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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
Tags: Hurricane Isaac
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
Tags: Keystone XL
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
Tags: GOP Lies
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
Tags: Monsanto
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
Tags: TUSD, Tucson School District
Where He Needs To Benew

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