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Rightbloggers Denounce the Wealthy, Treasonous Schoolteachers of Wisconsinnew

The effort by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-led state legislature to deprive the state's teachers of collective bargaining rights was catnip to rightbloggers last week. This is because it involves two of their traditional objects of hatred: Unions and public education.

The Village Voice | Roy Edroso | 02-22-2011 | Media

Tags: Education, Unions, Scott Walker

Say Hi: Um, Uh Ohnew

If Kurt Cobain had retained the name of his first band, Fecal Matter, and moved to New York City, perhaps things would have turned out differently.

East Bay Express | Nate Seltenrich | 02-21-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Say Hi, Marty Anderson

Snow Tha Product: Immigrant Songnew

Female, Hispanic, bilingual, and on a mission: Fort Worth’s Claudia Feliciano can definitely hang.

Fort Worth Weekly | Caroline Collier | 02-21-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Immigration, SXSW, Hop-Hop, Snow Tha Product

10 Things to Remember at Mardi Grasnew

Don't be a douche. Tip your bartender.

Gambit | Gambit Staff | 02-21-2011 | Recreation

Tags: New Orleans, Mardi Gras 2011

Wisconsin Protests: Report From the Command Centersnew

Protests slow for a day, but activity in and around the Capitol continues.

Isthmus | Joe Tarr | 02-21-2011 | Politics

Tags: Unions, Scott Walker, AFL-CIO

The Muppet Revoltnew

Jim DeMint vs. talking animals and monsters.

Charleston City Paper | Greg Hambrick | 02-21-2011 | Politics

Tags: PBS, Jim DeMint, Public Broadcasting

There's an App For That...new

All the ways you can get Mardi Gras on your smartphone.

Gambit | Kevin Allman | 02-21-2011 | Travel

Mardi Gras 2011new

The parades, the routes, the beer, the food, and all the info you need for the first week of Carnival.

Gambit | Gambit Staff | 02-21-2011 | Travel

Tags: Mardi Gras

The Movie That Wasn't

We've all heard somebody say that so-and-so's life story should be made into a movie. But just because a producer thinks Mordecai Richler's faux autobiography is worthy of cinematic interpretation doesn't make it so.

City Pulse | Cole Smithey | 02-21-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Richard Lewis, Barney's Version