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Liberal-On-Liberal Antagonismnew
A terminated employee calls one of Nashville's leading liberal activist organizations a racist "progressive plantation."
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-15-2006 |
Race & Class
Arduous Name, Angry Musicnew
The most recent release of the Austin-based band strips back the transparent ambitions of Worlds Apart for smaller-scale victories.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
11-16-2006 |
Reviews
Steady As She Goesnew
Joan Jett has always loved rock 'n' roll -- and always will.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Traffic Woes Solved!new
A $25-billion bombshell is rousing both sides this week in Atlanta's war over its transportation future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Pizarro |
11-16-2006 |
Transportation
Belle, Without Sebastiannew
Isobel Campbell, the mythical Belle of Belle and Sebastian, makes an odd pairing with The Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan -- but it definitely works.
Style Weekly |
Ira Calos |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Activist's Criminal Past Divides St. Louis Gay Communitynew
When Pride St. Louis committee members elected Chad Saenz as their vice president last August, few knew he was a convicted felon.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-20-2005 |
LGBT
Wanted: More Dead Presidentsnew
Hopes were high when some of the biggest names in Illinois formed the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation in Springfield, but it's now clear they have fallen far short of their financial goals. Richard Norton Smith hopes to play catch-up.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
11-23-2005 |
Economy
Tags: and, Illinois, Richard, Abraham, Foundation, library, Lincoln, museum, Norton, presidential, Smith, Springfield
Fine Linenew
The tortured and demonic part of Johnny Cash that stoked his genius often gets lost in the platitudes, the rough edges airbrushed by sentimentality. But not in James Mangold’s movie bio of the Man in Black.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Opening Doorsnew
Mr. Lif says the music and concepts on his group's first album are significantly toned down from the fiery politics of his solo LPs.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
SF Sorrow
Like Queen's Freddie Mercury and Rush's Geddy Lee, Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez should never have caught on with the sulky, skateboard-riding, and testosterone-charged.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Cold Gets Hot Againnew
There is a sense that real human emotions, rather than standard-issue adolescent rage, were at work during its production of Cold's latest album.
Illinois Times |
Matthew Everett |
09-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Patriot Axnew
Markus Young moved to this country from Germany when he was three years old. Now, courtesy of tougher immigration laws, he could be deported under the Patriot Act.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-29-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal, Immigration, reform, immigrant, and, of, security, Act, Homeland, abuse, Department, customs, enforcement, Anti-Drug, IRAIRA, Responsibility
Changing the Environmental Landscape, One Building at a Timenew
Designed to conserve water and energy, "green buildings" are constructing a cleaner world.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: in, energy, technology, environmental, and, green, for, Campus, Massachusetts, design, artists, Collaborative’s, Harvard, Humanity, Initiative, leadership, Renewable, trust
AFL-CIO Faces Splitting Issuenew
The idea that organized labor must grow or die is behind the departures that have fractured the AFL-CIO.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
08-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
