AltWeeklies Wire
Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Legalize Medical Marijuananew
Now almost 75, this sharecroppers' daughter from Arkansas continues to lecture across the country on sex education, universal health care and public health approaches to dealing with illegal drugs.
They Shoot Gays, Don't They?new
Despite recent advances, the LGBT community must realize that our collective work is far from done, not only on the marriage issue, but also when it comes to fairness and equality for LGBT people in so many other areas: custody cases, employment discrimination, school protections, asylum cases, as well as anti-bullying protections and hate crimes.
KAZE Could Certainly Teach a Course in Agitpropnew
Block 2The Basement -- part of Rawkus Records' plan to release 50 albums by 50 relative unknowns -- perpetuates the image of KAZE as hip hop's selfless lensman, directing the attention away from any personal woes by focusing on the broader malaises of this hip-hop generation.
The Many Lives of Actor, Redneck and Congressman Ben Jonesnew
Jones has been a Southern cavalier of sorts all his life, whether being the poor Southern boy marching for racial justice in Chapel Hill or demanding that The Dukes of Hazzard reflect the South as it existed instead of as created by Hollywood writers and producers.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-19-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Recipes: Peach Pot Pie and Peach Brandynew
Make the most of a summer delicacy with these two recipes.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
New Motions Favor Convicted Teennew
Convicted robber Erick Daniels won another break last week when Durham Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson ordered the Durham Police Department to turn over evidence that could clear Daniels' name.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
06-19-2008 |
Crime & Justice
A Small North Carolina City Leads the Way to Faster, Cheaper Internet Accessnew
The municipal broadband movement fills the big gap between the internet speeds Americans need and those they're getting from a profit-driven telecommunications industry. The city of Wilson is on the cutting edge of that movement. It is among the newest of 44 publicly owned fiber networks serving more than 60 communities across the country.
Note to Self: Don't Download Porn at Worknew
Three local university employees are out of a job after a state investigation revealed they had illegally downloaded materials, including porn, on work computers.
Take Advantage of North Carolina Farm-raised Troutnew
The locavore provides recipes for faux smoked trout and mixed greens with roasted beets and feta in vinagrette.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Talking with an Older, Smarter Gonernew
Goner -- now three men between the ages of 35 and 40 -- took some inspiration from Iron Maiden and The Boss on how to keep making albums while taking care of the kids.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Big, Brassy Sounds of Orquesta GarDelnew
Onstage, Orquesta GarDel makes salsa dura: a locomotive of energy on steel rails with endless momentum and irresistible motion.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Des Ark Create a Modern Folk Masterpiecenew
You can debate the use of the f-word, but the nine songs of this handmade, spraypaint-and-magic marker EP are irrefutable folk gems -- authentic, real, and so of a time and place that they often sound like 2008 companion pieces to Harry Smith's old-time anthologies.
Andre Dubus III Tells a Pre-Sept. 11 Tale from the Darker Corners of Floridanew
Like his last novel, 1999's House of Sand and Fog, his latest demonstrates with haunting clarity that Dubus is supremely qualified for the position.
Elizabeth Dole Sides with Oil Industry on Key Votesnew
The North Carolina Senator, who is up for reelection this year, joined fellow Republicans in blocking Democratic measures, including one that would have repealed $17 billion in oil industry tax breaks over the next 10 years.
A Conversation with Errol Morris About the Abu Ghraib Atrocitiesnew
Errol Morris discusses Standard Operating Procedure and the way the Abu Ghraib scandal turned into a misleading and misunderstood episode: a "false narrative: false villains, false heroes, false everything."
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
06-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
