AltWeeklies Wire
Controversy Swells Over 9/11 Nonprofit Event and Its Foundernew
Vincent Forras, a former South Salem, N.Y. firefighter, claims to have been trapped in the rubble at Ground Zero and saved himself after receiving a vision from God.
The Village Voice |
Graham Rayman |
09-10-2012 |
Crime & Justice
DNC Postmortemnew
A week of eloquence and urban survivalism.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jen Sorensen |
09-10-2012 |
Elections
Loving Up Wall Street Corruption: Nicholas Jarecki Caters to the One Percent
Some not-so-fancy narrative mechanics set Richard Gere up as a one-percenter antihero in a movie that deplorably attempts to mitigate the evil that wealthy corruption loves to wield at every level of social injustice.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-10-2012 |
Reviews
R.I.P. Cincinnati Metromix :’(new
Gannett learned the hard way that you can’t just print something that looks like a newspaper and expect people to read it.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Danny Cross |
09-10-2012 |
Media
The Pitfalls of Academia: Josh Radnor Shows You Can’t Go Back
Writer-director-actor Josh Radnor follows up his debut feature (“Happythankyoumoreplease”) with a compact romantic comedy that almost works, but not quite.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-10-2012 |
Reviews
Arizona's Progressive Daysnew
A retired Arizona State University professor looks back at Arizona's populist roots.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
09-10-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Labor
Driving After the Influencenew
If Washington state legalizes dope, driving there could become risky for tokers.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
09-10-2012 |
Policy Issues
The Rebranding of the President, 2012
If he wants to win, Obama must articulate a new vision, relaunching and rebranding himself into something completely different—in other words, running as though the last three four years had never happened. Like this was his first term.
Tags: Barack Obama
Urban Homesteading Planning For Winternew
Now is a great time to get bargains from local farmers markets to can vegetables or make preserves for winter.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
09-07-2012 |
Food+Drink
A New Low Standardnew
This week the National Collegiate Athletic Association decided that the University of North Carolina will not face an NCAA investigation over potential academic issues.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
09-07-2012 |
Sports
Reaping Cool-Weather Rewardsnew
Mississippi, along with the rest of the South, is blessed with a long growing season, and now is the time to plant a fall garden so that you can enjoy fresh, leafy organic vegetables often until Christmas.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
09-07-2012 |
Gardening
VA focuses on gender gap in health carenew
Gains in identifying alcohol misuse and screening for PTSD are among the signs of improvement the VA noted in new reports tracking efforts to reduce disparities in vet health care.
Tags: Veterans Affairs
The DNC on LSDnew
Years ago, a writer friend explained how he always found that the best way to glimpse a conservative's soul, or lack thereof, is with a noggin full of LSD. He didn't mention what I might find around comparably obsessed lefties, though, so I set out to do some soul searching of my own.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
09-07-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: LSD
Singing to My Soulnew
As a part of my mission to be a better me, I recently began searching for a part of me that I'd lost over the years.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
09-07-2012 |
History
Guts, Gore and Survivalnew
Shia LeBeouf, who plays moonshiner Jack Bondurant, is part of an all-star cast in "Lawless," a film with a loose Mississippi connection.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-07-2012 |
Reviews
