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Martha Marcy May Marlene is Creepy, Sexy, and Very Stylizednew

A semi-sinister little film with the eerie, sunlit ambiance of headspace thrillers like Rosemary's Baby or the original The Stepford Wives, Martha Marcy May Marlene presents a young woman trapped between two worlds.

Charleston City Paper | Felicia Feaster | 11-16-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Martha Marcy May Marlene

Let The Pumpkins Feed You Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinnernew

Winter squash — along with turkey, eggnog, and perhaps your crazy aunt Bertha — has a place at most holiday tables.

San Antonio Current | Ari LeVaux | 11-16-2011 | Food+Drink

Make Scotch Your Holiday Adventure (No Cinammon Required)new

This is the time of the year that spirits writers go all silly about cider this, mulled that, and cinnamon sticks (not to mention nutmeg, allspice, cloves) in everything.

San Antonio Current | Ron Bechtol | 11-16-2011 | Food+Drink

S.C. General Assembly Tries to Regulate Immigrationnew

South Carolina's politicians have never been afraid to drag their state into fights in which it is hopelessly overmatched both on principal and on substance.

Charleston City Paper | Will Moredock | 11-16-2011 | Commentary

No Guts, No Glorynew

A Cleveland-area woman's routine colonoscopy leads to a marathon of misery

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 11-16-2011 | Health

Tags: Health, colonoscopy complications

The Apoca-Listnew

AKA The "We're Fucked" Index.

San Antonio Current | Greg Harman | 11-16-2011 | Commentary

Occupy Detroit on the Movenew

"Consensus is a beautiful thing, but it can be a little messy."

Metro Times | Curt Guyette | 11-16-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Detroit

Terry Anderson talks about the media, living in Central New York and his time as a hostage in Lebanon

One-time hostage Terry Anderson has had a tough road since he was released. From a broken marriage to a bankruptcy and a failed attempt at politics, Anderson now makes his home near Syracuse, where he teaches at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Syracuse New Times | Ed Griffin-Nolan | 11-16-2011 | Policy Issues

ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in their Wakenew

A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.

San Antonio Current | Michael Barajas | 11-16-2011 | Immigration

Tags: ICE, foster-care, immigration crackdown

Our F--- You System of Government

Got a problem? The U.S. government has an all-purpose response to whatever ails you: f--- you.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 11-16-2011 | Commentary

Tags: #occupy, Occupy movement

There's DNA in That Weed You're Smoking, and People Are Tracking Itnew

Researchers map dope DNA to help with busts and monitoring use of federal land for growing pot.

Hartford Advocate | Gregory B. Hladky | 11-16-2011 | Drugs

Tags: war on drugs, science, DNA, pot, marijuana

Occupy Houston: Where Everything Is An Emergencynew

While the 15 or so Houston police officers watched the anti-climatic scene with hands in their pockets, We also witnessed a car driving down the street. Oh, and somebody was breathing air. It was epic. You really had to be there.

Houston Press | Steve Jansen | 11-16-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: #OCCUPY, occupy houston

Ohio Redistricting Plans Could Go To Referendumnew

The fight over re-mapping Ohio’s congressional districts has become a savage partisan battleground in Columbus, and could even result in a referendum that would have federal courts drawing the lines for lawmakers unable to compromise.

The American Independent News Network | David S. Lewis | 11-16-2011 | Policy Issues