should Help, Not Just Punishnew
Due to a tragic confluence of a lumbering criminal-justice system that gives prosecutors preference over defendants and ignores the sometimes obvious mental health challenges of the people it locks up, the lives of Larry David McLaurin and Markuieze Bennett ended in the Raymond Detention Center.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
05-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Teen Pregnancy, Misunderstoodnew
The real things that cause teens to get pregnant are the exact problems he doesn't want to address— poverty, underfunded education and lack of access to quality, nonjudgmental health care.
Jackson Free Press |
Laurie Bertram Roberts |
05-16-2014 |
Children & Families
AFA Bearing False Witness Against Businesses?new
This past week, the American Family Association put out an "action item" that accuses the "We Don't Discriminate" campaign of being ... discriminatory.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-16-2014 |
LGBT
Derf Ends 24-Year Run of Comic Strip 'The City'new
Cleveland cartoonist Derf Backderf published the final installment of "The City" today.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
05-15-2014 |
Media
Disappearing Inknew
Former journalists say the decline of The Salt Lake Tribune stems from a conspiracy between the paper's corporate owner and the LDS Church.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Colby Frazier |
05-15-2014 |
Media
Tags: Salt Lake Tribune
L.A. Weekly People 2014new
F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong about American lives having no second acts, of course — and if you’re looking for proof, you could do much worse than to read the profiles in this year’s L.A. Weekly People issue.
L.A. Weekly |
Staff |
05-15-2014 |
Features
Tags: L.A. Weekly People Issue
Celebrating a piece of American historynew
This year, the Worcester Organ celebrates its 150 anniversary since its first installation at Mechanics Hall. In celebration of this event, 2014 has been dubbed the Year of the Organ, with several organ concerts being held throughout the year in conjunction with the organ’s $85,000 refurbishment in 2013.
The Worcester Organ, also known as the Hook Organ, was first installed in 1864 by brothers Elias and George Hook, who arrived in Boston shortly before being hired. It is a 52-stop, 3,504-pipe tracker organ, meaning that the keys and valves are connected mechanically, rather than electrically, similar to how a manual typewriter’s keys are linked. The organ is notable for being the largest and oldest four-keyboard tracker organ in the Western Hemisphere that still remains at its installation site.
Worcester Magazine |
Chelsey Pan |
05-15-2014 |
History
The Music and the Town: Jazz Fest New Orleansnew
A look at how the New Orleans Jazz Festival has helped shape the NOLA culture and how Worcester, Mass. could align itself in a similar way.
Worcester Magazine |
Mike Land |
05-15-2014 |
Music
