AltWeeklies Wire
Strippers at peril, military befuddled about sex regsnew
Strippers in local clubs can stick to their pasties, for now.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Miseducation of Pat McCrorynew
In an ethics course, topics might include: Is it ethical to shut poor people out of health care because the boys at the country club—and in the General Assembly—already have health care?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
02-06-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: health care, liberal arts
Brought to the U.S.A.new
From childhood to college graduation, one woman's life as an undocumented immigrant.
The Inlander |
Joe O'Sullivan and Jacob H. Fries |
02-06-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: DREAM Act
Not Legal Enoughnew
Ohio no longer grants driver's licenses to children of illegal immigrants despite federal executive action.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
02-06-2013 |
Immigration
Why We Can't Leave the '90snew
Nostalgia is predictable, safe, and increasingly regressive. Soundgarden, thankfully, is not.
Seattle Weekly |
Maura Johnston |
02-06-2013 |
Music
Don't Med on Menew
Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
Up In Armsnew
A look at guns in Kentucky and the political debate surrounding the Second Amendment from the floor of the Louisville Gun & Knife Show.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
Not So OK, Cupidnew
In a small town, online dating can sting in big ways
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
02-06-2013 |
Sex
San Diego, Haven for Pyramid Schemesnew
San Diego is a haven for multilevel marketing scams, which are often pyramid schemes.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
02-06-2013 |
Business & Labor
This American Life Tells Podcaster: No Whores Allowednew
Late last year, sex worker and activist Siouxsie Q began producing a podcast in the living room of her apartment called This American Whore. This January, she started to get e-mails from lawyers representing Chicago Public Media and Ira Glass, demanding that she change the name of her podcast or face legal action.
Bumpy Road Movie: Melissa McCarthy Packs a Throat-Punch
2013 is Melissa McCarthy’s year. The plus-size actress who blew up big laughs in “Bridesmaids” is making major comic waves with at least three features tailored to her fast-twitch style of physical humor this year.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-05-2013 |
Reviews
The Fall of Ray Naginnew
For all his talk of "changing the paradigm" at New Orleans City Hall, former Mayor Ray Nagin's arc from telegenic reformer to accused crook followed an all-too-familiar plot line: He started out full of ideals and good intentions, and then, step by step, one small seduction and compromise at a time, proceeded down his personal road to perdition.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
02-04-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: Ray Nagin
Soderbergh’s Swan Song Big Pharma as the Ultimate MacGuffin
Steven Soderbergh’s last feature before his retirement from the movies (he'll still do theater and TV) is a milestone psychological thriller comparable to Hitchcock’s best work.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-04-2013 |
Reviews
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 |
02-04-2013 |
Movies
A Community Meets to Save Hyperlocal Digital Journalismnew
Mike Fourcher is a new-media trailblazer in Chicago still looking for a formula for success.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-04-2013 |
Media
Tags: Hyperlocal News, Mike Fourcher
