AltWeeklies Wire
Fowl Playnew

Have chickens driven Eldorado clucking crazy?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
01-23-2013 |
Animal Issues
Kicked Out For Coming Outnew

Zebra Coalition gives homeless LGBTQ kids a helping hand.
Orlando Weekly |
Katherine Ramirez Massey |
01-23-2013 |
LGBT
Teachers Financing Gunsnew

The California state teachers' retirement system is attempting to divest itself from a company that finances the manufacture of assault weapons like the one used at Sandy Hook Elementary School. But even if it does, it still won't be out of the gun business.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
01-22-2013 |
Policy Issues
Race-Baiting in Richmond, Calif.new

How Big Business used race to drive a wedge through Richmond's progressive community — and why you should be concerned about it.
East Bay Express |
Wendi Jonassen |
01-22-2013 |
Race & Class
Gangster Squadnew

Poor screenwriting reveals that this movie is all style, no substance.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Meyers |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Justin Townes Earle comes to The Socialnew

A cooler, more collected Earle is touring on his fourth album.
Orlando Weekly |
Chris Parker |
01-22-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Zero Dark Thirtynew

Kathryn Bigelow's thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is a crash course in military-torture tactics.
Orlando Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Hot Water Musicnew

Reunited Hot Water Music return with new record.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
01-22-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rust and Bonenew

Jacques Audiard's stark and compelling love story succeeds in spite of itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob Boylan |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Ladder control problemnew

The annual controversy over Mardi Gras ladders.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
01-22-2013 |
Performance
Protest marks Citizens United anniversarynew

Indiana activists gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Citizens United Decision and protest the flood of dark money in politics.
Bayard Rustin: Unsung hero of the civil rights movementnew

No room for an out gay man in King's circle.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Charles Easley |
01-22-2013 |
LGBT
Cole Smithey Predicts the 2013 Oscars

Ah the glorious flaws of democracy. As a film critic, I learned long ago to abandon any sense of personal investment in the conclusions drawn by Academy Award voters about the most deserving participants in the seventh arts.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
More Gun Control in Mississippinew
With statewide household gun ownership at 54 percent in Mississippi, it's no secret that heightened gun-control laws aren't likely to get much support from the state Legislature.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
01-17-2013 |
Commentary
Weapons of Mass Destructionnew
The gun lobby has become too strong, too strident and a bit insane.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
01-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice