AltWeeklies Wire
Rossi on the Rocksnew
Rockstar: Supernova makes better television than rock 'n' roll show.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
02-05-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Rockstar: Supernova
Reparations' Slow Train a Comin'new
Landmark legal win stokes hope of black payback.
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
02-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: blackhistorymonth
Talking Back to the Empirenew
The Dusty Foot Philosopher left war-ravaged Somalia at 13 and lived in Harlem for a short time before moving to Toronto.
NOW Magazine |
K'naan |
02-05-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Shades of Confusionnew
"Black" is a shifting identity that depends on where you are and who's looking at you.
NOW Magazine |
Cecil Foster |
02-05-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: blackhistorymonth
Slaves to the 'N-Word'new
Malcolm, Martin and Marcus didn't die so we could hurl the most stinging epithet of white domination at each other.
NOW Magazine |
George Elliott Clarke |
02-05-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: blackhistorymonth
No Sunshine at Sundancenew
Indie film fest mulls over the new culture of war and torture, showcasing disturbing docs and powerful fictional metaphors.
NOW Magazine |
Cameron Bailey |
01-26-2007 |
Movies
Delicate Irish Treasurenew
The Tara Brooch at the National Museum is more than it seems.
NOW Magazine |
Michelle Lynch |
01-26-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Ecoholicnew
Could your local, trucked-in potatoes spew more CO2?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-26-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Notes on Fluiditynew
There are a few too many stories by folks who think they're the first to have a complex identity, but I guarantee that no other anthology this year includes a bio that reads "white academic living as a black asshole."
NOW Magazine |
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mattilda, Nobody Passes
Cruel Slaverynew
The Book of Negroes has all the elements of good historical fiction: an epic story, detail that can only come from deep research, and astute insights into human frailty.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-26-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
Pink, Thinknew
Advance planning for pop-star survival
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
01-26-2007 |
Music
Tapping Into the Obsoletenew
In Gandhi's land of voluntary simplicity, the rush to turbo-capitalism leaves little room for earthly tech.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-26-2007 |
International
Tags: international
China's Space Ballsnew
The firing of a satellite-killing missile signals a small but growing risk of Asian war.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-26-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Vitamin F for Fakenew
The Organic Consumers Association takes on synthetic supplements, but are they really that scary?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Guantanamo Northnew
Nationwide protest backs hunger-strikers held without charges in Canada.
NOW Magazine |
Matthew Behrens |
01-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
