AltWeeklies Wire
A Brief History of Oystersnew
Oysters really gained popularity in the United States in the 1800s, where rich and poor alike consumed mass amounts of the bivalves.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Houston |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
The Police State That Was Mississippinew
One out of every four adult Americans now has a police record. Louisiana and Mississippi lead the nation in putting people behind bars.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
04-14-2014 |
Civil Liberties
The Local Catchnew
Seafood is always going to have a place on Mississippi tables, but in the wake of the BP oil spill and other environmental disasters, water quality in the Gulf has become a matter of concern.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Wallace |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: gulf seafood
Fresh and Brightnew
Ceviche is a traditional Peruvian fish dish that combines sweet, sour and spice.
Jackson Free Press |
Ingrid Cruz |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: ceviche
Celebrating the Silencesnew
Thirty years after his breakthrough album, Steve Roach is still in the Sonoran Desert creating "resonant sonic spaces"
Tucson Weekly |
Jason P. Woodbury |
04-14-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sex and scatology, cadavers and ghosts: the indecorous enthusiasms of author Mary Roachnew
An interview with Mary Roach.
Tags: Mary Roach
Rumsfeld Crushes Morris: Well-Prepared Documentarian Is No Equal for the Master of BS
Errol Morris meets his match in Donald Rumsfeld. The notoriously contentious documentarian, whose probing interviews with 1960s secretary of defense Robert McNamara form the finest political documentary ever made (“The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara” - 2003), runs aground against McNamara's eventual successor.
Ozon’s Gaze: A French Girl’s Sexual Odyssey Goes From A to Z
For his latest filmic exploration François Ozon addresses a complex mix of sexual, personal, social, familial, gender-based, and technological issues, inexorably honing in on a striking synthesis of generational catharsis.
Tags: François Ozon, Young & Beautiful
‘Budapest Hotel’ is a Grand Timenew
The rare talent of writer/director Wes Anderson is back at work with his latest film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
Jackson Free Press |
Jordan Sudduth |
04-14-2014 |
Movies
My Dove Springs... And Oursnew
Sure, everybody knows about Slacker and SXSW and "Keep Austin Weird." But that's not the whole story, not by a long shot. One Austin ex-pat reflects on life growing up in "the '44," and what it says about an Austin divided.
Austin Chronicle |
Sam Ramos |
04-14-2014 |
Culture
New Mississippi Abortion Ban Empty, Unscientific?new
A female Mississippi senator is questioning a 20-week abortion ban that awaits signature from Gov. Phil Bryant, saying the bill is not grounded in medical fact.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
04-10-2014 |
The War on Women
The Perils of Florida’s Refusal to Expand Medicaidnew
Charlene Dill is one of an estimated 2,000 people who expected to face dire health issues due to lack of access to care.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
04-10-2014 |
Health
Seeking Asylumnew
Members of the LGBT community may not always feel welcome in this country, but if they met “Christina,” their perspective just might change. She is among the thousands who have fled their home countries over the years, not to come to the US and get a free ride, but because their very lives are in danger if they do not leave.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
04-10-2014 |
LGBT
RIP Ultimate Warriornew
Santa Fe resident Warrior was a 2-time WWF Intercontinental Champion. After pinning Hulk Hogan in WrestleMania VI’s main event, he became the only wrestler in history to hold both the WWF’s Intercontinental and Championship titles.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
04-10-2014 |
Sports
Our Kind of Sexnew
Oakland has become the epicenter of a movement to create a more realistic portrayal of queer- and female-centric sex.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Key |
04-10-2014 |
Sex
