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Songs Can Bring Gay Solidaritynew
So the Indigo Girls are a lesbian cliche -- we still revel in the memories their music elicits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Paige Parvin |
10-05-2011 |
LGBT
96-Year-Old Woman Who Voted During Jim Crow Is Denied Photo IDnew
At age 96, Dorothy Cooper is the new poster child for what's wrong with Tennessee's photo ID voter law.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-05-2011 |
Politics
Irene's Aftermath: The Lost Seasonnew
After the flood, and $750,000 worth of lost product, farmers in Vermont assess the damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene.
Seven Days |
Lauren Ober |
10-05-2011 |
Disasters
George Clooney for Presidentnew
The Ides of March campaigns for Oscar votes.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-05-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Ides of March
Oakland is Dyke Centralnew
A new television project celebrates Oakland's diverse lesbian community.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
10-05-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Arnetta Smith, Dyke Central
On the Vergenew
Cymbals Eat Guitars were eager to change things up for their much-anticipated sophomore release.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
10-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: cymbals eat guitars
Idaho's Newest (Old) Wine Regionnew
It's safe to say that no one has ever mistaken Lewiston for Bordeaux, but back in the 1870s, French immigrants apparently saw the region's potential.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
10-05-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Idaho Wine, Lewiston
Biggie Smalls Murder Confession: Voletta Wallace's Attorney Still Has Questionsnew
A couple weeks ago, ex-LAPD detective Greg Kading says he handed Voletta Wallace, mother of Biggie Smalls, a copy of his new book, Murder Rap, in which Kading reveals never-before-seen evidence implicating Suge Knight in the death of her son.
L.A. Weekly |
Chris Vogel |
10-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tony Smith's Visionnew
Oakland's superintendent doesn't just want to close schools. He wants to radically alter how the school district and the city educate kids.
East Bay Express |
Micky Duxbury |
10-05-2011 |
Education
Buc, Yesnew
Learning to love football season: One woman's advice.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
10-04-2011 |
Commentary
“The Other F Word”new
Black Flag’s Ron Reyes, Black Pacific’s Jim Lindberg talk about “The Other F Word,” a documentary based on Jim Linderg’s autobiographical “Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life.”
Easy Reader |
Kevin Cody and Jim Lindberg |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wake Up, Chicago Teachers Unionnew
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has changed the rules—and you need to get in the game.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
10-04-2011 |
Business & Labor
Rick Perry and the Curious Case of 'Niggerhead' Ranchnew
Rick Perry is between a rock (with a racial epithet painted on it) and a hard place. He's the governor of a border state with an enormous Latino population, and his efforts to not demonize all of them as potential illegal immigrants have already left him castigated by the Tea Party.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Rick Perry, Election 2012
Gringo Star's Nick Furgiuele Cranks the Reverbnew
Atlanta's Gringo Star specializes in a jangly, dreamy cacophony -- a British Invasion-inspired, mod-tinged take on classic power pop.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gringo Star, Nick Furgiuele
It's Fall Already, but "Occupy Wall Street" Has Finally Brought an American Springnew
Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Auusenberg |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
