AltWeeklies Wire
Two Steps Forwardnew
Unwittingly, I became part of one of Mississippi's core challenges: our brain drain. You know the drill: Either you go along with the program here (or lack of one), or you get the hell out.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
Raise Your Voicenew
Imam Ali Siddiqui is intimately familiar with the destructive nature of religious fundamentalism and the problems of immigration in the modern world.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Space Explorers for a Daynew
At Walton Elementary School on a Friday afternoon, students in one of the classrooms sat on the floor, rapt attention focused on one of their classmates who was sitting on a replica space toilet. Outside in the parking lot, another student sat in a miniature space shuttle cockpit, which lurched side-to-side as he steered it.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
03-31-2012 |
Education
Caltrop's Ten million years and eight minutesnew
When it's exciting, Ten million years is a reminder of the energy to be found at the borders of hard rock and heavy metal. (Holidays for Quince)
African Diaspora Film Festival seeks perspective on hip-hopnew
"We want this to be an opportunity for people to talk about not only the positive impact of hip-hop, but also things that aren't so positive about that experience." — Sheila Smith McKoy, director of the NCSU African American Cultural Center
The Benefits of Pasture-Raised Meatnew
Even former vegetarians are eating it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Morals Before Profitnew
Activists demand that former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini resign from a private-prison company's board
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-31-2012 |
Politics
Excellent gluten-free food free of what ails younew
That "GF" increasingly found stamped on restaurant menus doesn't stand for "girlfriend" fare. It's the mark of gluten-free cooking, and it isn't just the latest health fad.
San Antonio Current |
Liz Schau |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Clouds on the horizonnew
Stormwater's sudden reappearance on the city's political scene leaves some wondering if it's a trap.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
Fate of natural Texas rests on landowners and smart conservationnew
You don't need to ride our highways or jockey for parking at our many strip malls to know San Antonio has been growing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
A metaphor that's all too easy to follow in Salmon Fishing in the Yemennew
The only way to appreciate this movie about going against the current is to value how effortlessly it flows in exactly the direction you'd expect.
Jazz pianist Robert Glasper doesn't have time for a dead formnew
"Nine times out of 10, when you turn on [a jazz radio station], they're playing stuff from like 1950. It makes the music sound old—like it's already done and now we're just paying homage."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
03-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Glasper
What 'Stand Your Ground' means in South Carolinanew
Gregory Kirk Duncan didn’t take too kindly to the way Christopher Spicer, a guest in his Greenville County home, was talking about a picture of his daughter wearing a cheerleading outfit. Duncan asked Spicer to leave, and he did—but not for long.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Jackson Rallies for Trayvon Martinnew
"What's going on in Florida is a direct representation of what went on in 1955, when a young man named Emmett Till, at the age of 14 years old, did not have the opportunity to have his due process," Tony Yarber said. "And we are standing here in the same state that this took place in 1955, and we're saying, 'It will not happen.'"
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
03-31-2012 |
Crime & Justice
