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William I. Robinson's Latest Outlines a Mad Rush Toward a World Where Cars Consume Cerealnew
In Latin America and Global Capitalism, Robinson uses research from years of on-the-ground work, and sifts through rafts of data to map out how neoliberal trade agreements and other mechanisms for greasing the machine of global commerce have increased profits for global elites while deeply disrupting traditional patterns of life and balance with the natural world.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Terrall |
07-01-2009 |
Nonfiction
Jennifer Lynch Steps Up -- Cruelly -- With 'Surveillance'new
With this Jennifer Lynch starts to be interesting on her own -- even more since her already-wrapped next, Hisss, is an India-shot horror fantasy based on local mythology. Which, at last, is a project one can't even imagine David Lynch doing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
07-01-2009 |
Reviews
In San Francisco, Parking is Quietly Becoming the Year's Big Issuenew
Through an unusual confluence of policy initiatives that have been moving forward for several years, the city is finally about to have a serious discussion about the automobile and its impacts. And parking policies are being used as the main tool to reduce traffic congestion, better set development impact fees, increase city revenue, and promote alternatives to the automobile.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
07-01-2009 |
Transportation
50 Bands, 50 States: The Best New Bands in Americanew
To celebrate July 4th, the Phoenix declares the best new band from each state. Who won in your state?
Boston Phoenix |
Staff |
07-01-2009 |
Music
Underground Petroleum Tanks Mar Virginia Drinking Waternew
Because of population density and geological factors, Albemarle County is particularly polluted by underground gas storage tanks, and the problem of leaking tanks is more widespread than most realize.
C-Ville Weekly |
Erika Howsare |
07-01-2009 |
Environment
Bowfishing: Catching Carp With a Bow and Arrownew
As partisan bickering over Minnesota's budget bubbled over in the Legislature this season, a little-known bill sailed through without controversy. It amended laws crafted during WWII and opened up pretty much all lakes and rivers to nighttime bowfishing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
07-01-2009 |
Recreation
How Dear and the Headlights Became the Most Important Band in Arizonanew
They're as savvy an act as you'll find at this level. In the super-weird music climate that's developed in the decade since Napster started siphoning profits from the Big Four major labels' money-printing operation, this band has a better handle on how to succeed than anyone in the state.
Phoenix New Times |
Martin Cizmar |
06-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can Debutante Classes Break Troubled Teens' Cycle of Pregnancy and Poverty?new
The Ladies by Design Junior Debutante Course is part of a trend in programs springing up to help low-income teens. Often promoted as lessons in such things as hip-hop dance or engine building, the programs are in fact holistic youth development gigs.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
06-30-2009 |
Culture
This Year's Rock Documentaries Are Funny, Moving, Exciting and Tragicnew
This year's crop of rock docs bring us talkes about Arthur Russell, the Monks, the '80s New Haven punk scene, the Hold Steady and Scott Walker.
New Haven Advocate |
John Adamian, Christopher Arnott and Brianna Snyder |
06-30-2009 |
Movies
A Philly Startup Tries to Bring Philanthropy into the Wireless Agenew
For the past year, iugo has been developing applications that you can download onto your iPhone or BlackBerry, and, with a single click, donate to the organization of your choice precisely when the spirit moves you. And you can give as little as the cost of the latest Lady Gaga single on iTunes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Maureen Coulter |
06-30-2009 |
Business & Labor
How Identity Thieves Get Away Free and Clearnew
Police and prosecutors can't seem to catch up to the growing number of identity theft crimes each year. The Houston Police Department alone receives about 1,400 identity theft complaints each month, and usually, those result in about 25 arrests. Not 25 percent. Twenty-five arrests. Meanwhile, the victims are often forgotten, left to deal with cleaning up the mess on their own.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
06-30-2009 |
Crime & Justice
How Does the Bad Economy Affect Connecticut's Sex Trade?new
Connecticut sex workers are increasing advertising and considering returning to street-walking during the recession.
New Haven Advocate |
Erin Holroyd |
06-30-2009 |
Sex
How Will Chaka Fattah Vote on Health Care?new
When I read that Clinton-era fossil/Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel says "Obama is 'open to alternatives' to a new government insurance program in order to get legislation overhauling the health-care system to his desk", my initial reaction was exactly what it is now: FUCK THAT.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brendan Skwire |
06-30-2009 |
Commentary
Giving Good Gimmick: Granta at 30new
To sustain a good literary magazine over decades it pays to have a gimmick. Thirty-year-old Granta's secret to success: themes, like this issue's "New Fiction Special."
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
06-30-2009 |
Fiction
April Smith's Mystery/Thrillers Delve in Darknessnew
The former Cagney and Lace producer and author reveals the mystery behind her accidental heroine, Ana Grey, and the difference between writing TV scripts and books.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
06-30-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
