AltWeeklies Wire
The Archeology of Homelessnessnew
What does homelessness look like? A slideshow on the archaeology of the homeless in Indianapolis.
NUVO |
Nathan Brown |
12-16-2011 |
Homelessness
The Christopher Hitchens Interview I Screwed Upnew
I only had a couple of encounters with the man, but both were memorable, and one was particularly painful.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens Was Outrageously Fierce, Classy in a Madison Debatenew
Hitchens had all the facts at his disposal and a devastating way of presenting them.
Isthmus |
Dean Robbins |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Long Live Hitchnew
Just a little Hitch, in the dark of the night, while we down a drink to Christopher Hitchens, a man with no equal.
The Village Voice |
Tony Ortega |
12-16-2011 |
Media
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
DOJ: Arpaio Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. Historynew
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office didn't just commit racial profiling of Latinos. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-15-2011 |
Race & Class
From Nevada to Wisconsin: Political Operatives Reprise Reid-Angle Faceoff in Walker Recallnew
The story of how two political operatives who worked on opposite sides of the 2010 Senate campaign in Nevada between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle came to find themselves in similar positions in Wisconsin.
Behind the GMO Curtainnew
Big Ag threatens war on Boulder, Colorado.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Backward Expert-Witness Law Creates Advantage for Jerry Sanduskynew
Though the grand jury report outlining allegations that former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky routinely raped young boys entrusted in his care is damning, when it comes to the trial, Sandusky and his lawyer Joe Amendola have a few home-court advantages here in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
12-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
In Young Adult, Charlize Theron Doesn’t Want to Grow Upnew
A toxic spin on all of those cutesy chick flicks where career girls yearn for marriage, the latter film is the convention-busting story of semi-slovenly, semi-slatternly 37-year-old Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), who is hellbent on busting up a marriage.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
12-15-2011 |
Reviews
The Greyhounds are a Dynamic Duonew
The Greyhounds recently released an EP titled Spring Training. Compared to some of their funky material from the 2000s, the new stuff is more spare and sparse, but the element of soul remains intact.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
12-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hanna Nation Seabrook Gives Old-school Stationery a Modern Twistnew
Necessity and luxury. That's the caption Hanna Nation Seabrook assigned to the Instagram photo of the latte she sipped while we talked, but she might as well be referring to Gadabout, her stationery-cum-graphic design business based here in Charleston.
Charleston City Paper |
Katie Abbondanza |
12-15-2011 |
Art
Sadler Vaden Lands Gig with Drivin' N Cryin'new
One year ago, Sadler Vaden was super busy with his longtime rock trio Leslie. These days, when the guitarist and songwriter talks about his band, he's referring to veteran rock group Drivin' N Cryin'.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
12-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Business Boosters Push Transit Plannew
The local business community is endorsing plans to modernize and improve the regional transit system - including a local income tax increase to fund it.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
12-15-2011 |
Business & Labor
Charlize Theron Plays a Selfish Writer in Young Adultnew
This movie is about a stupid woman behaving very badly, and it's rebelliously free of redeeming values.
