AltWeeklies Wire
"The Material Curl," "Tommy Pitches a Tent," "Is No MySpace Sacred?"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Texas HB 2391: The Stoner's Summarynew
On Sept. 1, a new Texas law will go into effect that says if a cop catches you with your stash -- assuming you're not dumb enough to cruise around with more than four ounces on your person -- they can issue you a citation instead of hauling your ass downtown.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
08-08-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Slam Poetry Veteran Hits the Road Againnew
Spoken word artist Buddy Wakefield is famous for his 28 month tour extraordinaire. Now he's on the road again, headed home to Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
06-06-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Talking Human Rights With Jorge Bustamantenew
The UN investigator has been blocked from U.S. immigration detention centers.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
05-30-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, detention
'Confessions, Romances, Secrets and Temptations': No Love Lostnew
Fantagraphics' latest romance-comics history is a waste of time, but not a waste of money.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
05-23-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Undocumented Immigrants, Unlicensed Prisonnew
Homeland Security's family-detention center bends the law and escapes scrutiny.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
05-23-2007 |
Immigration
Public Access' Public Axisnew
Now that the City Council has approved the testing of AT&T's U-Verse, it's a waiting game for public-access producers, and in the meantime they're gearing up for a battle.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
04-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Go With the (Free) Flownew
The Free Flow of Info Act: Keeping journalists off the witness stand (and protecting anonymous sources).
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
04-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Cutting Death-Row Inmates Offnew
As if they weren't already isolated enough: Activists allege that Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees are applying death-row mail and visitation policies arbitrarily, and in some cases, using the rules as a form of punishment.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
04-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Divested Interestsnew
Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently endorsed a divestment plan to pressure Sudan on the genocide in Darfur -- the next day, he awarded an $8.5 million grant to a major stockholder in oil companies working there.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
02-28-2007 |
Politics
A Nasty Case of Deja Vunew
The search warrant was illegal and the DNA test flawed -- now Theodore Streater is going to trial without an attorney.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
02-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Wheels on the Hussy Go ...new
Texas Rollergirl and author Melicious discusses life & strife on eight wheels -- corporate sponsors, open your checkbooks.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
02-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bread Between the Linesnew
A Trans-Texas Corridor profiteer is buying up community newspapers along the proposed superhighway.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
02-07-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Surge Protectorsnew
Anti-war demonstrators are putting their boots on the ground, so soldiers won't be forced to do the same in Iraq.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
01-24-2007 |
War
Injections & Ice Stormsnew
Even an Act of God couldn't postpone Johnathan Moore's execution.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
01-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
