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Brave New Book

The United States is a police state and it's too late to restore democracy.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 06-28-2011 | Civil Liberties

Virginia's Neglected Patch of Civil War Battlefieldsnew

Over a century after the real skirmish, the Battle of Waynesboro unfolds on a privately held piece of land that once belonged to Confederate Major William Patrick.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 06-28-2011 | History

Tags: Civil War, Virginia, Re-Enactments

Shonuff Puts a Funky Spin on Rock and Reggaenew

Madison Ruckel can hardly control his giddiness about this week's Shonuff shows. "I don't know which one I'm more excited about," he says. "Between the Marley and the Pour House, they're both just going to be great."

Charleston City Paper | Jared Booth | 06-28-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Shonuff

It Ain't Easy ...new

'Green Lantern' melds a lame premise with lazy special effects.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 06-28-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern 3D

Chuck Philips vs. L.A. Timesnew

Former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Chuck Philips, whose career was ruined when the Times published a rare front-page retraction of his March 17, 2008, article about the infamous 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, is demanding that the newspaper apologize and take back its retraction of his story, “An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War.”

L.A. Weekly | Simone Wilson and Dennis Romero | 06-27-2011 | Media

Tags: Los Angeles Times, Tupac Shakur, Chuck Philips

Not Reiser-ing To The Occasionnew

Build it and they will come ... and then they'll cancel it.

Boise Weekly | Damon Hunzeker | 06-27-2011 | Reviews

Okkervil River: I Am Very Farnew

Will Sheff is operating on a higher plane these days. On Okkervil River's stunning I Am Very Far, Sheff revels in ambiguous and evocative imagery that keeps pace with inspired studio wizardry.

Tucson Weekly | Michael Petitti | 06-27-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Okkervil River, Will Sheff

Cheap Tricks in New Orleansnew

How to save money in New Orleans this summer on food, drinks, movies, clothes, art and more.

Gambit | Gambit Staff | 06-27-2011 | Travel

Tags: New Orleans

A Reunion At Mt. Lowenew

Lionel Rolfe is the author of “Literary L.A.,” about which a documentary is being made. The following are his recollections of his teen years at Mount Lowe Military Academy in Altadena, California and the secrets that mostly died with its closing.

Random Lengths News | Lionel Rolfe | 06-27-2011 | History

FBI Gives Public a Peek at Warhol ‘Obscenity' Filenew

If you're looking for smut in the Andy Warhol film Lonesome Cowboys -- as the FBI was when it investigated the film's production in 1968 -- you'll find more explicit sex in the agency's report than ever made it onto screen.

Pittsburgh City Paper | Marty Levine | 06-27-2011 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Andy Warhol, Lonesome Cowboys

New York Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriagenew

New York State has become the sixth and largest in the nation to legalize weddings between gay and lesbian couples.

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian, Timothy Bolger, Jaclyn Gallucci and Christopher Twarowski | 06-24-2011 | LGBT

Tags: Fuck Yeah

Gay Marriage Equality Passes in New York Statenew

Who do we have to blow for gay marriage? NO ONE! To chants of "USA! USA! USA!" the galley of the Senate exploded after the Senate passed the Marriage Equality Act this evening, by a vote of to 33 to 29.

The Village Voice | Steven Thrasher | 06-24-2011 | LGBT

Tags: Fuck Yeah

S.C. Evangelical Activist Group to Launch News Hubnew

The Family Research Council has decided that they want to enter into the world of online news. "There is so much out there," says Orin Smith, president of the Palmetto Family Council. "I think maybe what our goal might be is to provide some type of Google Reader site for our people who donate to us and follow us so they don't have to follow everything."

Charleston City Paper | Chris Haire | 06-24-2011 | Religion

Tags: Family Research Council