AltWeeklies Wire
Violent Messagesnew

A professor at the University of Arizona is threatened after people opposed to TUSD's ethnic studies name him on a video.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
07-07-2011 |
Race & Class
Leafly.com Classes Up The Jointnew
A new medical cannabis web site is lightning fast and wicked smart.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
07-07-2011 |
Drugs
Tags: Leafly.com, WeedMaps.com
My Illegal-Immigration Storynew

'The great lion has awakened, and you have a choice to make'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rolando Zenteno |
07-07-2011 |
Immigration
Home Off the Rangenew

Country singer Joe Nichols chats about labels, legacies and his abbreviated bullriding career.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Nichols
The Grass Gapnew

People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
07-07-2011 |
Race & Class
My Connection to NY Gay Marriagenew
Andy, my dad’s brother, and Michael have been together for more than 18 years — the majority of my life. They live in a brownstone in Brooklyn, and while they wear wedding rings and exchanged vows years ago, I was curious if this would change anything for them.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
07-07-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: New York, gay marriage
Incompetent or Ingenious?new

Some volunteers in the failed recall of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer question the organizer's efforts
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
07-06-2011 |
Politics
Only a Sadomasochist Would See the New Transformers Movienew

Michael Bay's latest Transformers flick is getting pummelled by the critics. While the negative reviews were to be expected, the glee with which the critics have torn into Dark of the Moon has been completely unexpected.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
07-06-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Transformers
The Closer Ends This Yearnew

The TNT crime drama The Closer ends after seven seasons. Farewell to a great show we hardly saw.
Tags: The Closer
The Big Uneasynew

Bad policy doomed New Orleans, says muckraking Katrina doc.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-06-2011 |
Reviews
It's Time for the Medical Cannabis Cupnew
Oakland dispensaries are gearing for the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
07-06-2011 |
Drugs
You Must Go and Win
Black Soviet humor pervades this collection of essays by struggling musician Alina Simone.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction
Ten Thousand Saints
The power of "Ten Thousand Saints" may not be in its plot but in its cultural locus.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Fiction
Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
Author Steve Goodman could be the Lon Chaney of underground electronic music.
Orlando Weekly |
Matt Gorney |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
Scratch the surface of all that faeries-and-druids stuff that tinges '70s folk-rock, and you'll find some deeply twisted, "Wicker Man"-type weirdness.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction