Cover: Is Protest Music Dead?
Music used to be the dominant voice against war. Now it's easier to shut up and get paid.

News: Blood & Chocolate
Are American candy companies sweetening their profits with child slavery?

Lost and Found: Volunteers dig and hoe, creating the labyrinth outside the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Visual Healing: 'Underground Zero' looks at 9-11 through a different lens.

In the Black: Ex-Pixies honcho Frank Black rocks on with the Catholics.

SiFT: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Thanks, Mom: Mom means kitchen, kitchen means love.

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