AltWeeklies Wire
Seattle Hotel Could be Pathway to Citizenship for Investorsnew
Rich foreigners would gain green cards by investing in an industry reliant on undocumented workers.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-02-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Ryan Adams Returns to Formnew
Easy Tiger is tighter and less indulgent than anything he's issued since the dawn of his solo career.
Tags: Easy Tiger, Ryan Adams
Mavis Staples Speaks Outnew
The civil-rights era is far from over for this songstress.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mavis Staples
Police Raids Bust Up Drug Labs ... and Familiesnew
On drug raids, Colorado law-enforcement agencies found not just dangerous chemicals, but children who'd been living in the labs.
Tags: Drugs
Michael Moore is Sick of the Systemnew
Sicko takes aim at America's deadly health care industry.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
07-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
Hide and Seeknew
Self-imposed corporate transparency is still the best way to go in "private equity" deals.
Pasadena Weekly |
Peter Scheer |
07-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
TIF for Tatnew
Why the governor is suddenly so interested in Mayor Daley's pet financing scheme.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
07-02-2007 |
Politics
'Sicko': Dumb Like Menew
Michael Moore undercuts his own muckraking with his regular Joe act.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
07-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
Cealed Kasket Get Medieval on Rock 'n' Rollnew
It'd be easy to write this band off, especially since the joke they're pushing is older than Spinal Tap -- but they make me laugh.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
07-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cealed Kasket
'Pushed': The Obstetric-Industrial Complexnew
Jennifer Block's expose on birth in America just emphasizes how little the problems of American obstetrics have changed.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
07-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Rescue Me' Has Become an Outlandish Pig-pile of Melodramanew
But still, every week I'm back again, barely stomaching the misogyny and melodrama, just waiting for those precious moments inside the firehouse, rewinding and replaying the ping-ponging, black Irish, "mine's-bigger" banter and savoring fragments of the show that could've been.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
07-02-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Viva la Revolution!new
You can't be a conservative and a patriot.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
07-02-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Recipe: Brick-Pressed Sandwichnew
This sandwich with roasted red bell peppers, fresh mozzarella, artichokes, and salami serves six.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
07-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
Are Philly's Construction Workers Health Nuts?new
Masons, glaziers and plumbers around town are eschewing traditional high-carb lunches for a lighter, healthier diet.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
07-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
Paris Isn't Like Most People in Prison ... Lucky for Hernew
Paris Hilton wept a few cranky tears and received immediate help, while the truly mentally ill languish in prison.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
07-02-2007 |
Commentary
