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'Mississippi is Mine'new

What James Meredith did not only changed a university, but also a state and a nation.
Jackson Free Press  |  Joe Atkins  |  09-16-2012  |  Nonfiction

Isaac Churns Up Oil, Questionsnew

Hurricane Isaac disturbed oil from the 2010 BP disaster, washed up on Gulf beaches.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  09-16-2012  |  Disasters

An Inconvenient Jokenew

When I heard Mitt Romney make fun of climate change during his convention speech to great laughter--"President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet"--my mind immediately flashed back to Waveland, Miss., days after Hurricane Katrina hit.
Jackson Free Press  |  Donna Ladd  |  09-16-2012  |  Commentary

Pipe Dreamsnew

With the Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines focusing attention on Alberta's oil and its pipeline system, the government is undertaking what critics say is a half-hearted review.
Fast Forward Weekly  |  Drew Anderson  |  09-14-2012  |  Energy

Big Red Liesnew

Democracy doesn't stand a chance against the Republican Party's dishonesty strategy.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jeffrey C. Billman  |  09-14-2012  |  Elections

Scorched Earthnew

How climate change could upend the Pacific Northwest.
The Inlander  |  Joe O'Sullivan  |  09-13-2012  |  Environment

PA Supreme Court Hears Case Against Voter ID Lawnew

Democratic Supreme Court justices slam Pennsylvania voter ID law, lawyers ask for injunction.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Daniel Denvir  |  09-13-2012  |  Elections

Becoming Rothkonew

Landmark exhibition charts abstract painter's decisive decade.
Columbia Free Times  |  Patrick Wall  |  09-13-2012  |  Art

Big Organic Joins Monsanto in Fighting Calif. Prop 37new

Large corporations that own organic food brands are also bankrolling the fight against the GMO labeling initiative.
East Bay Express  |  Corey Hill  |  09-13-2012  |  Environment

At Closing Timenew

Cold case: Two years ago, Anthony Duron, an innocent bystander, was killed at Pearl nightclub.
Tucson Weekly  |  Brian J. Pedersen  |  09-13-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Foxygen: Take the Kids Off Broadwaynew

Rarely is bedroom pop played with such hyperactive abandon. Foxygen, the duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, present a debut album that never sits still, careening wildly, even within individual songs, across a wide range of pop, rock and avant-garde influences.
Tucson Weekly  |  Eric Swedlund  |  09-13-2012  |  Reviews

Welcome to 'Algiers'new

Calexico releases its first studio recording in four years.
Tucson Weekly  |  Jim Nintzel  |  09-13-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

AmoChip Dabney: Not Out of Words (Microchip)new

For anyone familiar with AmoChip Dabney's various stage personas, this all-instrumental improvisational suite for piano is probably the last thing you'd expect to hear. A multi-instrumentalist excelling on saxophones, keyboards and bass, Dabney is the consummate pro.
Tucson Weekly  |  Jim Lipson  |  09-13-2012  |  Reviews

Preponderance of Evidencenew

The federal DOE's Office of Civil Rights determines that TUSD officials retaliated against a whistleblower.
Tucson Weekly  |  Mari Herreras  |  09-13-2012  |  Education

Where He Needs To Benew

Legendary punk frontman Keith Morris seems revived by OFF!
Tucson Weekly  |  Casey Dewey  |  09-13-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

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