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Protect Workers' Rights -- Enact the Employee Free Choice Actnew
It's time to level the economic playing field by encouraging workers to organize and enacting the Employee Free Choice Act.
Jackson Free Press |
Bill Chandler |
02-13-2009 |
Commentary
How Spring Training Gradually Forced Arizona to Decrease Discriminationnew
An overt act of racism in Florida helped bring spring training baseball to Tucson more than 60 years ago -- even though this small Southwestern city was far from being immune to racial prejudice.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
02-12-2009 |
Sports
Solo Mission to the South Polenew

Todd Carmichael races against time, frostbite and insanity to become the first American to slog 700 miles to the South Pole -- alone.
The Inlander |
Jacob H. Fries |
02-12-2009 |
Sports
Chicago's Museum of Holography Could Soon Be Out on the Curbnew

Loren Billings lives out her days amid her memories at Chicago's Museum of Holography. But thanks to three mysterious "friends" and a million-dollar loan approved by Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, she could soon be on the curb.
Chicago Reader |
Ling Ma |
02-12-2009 |
Art
450-pound Cher Impersonator/Magician Is Passing His Experience On to the Next Generationnew
Tiny Bubbles isn’t your average 450-pound Cher impersonator; he’s also a magician, a comedian and most of all, a mentor.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Rick Lax |
02-12-2009 |
Performance
Minneapolis Skier's Cross-Country Career Hasn't Been Easynew
In her race toward the Olympics, Caitlin Compton has battled poverty, family illness, and a system that favors younger athletes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-11-2009 |
Sports
South Florida's Underground Vampires Lust for More Than Your Heartnew

These folks are not your typical goth kids. Some of them claim to be psychic vampires with an ability to drain energy with their minds. And some are sanguine -- vampires who lust after and feed on human blood.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
02-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: South Florida, vampires
The Forces That Shaped Rogers Park and West Ridgenew
Time has made Rogers Avenue, an old treaty boundary, just another city street. But edges remain, perhaps most notably in the division between the residents who see their neighborhood going to hell and the residents who are grateful to have escaped someplace worse.
Chicago Reader |
Bill Savage |
02-09-2009 |
History
Behind the Doors of eHarmony Labsnew

A study conducted by eHarmony Labs, the research arm of the Pasadena-based dating website, concluded that the more similar partners were in their personality and the ways they responded to emotional situations, the more satisfied they were in their relationships. But not all social scientists are convinced.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ilsa Setziol |
02-09-2009 |
Culture
Can Lionel Hollins Turn the Memphis Grizzlies Around?new
When Lionel Hollins' hire was made official, it was greeted with a mix of confusion and derision by all but the coach's most ardent local supporters. But if Hollins seemed (or seems) like a bad hire, the Grizzlies organization has only itself to blame for that perception.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-06-2009 |
Sports
The Secrets (and Sadness) of Living in a Women's Dormnew
For $1,000 a month I’d get two meals a day and daily maid service. My room would be outfitted with a single bed, dresser, small closet, desk and sink. And I’d be surrounded with women of all ages and backgrounds. But I soon realized it was also utterly dispiriting.
New York Press |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: New York City, communal living
Long Cheng Livestock Market Slays Your Meal in Front of Younew
A St. Paul slaughterhouse lets you watch as your dinner is butchered.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
02-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: butchers, Twin Cities
Proud and Unbowed: Chattanooga’s African American Historynew
African American history is American history. There is no excuse not to learn the history that paved the way for their existence.
Theirs Could Have Been Web 2.0's Wonder-Boy Success Storynew

Set to make millions with their YouTube-beating technology, the upstarts in Lifted Logic found a better market for their talents.
Passion for Movement: A Master of Afro-Caribbean Techniquenew
The University of Wisconsin got it right when they hired assistant professor Chris Walker, who serves as artistic director of the UW's groundbreaking, hip-hop-oriented, First Wave urban arts learning community.
Isthmus |
Susan Kepecs |
02-02-2009 |
Performance