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Amen, My Brothernew
KJ Sawka has some naturally complex rhythms.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachael Shimp |
05-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: KJ Sawka
USC's Topless Professornew
Feminist Diana York Blaine bares her boobs and talks gender equality.
The Village Voice |
Rachel Kramer Bussel |
05-24-2006 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Chain Reactionnew

Do bookstores have a future?
The Village Voice |
Paul Collins |
05-24-2006 |
Books
Hardscrabble Marinersnew
Sabermetrics and The Da Vinci Code have nothing on this baseball calculus.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Henderson |
05-24-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Political Sea Changenew
Illegal immigration threatens to cause a major shift in black politics.
Pasadena Weekly |
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
05-23-2006 |
Commentary
Uncovering Project Censorednew
There once was a time when you couldn't trust anyone over 30 -- today, some are wondering if that isn't true of Project Censored.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
05-23-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
It's a Gasnew
Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-23-2006 |
Music
November Strainnew
Poll watchers find crazy scenes on primary day in Philadelphia -- just wait till the general elections.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
05-23-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
The Case of the Two Abigailsnew
One infant dies with her head in a noose, another dies inside a toy chest -- each was in a father's care, and homicide cops want answers.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-23-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Legend of the Fallnew

I was trying to understand the legendary Mark E. Smith -- or at least find him.
L.A. Alternative |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fall
The Fast and the Fracturednew
A teenage motocross phenom follows his dad into victory lane -- and the hospital.
Tags: sports & fitness
Young Gunsnew

As the war in Iraq rages on, military recruiters scramble to fill thinning ranks in city schools.
Philadelphia City Paper |
J.F. Pirro |
05-23-2006 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, military recruiting
Needling the Haystacknew
A 1,683-mile drive taught us that Texas educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
05-23-2006 |
Education
Tags: FOIA
Hearty Recipes for Heady Homiesnew

Fry up these golden desert fritters and serve them with a cilantro aioli -- the result is almost like a New Mexican hush puppy.
L.A. Alternative |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
05-23-2006 |
Food+Drink
The Fall of the Anti-War Protestnew

As the bloody war in Iraq has dragged on, anti-war protests have waned -- but why?
L.A. Alternative |
Karl Stromsta |
05-23-2006 |
War