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Why Doesn't the U.S. Want New Orleans to Rebuild?new

Underlying many of the roadblocks to people returning home to rebuild is what Lower 9th Ward resident Mary Fontenot calls a raging battle over who will control the land -- but for what purpose?

Philadelphia City Paper | Paul Mack | 08-14-2007 | Disasters

Tags: Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding, disasters

Rite of Passagenew

Why soon-to-be moms have a Philly photographer on speed dial.

Philadelphia City Paper | Natalie Hope McDonald | 08-14-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Grange Roversnew

Does the federal farm bill matter to Philly?

Philadelphia City Paper | Brian Burke | 08-14-2007 | Politics

'Mind Control with Derren Brown': He's Not a Psychicnew

Yet Brown is better at what he does than just about everybody on the planet who claims to have supernatural powers.

Weekly Alibi | Devin D. O'Leary | 08-14-2007 | TV

Tags: TV

'Becoming Jane': Austen Transformednew

The film boils all of Austen's various pen-and-ink plots down to their cliche essence and crams them into a single overly familiar narrative.

Weekly Alibi | Devin D. O'Leary | 08-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold

Where Have All the Workers Gone?new

If the population burp represented by the baby boomer generation retires at the time they all become eligible for retirement, we will face a true shortfall in Americans of employable age, a shortage that could reach three million as soon as the year 2015.

Weekly Alibi | Jerry Ortiz y Pino | 08-14-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

The Trickle-Up Theorynew

Could affordable-housing developers become green-building pioneers?

Philadelphia City Paper | Doron Taussig | 08-14-2007 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Say Hello to Au Revoir Simonenew

The band responds to leering critics, communicates telepathically and latches on to David Lynch.

Montreal Mirror | Lorraine Carpenter | 08-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Au Revoir Simone

Only Crime is Doing Timenew

Drawing its members from the ranks of Black Flag, Descendents, Good Riddance and Converge, the band adds up to more than the sum of its parts.

Montreal Mirror | Johnson Cummins | 08-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Only Crime

Werewolves Go Nowhere in 'Skinwalkers'new

This is one of those horror entries that reminds you of how much mediocrity there is in the genre.

Montreal Mirror | Matthew Hays | 08-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: James Isaacs, Skinwalkers

'The Yacoubian Building': Contradictory Caironew

The film is a towering melodrama, highly ambitious but satisfying -- Hamed deserves praise for creating something so illuminating and unblinking from a country known for censorship.

Montreal Mirror | Matthew Hays | 08-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Marwan Hamed, The Yacoubian Building