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Rancid's First Album in Six Years Is Also Its Most Adventurousnew
After a six-year break, will longtime fans have the patience for Rancid's sprawling comeback? The answer lies no further than the band's gauntlet of a discography, which has already served as a proving ground for band and followers alike.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
06-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Creating a World-Class Islamic University in Berkeleynew
By founding Zaytuna College in downtown Berkeley, Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir aspire to promote an American alternative to traditional Muslim education.
East Bay Express |
Don Lattin |
06-03-2009 |
Religion
The Artist Who Stirred Up Controversy with 'All Known Metal Bands' Now Wants a Million Dollarsnew
Since the publication of All Known Metal Bands last year, Dan Nelson has been thinking more like a capitalist. He'd like to keep his artistic vocation but figure out how to get rich. Specifically, he'd like to make a million dollars.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-03-2009 |
Art
Babying Bristol Palinnew
Since McCain lost, Bristol and Levi don't have to get married. But the Palins haven't moved out of Bristol's personal life — quite the opposite.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
06-02-2009 |
Sex
Jim Jarmusch's Latest Strips Narrative Cinema Down to Minimalist Allegorynew
The Limits of Control has proven to be extremely divisive, but the negative reactions testify to the shock that innovative cinema can produce.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
06-02-2009 |
Reviews
Using Restorative Justice Techniques to Deal with Crime in Baltimorenew
The Community Conferencing Center is a Baltimore organization that uses conferencing, a process similar to mediation--but with certain key differences--to resolve disputes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
06-02-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Baltimore Bookstore Works to Create a Free Schoolnew
The latest endeavor for Red Emma's, a Baltimore bookstore and activist hive, is building a free school to introduce an alternative to the usual institutional school tuition system.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
06-02-2009 |
Education
Will the Church and the Connecticut Governor Dare to Bring in a Change to the Death Penalty?new
The Connecticut Senate passed a bill in favor of substituting the death penalty with life imprisonment. But Gov. Jodi Rell says she'll veto the bill, and some are saying the Catholic Church is not doing enough to voice their protest against the death penalty.
New Haven Advocate |
Nilanjana Bhowmick |
06-02-2009 |
Policy Issues
A Concept Car for the Indian Middle Classnew
In India, owning a car is considered as a symbol of social status and prosperity. The launch of Tata's Nano has allowed many middle class people who zip around on scooters and motorcycles or commute by bus or autorickshaw to own a four-wheeler with an affordable price tag of 100,000 rupees only.
New Haven Advocate |
Mandira Srivastara |
06-02-2009 |
Transportation
The 'New Haven Advocate,' Outsourcednew
Wondering about the limits of outsourcing local news, particularly alternative journalism, the New Haven Advocate outsourced an entire issue of the paper to India.
New Haven Advocate |
New Haven Advocate |
06-02-2009 |
Media
Hidden City Philadelphia Brings Long-Forgotten Landmarks Back to Lifenew
Hidden City Philadelphia, Peregrine Arts' monthlong arts festival, will house new site-specific works in spaces familiar to most by reputation, some by sight, and all by their current state of decay or dilapidation.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
06-02-2009 |
Art
Pixar's 'Up' Starts out Strong but Falls Flatnew
Up's striking opening sequence is a tremendous passage, one that the rest of the movie, perhaps not surprisingly, fails to live up to.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
06-02-2009 |
Reviews
T. Desiree Hines Will Change the Way You Think about Trans Philadelphianew
Desiree Hines' latest venture, the little-engine-that-could 2009 Philadelphia GLBT Arts Festival, is certainly her greatest undertaking, born out of a desire to give an underrepresented, misunderstood community the chance to shine.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Carolyn Huckabay |
06-02-2009 |
LGBT
Historic Birmingham Theater on List of 'Places in Peril'new
Birmingham's oldest surviving theatre, the Lyric, has been added to a new list of the ten most endangered historic sites in the state of Alabama.
Birmingham Weekly |
Jesse Chambers |
06-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
Alabama Baseball and a Long Night's Journey into Daynew
Two sports reporters' heroic efforts to liveblog the eleven-inning Alabama/South Carolina baseball game during the SEC Tournament, featuring references and metaphors ranging from Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the works of Joseph Conrad.
Birmingham Weekly |
Matt Hooper |
06-02-2009 |
Sports
