AltWeeklies Wire
Has Charleston, S.C. Outgrown Voting Discrimination?new

Lawyer wants county exempted from federal preclearance.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
02-09-2011 |
Elections
America Against the People of Egypt
President Obama is handling the Egyptian revolution with all the class and diplomacy of George W. Bush. And he's mistaking many of the same mistakes.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-09-2011 |
International
For Americans in the Sex Trade, Still Little Hopenew

Want to know how much sex with a teenager costs? Just ask Mimi. It cost her everything.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prostitution, Trafficking
Das Racist, For Realnew

Hip-hop's best new group eschews labels, clowns its audience, and sasses journalists. But we just can't get enough.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-09-2011 |
Music
Galactic Enlists Two Coreysnew

New Orleans ensemble Galactic returns to the Music Farm this week with special guest Corey Glover (of Living Colour) and trombonist Corey Henry (of the New Orleans Rebirth Brass Band).
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
02-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
SnapTax: Making Filing Easier Since 2011new

The future is here: You may now file your taxes on your mobile phone.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-09-2011 |
Tech
Don't Open This Chain Letternew

In this teen scream, if you hear "You've got mail," you're the next to die.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
02-09-2011 |
Reviews
Year of The Fish In Watery Animationnew

Rotoscoping makes this Cinderella tale all the more magical.
Boise Weekly |
Eric Austin |
02-09-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Year of the Fish
A New Look for Janine Britonew

As her fashion gets edgier, her jokes get proportionally darker.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-08-2011 |
Comedy
Tags: Janine Brito
A Parliament of Expertsnew

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
02-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Rosa Jimenez, Victoria Gutierrez
Sex Offenders Incognitonew

The Georgia sex offender registry was created to help keep people safe. But how can it do that if it's riddled with errors?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Randy Wyles |
02-08-2011 |
Policy Issues
Meet the Boys on the Battlefrontnew

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux carries on a uniquely New Orleans tradition.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Live! From the Comic Connew

Reporting from New Orleans' first Wizard World Comic Con: Jedi knights, Ghostbusters, Billy Dee Williams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ... and more
Georgia Immigration Bill Would Be a Job Killernew

The passing of a new house bill could lose millions for Georgia's top two industries.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jerry Gonzalez |
02-08-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tim Wu, Historian of Information Empiresnew
To say that Tim Wu has written a history of the information age is sort of like saying that Howard Zinn wrote a history of the United States. Wu is a young scholar but the first line of his obituary is already written: a few years back he coined the term "Net neutrality," then got the FCC to embrace
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
02-08-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews