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'Crime After Crime' Chronicles One Battered Woman's Struggle for Freedomnew

Debbie Peagler has been in prison for the past 27 years for the first-degree murder of her boyfriend Oliver Wilson, a man who forced her into prostitution while she was a teenager, a man who beat her and then molested their children.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
The Watchful Eyes of Intelligent Young Girls in Higher Ground and The Hedgehognew

In two films hitting art houses this weekend, the watchful eyes of intelligent young girls become an effective lens into the mystifying, sad and sometimes violent ways of adults.
All for Onenew

Five Tucson literacy organizations decide the future looks brighter if they face it together
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-29-2011 |
Education
Beware of Wolvesnew

A bill that would 'improve access' to public lands doesn't pass the sniff test
Tucson Weekly |
Ben Long |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
Kin Carenew

Beth Alvarado's memoir tenderly examines her cross-cultural family
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-29-2011 |
Books
Spontaneous Combustionnew

Jazz legend Art Lande keeps the art of piano improvisation alive
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cicily Janus |
09-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Built to Thrillnew

Ladytron synthesizes its art-pop masterpiece
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
09-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sinking Shipnew

Proposition 103 is the latest attempt to deal with Colorado's worsening state budget crisis, and some of the worst educational funding in the country.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pamela White |
09-29-2011 |
Politics
A Bunch of Bull?new

Cattleman Mike Callicrate rails against EPA orders.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
Policing the Mindnew

Local detective Cliff Porter teaches classes on the subconscious.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-29-2011 |
Education
A Broad-Ranging Hardly Strictly Bluegrassnew
The Bay Area's best music festival returns.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2011 |
Concerts
Jeremy Rifkin on San Antonio, the European Union, and the lessons learned in our push for a planetary-scale power shiftnew

n some ways the quest to transition off fossil fuels is a race for the future. A race that the United States is losing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-29-2011 |
Commentary
A Real Winnernew

Brad Pitt's performance in 'Moneyball' is a home run.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Moneyball
Tiger by the Tailnew

Nick 13 tracks down his own Bakersfield sound.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
09-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Primal Scream: Things to Watch (or Avoid) Before Killing Your TVnew

Suburgatory runs roughshod through the suburbs, laying waste to the malls and manicured lawns. This new satire stars Jane Levy as Tessa, a Greenwich Village wild child whose dad moves her to suburban hell for a supposedly more wholesome life.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
09-29-2011 |
TV