AltWeeklies Wire
Oakland Needs a Sports Do-Overnew
If a city can reinvent itself, why can't a basketball team?
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
12-21-2011 |
Sports
Year of the Fight Clubnew
Why hipsters love boxing and boar-hunting.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-21-2011 |
Culture
Weed Whacking Californianew
The federal crackdown that shredded medical marijuana this year looks like it'll last at least until the 2012 presidential election.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2011 |
Drugs
Our Favorite Letters of 2011new
Readers sound off on Birthers, MC Hammer, Iron Maiden, and iPads.
East Bay Express |
Staff |
12-21-2011 |
Commentary
Winter Solstice Reminds Us Who We Really Arenew
On Dec. 22, 2011, at 5:20 a.m. (UTC), the sun will reach its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. That moment will be the winter solstice, and it will come at the end of the longest night of the year.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
12-21-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Winter Solstice
The Best (So-So) Movies of 2011new
Five lists from five film critics, and a few quibbles ...
INDY Week |
Craig D. Lindsey, David Fellerath, Neil Morris, Nathan Gelgud and Laura Boyes |
12-21-2011 |
Movies
Tags: Best Movies of 2011
Occupy Atlanta Saves a Home From the Auction Blocknew
The group says the selling of occupied foreclosed homes in Georgia is nasty business.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tim Franzen and Shabnam Bashiri |
12-21-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Five Words with LiLanew
Durham's other live hip-hop band talks ambition and inclusion.
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
12-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LiLa
The Funky Education of Stereo Reformnew
Greenville-based trio Stereo Reform calls their music "dance-a-funk-a-rock-a-tronic," a mix that falls closer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Average White Band than today's teeny-bopper divas.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
12-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereo Reform, dance-a-funk
The Iraq War, We Are Told, is Overnew
It wasn't that Americans forgave the lie at the heart of the war in Iraq. It was actually worse than that. We simply gave in to it.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
12-20-2011 |
Commentary
NikeLeaksnew
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-20-2011 |
Business & Labor
School of Thoughtnew
A million-dollar think tank in downtown New Orleans aims to reshape public education in the South.
Coloradans Favor Legalizing Marijuana and They Love Tim Tebownew
Forty-nine percent think marijuana should generally be legal to only 40% who believe it should be illegal. Independents think it should be legal by a 54/34 spread.
The American Independent News Network |
Scot Kersgaard |
12-19-2011 |
Drugs
Jewish Soul Musicnew
Neshama Carlebach and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir want to give people something to hold on to.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
12-18-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Folks Like Usnew
The racist local reception to the new owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
12-16-2011 |
Race & Class
