Tag: Jul 21 2016 issue

Rocking to stop the TPP

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"The responsibility of the artist in troubled times... is to tell the truth as we see it,” — Tom Morello As the legendary guitarist for...

ICUMI (In case you missed it)

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Trump’s closing speech leaked to press On the third day of the Republican National Convention taking place in Cleveland, Ohio, rumors began circulating that a...

Through the lens

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In the summer of 1871, America was celebrating its 95th birthday and the recent acquisition of more territories due to the Mexican-American War. Manifest...

The making of the President — pot edition

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Could marijuana legalization have an impact on the outcome of the presidential election? Yes, and in more ways than one. The most obvious way pot...

Lessons from a civil rights activist

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Sekou Kambui, also known as William Turk, is no stranger to the long history of racial prejudice and inequality in the U.S. — tensions...

‘Be wary of windows’

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"Young women, be wary of windows as you sit shuttling needle through a full white moon of cloth. ...” So opens the poem “The Fall” in a...

Letters: 7/21/16

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Dyer was mostly right I always enjoy Joel Dyer’s articles in the Weekly, but have to correct one serious error in the one he wrote...

Hear it again for the first time

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"Singers are beautiful like Diana Ross or Petula Clark. I’m just a normal person,” says Carole King in Beautiful to guitarist Nick. “Who wants...

Astrology 7/21/16

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ARIES March 21-April 19: You now have more luxuriant access to divine luck than you’ve had in a long time. For the foreseeable future, you...

With wine, endless treasures await

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On January 12, 2007, one of the world’s greatest violin players set up shop in the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, D.C. Wearing...

Racism: The root cause of violence

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It is difficult to say anything that provides sufficient comfort to the victims of police or other violence regardless of the race of the...

He wants me; Is that you? Probably is.

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Dear Dan: I’m a gay male in my late 20s. My little sister’s husband, “Peter,” is my age and bisexual. I’m not one of those...