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Blogs

Village Voice
The Book of Sarah
Subjected to the light of day, Sarah Palin doesn't look like a maverick at all.
By Wayne Barrett
SF Weekly
Building Overtime
Exposing a construction-site scam only a San Francisco cop could love.
By Joe Eskenazi
Houston Press
Don't Nobody Cry
Ronald Taylor is one of perhaps hundreds of innocent people Harris County has put in prison.
By Randall Patterson
Westword
Open Secrets
Sloppy U.S. government paperwork is putting the lives of asylum seekers at risk.
By Lisa Rab

Japanese artist Saori Kawasumi presents society’s cast-offs – couches, chairs, coffee tables – as social commentary.
Aug. 1-31, 2008