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The top five Batman villiansnew
The top five Batman villians
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
07-29-2012 |
Movies
Anaheim's Tragic Kingdomnew
Two officer-involved killings ignite the city's long, hot summer that has been years in the making.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Five Finger Death Punch is just doing its jobnew
Jason Hook sounds like a businessman.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
MTMTMK: 'The Very Best'new
The marriage of London-based production/DJ duo Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya, The Very Best has yielded both deeply soulful and intoxicatingly carefree moments through two mixtapes and one album before MTMTMK.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
07-27-2012 |
Reviews
It Has To Be Perfect: Q&A with Kristin Hershnew
Kristin Hersh on guitar gear, writing about mental illness & how to rock without sounding like a beer commercial.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
07-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Concentrated Poverty and Homicide in Chicagonew
Segregation's lethal legacy marches on.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
07-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Gun Control Talk Is Cheap. A Sane Mental Health System Is Not.
Setting aside the caveat that we still don't know why it happened, the big guns/crazy young white guy dynamic leads to two obvious policy prescriptions: gun control and improving access to mental health care. Post-Aurora, we're seeing a lot of the former, including calls for numerical limits on ammo sales—but relatively few of the latter.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-27-2012 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Gun Control
Mexicans Pay in Blood for U.S. War on Drugsnew
A highly personal tale of the devastation as illuminated by the trail of murdered Mexican journalists.
Phoenix New Times |
Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy |
07-27-2012 |
International
Tags: War on Drugs, Mexico
Is Sacramento the bike-theft capital of America?new
Steal this bike: Everyone says bike thieves in the River City are "ruthless." They even stole Lance Armstrong's ride ...
Sacramento News & Review |
Raheem F. Hosseini |
07-27-2012 |
Features
Betting on Steamnew
The Obama administration is boosting its investment in renewable, geothermal power. But will it solve our energy problems?
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
07-27-2012 |
Energy
Nas: 'Life is Good'new
Though universally considered one of the greats, Nas has worked, to some extent, in the shadow of Biggie and 2Pac since his rapturous emergence in 1994.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
07-27-2012 |
Reviews
Zombies at the Olympics?new
The whole two-week package for the London Olympics promises drama galore for U.S. fans.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
07-27-2012 |
TV
Deporting the Tamale Ladynew
Will the United States send Juana Reyes back to Mexico—for selling $1 snacks outside of a south Sacramento Walmart?
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
07-27-2012 |
Immigration
A Visit to the My Little Pony Fair and Conventionnew
The plastic pastel pony toys aren't just for little girls anymore.
Orlando Weekly |
Christopher Balogh |
07-27-2012 |
Cartoons
Tags: Bronies, My Little Pony Convention
Radcliffe Bailey discusses memory, biennials, and homenew
Radcliffe Bailey's retrospective "Memory as Medicine" opened at the McNay Art Museum in June and will be on view to September 2, 2012.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-26-2012 |
Art
