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Former Phoenix Recycling Workers Fight for Unpaid Wagesnew
When Rudy Carrillo didn't receive his paycheck from Phoenix Recycling last December, his family in Mexico went hungry. He's one of 17 Hispanic and African-American workers who claim that the Memphis plastic recycling plant stopped paying them shortly after Christmas.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
04-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Obama Was Right: These Folks Are Bitternew
Here's the thing: I grew up in rural America. I've drunk lots of whiskey in small-town Pennsylvania taverns. Obama spoke the truth: These folks are pissed-off at the way they've been shafted by corporate America. And unfortunately for Hillary, they know a phony when they see one.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce VanWyngarden |
04-18-2008 |
Commentary
Underrated Country Star Gary Allan Turn Pain into Artnew
He's underrated within the world of mainstream country, where he plays small theaters or opens for lesser artists like Rascal Flatts, despite being one of the handful of the best record-makers that genre's seen in the last half-decade or so.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spring has Sprung for Memphis Foodiesnew
Farmers markets are opening early, plus a calendar of outdoor events.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis and Susan Ellis |
04-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Black Keys Expand Its Sound -- Slightynew
Attack & Release, the Keys' fifth album, may be a reaction to those accusations of repetitiveness; it's a small step out of their little room and into something larger.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-11-2008 |
Reviews
Director Ira Sachs Gets Back to His Memphis Rootsnew
Sachs, who was raised in East Memphis, where his mother still lives, celebrates the local debut of Married Life, which pairs the indie-identified filmmaker with a heavyweight Hollywood cast
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Dubious Merits of Being America's Civil Rights Citynew
How many times can a city review a man's life and rededicate itself to his ideals before inviting apathy, hucksterism, and self-indulgence instead of activism? Memphis has become America's racial guilt trip and America's civil rights city. Less would be more. Share the guilt. Atlanta, Detroit, and New York don't have racial histories?
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
04-11-2008 |
Race & Class
Tourist or Terrorist?new
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the FBI teach people to spot potential terrorists.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
04-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Mayor's Gambitnew
How A C Wharton played a major background role in a plan to enlarge Willie Herenton's power.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
04-04-2008 |
Politics
The Contendernew
Band-juggling songwriter Tim Regan launches Antenna Shoes with a new album.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andrew Earles |
04-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Generous Gambler, Tim Regan
The First Iraq War Movie for the Soldiersnew
Stop-Loss doesn't have much speechifying against the war or the politicians who launched it.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
The Raconteurs: From Studio to Storesnew
The marketing of Consolers of the Lonely, the second album from Jack White's side project the Raconteurs, threatens to overshadow the music.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Be Your Own Pet Refuse to Grow Up and That's Goodnew
The group's second album sounds like a promise that even though she's no longer a teenager, we can still expect the Muppet-punk brattiness that animated the band's eponymous 2006 debut, which was known to blister paint at high volumes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
Subverting Dr. Kingnew
Has it really been 40 years since the death and martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King on that shattering April evening here in Memphis?
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
04-04-2008 |
Commentary
'Stop-Loss': Well-Meaning, but Battles Itselfnew
Lord knows, even at its worst, Stop-Loss remains light years more accomplished than the hand-wringing speeches we've been subjected to recently.
The Memphis Flyer |
Sean Burns |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
