AltWeeklies Wire
Forget Post-9/11, Get Ready for the Post-Obama Eranew
There have been generations of children who have bitterly told their parents -- and themselves -- that they had no real chance to make it, because they were black. I like to think that if Obama wins in November -- and maybe even if he doesn't -- that no little black kid will ever be able to say that with a straight face again.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
06-17-2008 |
Commentary
Michigan's HIV Stats Show Young African-Americans Hit Hardnew
African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to be diagnosed with HIV, with people younger than 25 at the highest risk, according to the annual report analyzing new HIV diagnoses in 2006 by race, sex and age.
Metro Times |
Staff |
06-17-2008 |
Science
Earthquake Experts Say There is a Way to Survive 'The Big One'new
November's Great Southern California ShakeOut -- the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history -- aims to find out how many lives and how much property can be saved through quake training and preparedness.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana Monji and Nathan Solis |
06-17-2008 |
Disasters
'The Middleman' Saves the World from Comic-Book Bad Guysnew
The Middleman is the most delightful pop-culture product since Juno.
Los Lonely Boys Make Waves with Their Latest Albumnew
While the Garza brothers might not be a household name, thanks to the 2004 hit "Heaven" their musical alias, Los Lonely Boys, most certainly is.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Brett Leigh Dicks |
06-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lonely Boys, Forgiven
Hate Speech Infests SoCal Daily Newspaper Websitesnew
Due to the anonymity and instant access to an audience that poorly monitored newspaper and social networking sites provide, internet hate speech is a growing national phenomenon. "It's democracy gone wild," said Deborah Lauter, director of the national civil rights division of the Anti-Defamation League.
Pasadena Weekly |
Staff |
06-17-2008 |
Media
Donald Cravins Jr. Sets His Sights on Louisiana's 7th Congressional Districtnew
The 37-year-old Democrat says he is "99.9 percent sure" he will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany this fall for Lafayette's congressional seat and is taking meetings with national Democratic interests.
Sonic Youth Bio Could Use a Little Spicenew
Author David Browne quickly torpedoes our hopes for sordid tales of Sonic Youth's backstage bacchanals and unbridled substance abuse, writing early on, "Do not expect any sex, drugs and rock and roll."
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Carly Simon in the Same Breath as Carole King and Joni Mitchell?new
Vogue and Vanity Fair journalist Sheila Weller's thorough and well-written triple biography is less an attempt to put these singer/songwriters on the same artistic plane than it is to connect them to key moments in contemporary women’s history.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
America: The 'Oops' Nation
Prisoners at Guantánamo and possibly other American gulags, will now be allowed to demand their day in court. Since the government doesn't have evidence against them, legal experts say, most if not all of "the worst of the worst" will ultimately walk free. "Liberty and security can be reconciled," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
In short: Oops.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-16-2008 |
Commentary
A Craftier Shade of Greennew
Green Girl recently found herself roaming the aisles of the fabric store. She hoped to find eco-friendly options for making a patchwork baby quilt for Junior Green Girl.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
06-16-2008 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Postcard to the Futurenew
Litvin reviews "African Americans in Jackson," a 125-page pictorial history of Jackson's African American community as part of the "Images of America" series.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Litvin |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Claire Holley Welcomes New CD to an Unusual Venuenew
There's something different about hosting a CD release party in a cathedral. Free of the usual distractions and the din of a smoky bar, Holley’s sweet lullabies are met with a quiet reverence only found in a gothic-like building a century old.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Doyle |
06-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Little Flagsnew
An original work of Howard Bahr reminiscing about his grandfather, a war veteran during his last days in Biloxi, Miss.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Bahr |
06-16-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Rabbit Hole of Voter Fraudnew
At last, politicians are addressing the infuriating issue of election fraud.
Jackson Free Press |
Hightower |
06-16-2008 |
Commentary
