AltWeeklies Wire
Who Gets Hurt in Budget Cuts?new
Quick, when budget cuts target programs like Medicare, who suffers the most? It's not a trick question.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-06-2012 |
Children & Families
The Pejorative Reportnew
It's not just the Rush Limbaughs who use language to degrade and insult. As politicians throw around emotionally packed words on the attack, some journalists wind up repeating them.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
04-06-2012 |
Media
Tags: NPR, Journalism, Media, FOX, Rush Limbaugh, Obamacare, objectivity, Affordable Care Act, Sandra Fluke
'Internalized Racism'new
D'Andra Orey, a political science professor who focuses on issues of race and politics, says the incidents surrounding a black college freshman's death represent what he calls internalized racism.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-06-2012 |
Race & Class
Lawmakers Laser in on Financesnew
Legislatively speaking, it was a bad week for Mississippi's new Republican majority.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-06-2012 |
Politics
Redefining Comfort Foodnew
Taking the first bite of fried chicken or sticky-sweet barbecued ribs can transport us to a dimension where times past still exist in a kind of suspended animation.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Purvis |
04-06-2012 |
Food+Drink
A Darker Oznew
Maybe it's the freakishly dyed and poofed hair of the TV personalities hosting the games, but there's a bit of dystopian Oz going on the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games." But then, when you really think about it, Oz may have been in Technicolor, but it was definitely a creepy place.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
04-06-2012 |
Reviews
Running for Their Livesnew
With his first book, "The Dummy Line," Bobby Cole delivers a fast-paced thriller that pits a man and his daughter against a group of truly sadistic thugs in a night-long wilderness chase.
Jackson Free Press |
Sam Hall |
04-06-2012 |
Fiction
Following Your Moneynew
For many, tracking finances is more chore than enjoyment, whether you are dealing with a business or your personal funds. And given how technology has made it easier to buy things, money can get tighter quicker.
Jackson Free Press |
Sam Hall |
04-06-2012 |
Tech
Herb Silverman champions atheism with wit and warmthnew
Herb Silverman has been a busy man lately. When I caught up with him last week, South Carolina's leading atheist was just back from the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., where he addressed the thousands of people who had assembled on the Mall, calling for America's numerous non-theist organizations to maintain a united front in their ceaseless battle with the Christian right.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
Oxford American's editor rips Charleston's Garden & Gun new
If you want to fire a Southern shot, you need to know how to do it right. Charleston used to be in that camp, back when a plurality of voting residents fearful of an overreaching federal government would get the local college boys to drag a 1,000-pound cannon to the top of a stately mansion and blow the hell out of Fort Sumter. These days, those folks vote for Mitt Romney and call it a day.
Charleston City Paper |
Jeff Allen |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
Problem Childnew
Starring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller as Kevin.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Legislative letdownsnew
With a flourish of political recklessness, Georgia's 40-day legislative session drew to a close last week. And that means it's time to sit back and assess the damage the people we elect to manage our best interests did to said best interests. Granted, it wasn't all bad...
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
04-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
Lobbyists should pay what's owednew
Imagine heading down to the DMV and successfully renewing your driver's license even though you owe more than $47,000 in traffic fines. Wouldn't you be shocked you pulled it off?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
William Perry |
04-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
A Cultural Manifesto: Legacy of the Black Panthersnew
A Cultural Manifesto recognizes the legacy of the Black Panthers in music.
NUVO |
Kyle Long |
04-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The nonprofit Scorpions finally brought professional soccer to SA, but will it stick?new
As President Obama was preparing to give his State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 24, the San Antonio Scorpions had more pressing matters to attend to — a press conference at the Museo Alameda to announce the signing of the first Mexican international player in its roster.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-05-2012 |
Sports
