AltWeeklies Wire
Green Buying Binge is Doing Us Innew
What started all those years ago as a valiant effort to nudge residents to get with the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) has morphed into a fervent consumer campaign that has vanquished "reduce." It's not just evidenced by my new supersized recycling bin, but also by the endless variety of ways we're encouraged to be "green" while indulging unabated our addiction to shopping.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
Look Out Brad, George and Leo: The Ordinary Joe is Making a Comebacknew
Just when it seems as if every other person on MySpace has appropriated the props and poses of celebrity so deftly you can't be sure if they're some CW demi-star or just a manager at the local Jiffy Lube or Manic Panic, Hollywood movie stars are beginning to look a lot like regular people.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
04-18-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: celebrity
The Plot Thickens In Tennessee's 9th Congressional District Racenew
Adherents of current 9th District representative Steve Cohen, who had been looking at a de facto one-to-one Democratic primary race between the incumbent and challenger Nikki Tinker, will surely welcome Joe Towns' presence in the race.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
04-18-2008 |
Politics
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
Stalled Great Lakes Water Compact Progressesnew
A new draft of the Great Lakes Basin Compact has been tentatively agreed to by Wisonsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Senate Democrats and once-reluctant Assembly Republicans. Legislatures in four of the eight Great Lakes states have already approved the current version of the compact.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
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
Is a Race War Underway in Las Vegas?new
Are local incidents between blacks and Hispanics isolated flare-ups or harbingers of a larger problem?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
04-18-2008 |
Race & Class
What are the Safety Ramifications of the Bitter Labor Dispute at Petro-Canada?new
A report that says a five-month-long lockout of 260 workers at its Montreal refinery hasn't affected safety came under fire last week from the Parti Quebecois and Canada's largest energy workers union.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
04-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Puppy Lovenew
If CJ7 is a mild disappointment artistically, with neither a cohesive style nor focused plot, it is also a sweet and purposeful tale that genuinely defies categorization.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: CJ7, Stephen Chow
The Botch Jobnew
Demi Moore makes a flawed semi-comeback in Flawless.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
Painful, Necessary Viewingnew
A stunning investigation into the abuse of prisoners in U.S. prisons in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere and a detailed argument against the use of torture.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Fumblenew
Say what you will about George Clooney as an actor: As a director, he clearly has balls. Vintage leather balls, in fact.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
Good Cast, Wastednew
This pretty but bland film rests solely on the shoulders of its stars.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Bloody Funny, Horrifically Ironicnew
Eugene director Henry Weintraub premieres his latest film.
Eugene Weekly |
Nick DeMarino |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Depraved, Henry Weintraub
