AltWeeklies Wire
Farm Workers Unite! The Spirit of Cesar Chavez Lives
Diego Luna’s second directorial outing is a prudently succinct brief-biopic about the Mexican farm-worker-turned-union-activist responsible for improving working conditions for migrant laborers in America.
Getting Older, Not Always Gracefullynew
Getting older was supposed to be easier than this--more like a wonderful long vacation. But of course, it hasn't been that way. My wife left me just before I turned 70 and I’m still not getting along with it too well a couple of years later. I don’t have enough on Social Security to survive, so I'm still working part time at my old high-stress journalism job. And becoming something of a lonely and grumpy old man in the process.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
03-24-2014 |
Commentary
Immigrants Need Affordable College, Advocates Saynew
Immigrant-rights advocates have been working to change the law to make college more affordable for Mississippi's growing immigrant population.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-24-2014 |
Immigration
Pot at the State Fair?new
Could be closer than we think ... You're going to be hearing success stories about hemp farmers enhancing their incomes and saving their farms.
Stories of the Great Migration to Oaklandnew
A storytelling event at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park uncovers the history of African-American migration to Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
03-24-2014 |
History
‘Personhood’ May Be Backnew
The anti-abortion organization Personhood Mississippi filed paperwork for Initiative 41 on March 5, 2013. If supporters gather enough signatures by May 14, 2014, the bill will appear on the ballot in November 2015.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
03-24-2014 |
The War on Women
Art's double Dutchnew
“Tim’s Vermeer” is one of those palate-cleansing movies that needs to enter your life once in a while. There are no booms, no bangs; nobody is waving his arms in front of the camera pleading for attention or losing 60 pounds to enhance his Oscar chances. It is great fun nonetheless.
Worcester Magazine |
Jim Keogh |
03-20-2014 |
Reviews
Cabinet of Wondersnew
The Tsars—to say nothing of many of their successors—often got away with murder. The tables decidedly turned, however, when the last of them, Nicholas II, was executed, along with his family, though their legacy and the aura surrounding it live on. “The Tsars’ Cabinet,” an upcoming exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, and Nicholas Nicholson’s opening night talk, “Jewels of the Romanovs,” provide rare opportunities to glimpse this era and learn more about the lives and lifestyle of this ultimately ill-fated clan.
Worcester Magazine |
Laurence Levey |
03-20-2014 |
History
Olé: Tacos and karaokenew
Olé Taqueria at 118 Water St. has been crafting some of the best tacos in Central Mass. since opening in 2011, but they have also been making waves as the go-to spot for good times with one of the best karaoke nights in town.
Worcester Magazine |
Josh Lyford |
03-20-2014 |
Culture
Mitch McConnell: Part-Time First Amendment Advocate, Full-Time Cowardnew
Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign manager threatened to have police arrest a LEO Weekly reporter for covering his press conference at a hotel in Louisville, then followed through on that threat by ordering a Louisville police officer to block him from entering the room.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
03-20-2014 |
Media
Unclaimed: Dead and Buried Alone in Massachusettsnew
Unclaimed bodies are those that their families either not found or, when contacted, not wanting to shoulder the hefty financial burden of burying them – it can cost at least $3,000 for even the most basic burial. In other instances, the reasons run much deeper and are much more personal.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
03-20-2014 |
Features
Coke Dealer to Congressman?new
Meet Aaron Fraser: Former coke dealer, Homo Thug author and aspiring congressman.
The Village Voice |
Tessa Stuart |
03-20-2014 |
Features
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Trapped: There Are No Simple Solutions to Houston's Traffic Crisisnew
Houston traffic can be a nightmare and no amount of concrete or rail is going to fix that soon.
Houston Press |
Jeff Balke |
03-19-2014 |
Transportation
How Fracking Causes Earthquakesnew
A new study connects wastewater injection wells, which have expanded rapidly during the fracking boom, to a ten-fold increase in quakes in some parts of the nation.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-19-2014 |
Energy
Von Trier’s Character-Study of Ravenous Feminine Power Gets Split Up
Just as with Harvey Weinstein’s famous mistake of splitting Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” into two parts, the producers of Lars von Trier’s 240 minute film have seen fit to split it in two, rather than deliver the movie as the filmmaker intended. Big mistake.
