AltWeeklies Wire
Northern Disclosurenew
With Liberal prime minister Paul Martin’s government felled by a no-confidence vote, our neighbors in the Great White North can look forward to some down-and-dirty politicking between now and January 23, 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
12-01-2005 |
Politics
Indie Rapper Cleans Up and Spits Out New Albumnew
Cage eliminated the misogyny, braggadocio, battle-rap nonsense. He wanted to stay away from all the pretension and just make honest, real music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cage, Hell's Winter
Movie Undermines Filmmaker's Intentnew
The inclusion of the too-much-information effect tends to further muddy already cloudy waters and gives what should have been a sobering documentary a scattershot, at times flaky tone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: marc levin, Protocols of Zion
And for Dessert...new
After a great meal, what’s better than something fantastically sweet and decadent? Enter the solution to this dilemma: dessert wine. If you can’t eat dessert, why not drink it?
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
12-01-2005 |
Food+Drink
Taking on the Timesnew
A New York Times article that described widespread abuse of hurricane relief in the Jackson, Miss., area drew strong criticism from state residents, among them Governor Haley Barbour.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
12-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Oh, Say Can We See?new
When Mamie Till Mobley decided to open her boy’s casket at his funeral in 1955 in Chicago, she exposed the result of an act that many thought would be the most horrible race crime imaginable.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
Stayin' Alivenew
An inflated economy has produced a depressed nation of price-gouged poor people already in debt before Christmas. Who can afford to go over the river and through the woods to grandmomma’s house?
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
12-01-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Documentarian Tells the Untold Story of Emmett Louis Tillnew
Keith Beauchamp has produced a documentary that chronicles the events leading up to and after Emmett Louis Till’s murder. It is because of this documentary that the 1955 case was reopened last year.
Jackson Free Press |
Lea Thomas |
12-01-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Day That Emmett Diednew
It was Saturday night, Aug. 27, 1955, when a group of men in Mississippi beat, tortured and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till for whistling at a white woman. Lea Thomas revisits the events of his last day.
Jackson Free Press |
Lea Thomas |
12-01-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Comedian Pushes Limits of Race-Related Humornew
Sarah Silverman emerges as a member of our cultural bomb squad. She eagerly sets out to defuse social tensions, even at the risk of having them blow up in her face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
From Watchdog to Lap Dognew
Bob Woodward’s "Plamegate" blunder showed the world what many knew for years: we need a bunch of new Bob Woodwards.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Drawing Conclusionsnew
A police composite artist talks about the craft of catching a crook.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Easy Streetnew
What America’s die-hard Republicans should know about Massachusetts -- and Mitt Romney.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
12-01-2005 |
Politics
Why You Should Know About the Death of Jimmy Chastainnew
A soldier handled toxic chemicals during the Gulf War. The government made it difficult for him to receive benefits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-01-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
A Hispanic Man Chases the American Dream -- And Fallsnew
Pablo came to Georgia to earn money as a construction worker for his wife and children, only to fall to his death on the site.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
12-01-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
