AltWeeklies Wire
Women's Lib Gives Way to Female Criminalsnew
The U.S. Justice Department recently gave us all cause to wince when it reported that the nation's female prison population grew over the last decade at almost double the men's rate. For the first time ever, the number of incarcerated women tops 100,000.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Bush II Could Inspire Another Indie Film Renaissancenew
As we enter George W. Bush's second term, the country's extreme rightward turn could ignite the type of movie renaissance not seen since eight years of nuclear proliferation, HIV discrimination, and materialist greed helped produce the American independent film movement of the late '80s and early '90s.
The Village Voice |
Anthony Kaufman |
01-13-2005 |
Movies
Liberal Media Myth: MLK Wasn't a Revolutionarynew
The real Martin Luther King has been all but erased from our history. What's left is so anemic -- and so distorted -- that even George Wallace or Lester Maddox or, heaven help us, Zell Miller could claim kinship.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Dean Wants to Lead Democrats, but Do They Want Him?new
Howard Dean wants to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee and was looking for a vote from Bobby Kahn, chairman of Georgia's Democratic Party.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
01-13-2005 |
Politics
Blue Island in a Red Seanew
This year's election put Republicans firmly in control under the Gold Dome. It's too soon to tell what that spells for Atlanta. But it does create a new color scheme for the political map.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-13-2005 |
Politics
Disgraced Jacksonville Editor Gets Sweet Reception From Gov. Jeb Bush
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hires former Florida Times-Union editorial page editor Lloyd Brown, despite his November ouster for plagiarism and his signed admission of using porn in the workplace.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Down the Chisholm Trail Once More
By the time 1972 presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm died on New Year’s Day at the age of 80, her name had dropped off our nation’s radar. A documentary that premieres on PBS Feb. 7 sheds light on the lady with beatnik glasses, bird’s nest hair and defiant personality.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
01-13-2005 |
History
Unrestricted Movementnew
Genderqueer choreographer Sean Dorsey refuses to be boxed in.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rita Felciano |
01-12-2005 |
Performance
TV Highlights, January 20-27: Numbers Doesn't Add Up
The new drama Numbers reduces crime-solving to arithmetic. Also reviewed: Monk, Dirty War, Queer Eye for the Straight Girl and more.
Tags: TV
No Choicenew
Early "out of the closet and into the pit" queercore statesmen Limpwrist return to the trenches, and Latino punk vet Martin Sorrondeguy relocates to the Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
George Chen |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Beat a Retreat?new
While Kanye West looks within and Mos Def styles himself as a quasi-jihadist, a head wonders, what happened to the rage, urgency, and political direction in hip-hop?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Oliver Wang |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Boxer's Rebellionnew
Activists and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) forced Congress to discuss voting rights on Jan. 6 when Boxer joined members of the U.S. House of Representatives in challenging the certification of Ohio's Electoral College vote.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Brahinsky |
01-12-2005 |
Politics
Tags: 2004 election, election reform
Ghost Writer Returns to His Old Haunt: the Stagenew
Garland Jeffreys' last album, Wildlife Dictionary, was released only in Europe, but the 60-year-old singer-songwriter is performing on stage again, and Universal Records has agreed to put out his next disc.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
01-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lights, Camera, Gospel!new
San Francisco's Voice of Pentecost is a church with a mission to take on Hollywood. Its production company, Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks, is working on a retelling of the Bible story of Joseph, set in a science-fiction world of the future.
Amazing Gracenew
Grace under pressure is one of the key themes to Terry George's Hotel Rwanda, which chronicles Paul Rusesabagina's miraculous efforts in 1994 that saved the lives of some 1,200 people.
Tags: Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
