AltWeeklies Wire
The Big Pig: Smithfield Packingnew
The world's largest hog processor wants to grow even larger -- will the problems it creates for farmers, workers and the environment grow with it?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg and Bob Geary |
04-05-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Zork Asks ... About 'Faggots'new
We know that when Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot," she didn't mean he was a "bundle of sticks" or "pieces of wrought iron" -- but what did she mean?
Tax Refund Loans Target the Poornew
Refund Anticipation Loans are the latest wrinkle in predatory lending -- you get your tax refund when you file, and you only pay interest of 100-700 percent.
What a Difference Four Years Makesnew
Tough stands on issues are keeping John Edwards in the presidential race.
What Happened to Our Moratorium?new
Death penalty opponents testify at House committee.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
AWOL Over Atrocitiesnew
Sgt. Ricky Clousing tried to report abuses but was rebuffed.
Missing the Trainnew
A trip to Charlotte reveals what a Triangle commuter train could have been -- and still can be.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-21-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Terror Goes Both Waysnew
Is there an example in American history of the police reacting to a radical threat and not making things worse?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-07-2006 |
Commentary
Picking His Battlesnew
Congressman Bob Etheridge says the war is not his issue.
Sammy Flippen's Clemency Bidnew
No two capital murder cases are alike, but even at that, Sammy Flippen's case seems altogether different.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Warming Up?new
Al Gore is not going to run for president again -- not in 2008, not ever.
Real Men Wear Pinknew
Founder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin says it's time to start planning to stop the next war, and to build a sustainable economy without oil.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
06-30-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rip-off Americanew
Payday lending was supposed to have been outlawed in North Carolina. So why are its storefronts still around, collecting $1,254 in fees on a $255 loan?
Mental Health Reform Would Work in N.C.—with Enough Moneynew
First the state ordered mental health reform. Then they took away the money to do it. Now programs proven to help people—and save money—will suffer along with their patients.
