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...show as a great story.” Indeed, the play’s universal appeal was something she wanted to emphasize—to The Crimson, to the actors, and to the eventual audience. “It’s very sexy, very racy, very funny, very violent,” she says. Though it is set some 100 years ago in Ireland, Spillane-Hinks wants it to have a modern, accessible feel and planned to use “non-traditional casting” in order to find the best actors regardless of their race.It was this...
...biting their style or jacking their riffs, but for insulting the South’s reputation in his song “Southern Man.” Unfortunately for the tabloids, the artists remained friendly throughout, with no drive-by buckshot blasts. Indeed, rock feuds tend to be less violent than their hip-hop counterparts. Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crüe, two bands known for their cock-rockin’ swagger, couldn’t muster more than a slumber party shovefest when they quarreled.More recently, the political hardcore group Born Against’s indignation...
...inmates’ physical treatment, is inexcusable. Every inmate at Guantanamo must receive a fair guilty or innocent decision in a speedy fashion in order for the U.S. to lay claim to a functioning justice system. Bold prosecution of suspected terrorists is desirable, but indefinite detention of, and violent action toward, men innocent before the law is loathsome to the ideal of fairness...
...political history of the United States. Thanks to Wells, the issue of lynching was forced to the front of the national conscience. Baker, among her many accomplishments, led significant grassroots efforts toward achieving civil rights for black people through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Finally, Chisholm broke down huge barriers in American politics by becoming the first black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to make a serious bid for the presidency. However, the importance of leaders like these is simply swept under the carpet in favor of heaping nearly...
...While there has been no claim of responsibility, suspicions immediately fell on al Qaeda in Iraq, and their Sunni allies in the insurgency. Shi?ite reactions were swift and violent. Mobs from the predominantly Shi'ite Shu'lah neighborhood in western Baghdad attacked Sunni mosques in Ghazaliya, a nearby Sunni area. Gunmen were out on the streets of Sadr City, home base for rebel cleric-and parliamentary power broker-Moqtada al-Sadr. In Basra, there were reports of heavy street fighting between Sunni and Shi'ite gunmen. Elsewhere, Sunni political party offices were attacked...