AltWeeklies Wire
Kangaroo Court: San Antonio's Extra-Constitutional Crime-Fighting Toolnew
By a simple majority vote, San Antonio's Dangerous Structures Determination Board can order a house demolished, any tenants relocated, and send the bill to the owner.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-07-2010 |
Housing & Development
Tags: DSDB
We Wish it Were Fishier, but the New Sandbar is Still Topsnew
In its new Pearl Brewery location, the Sandbar is still the best seafood restaurant in town, and one of the finest San Antonio restaurants, period, even though it’s suffering from a sort of identity crisis.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
03-03-2010 |
Food+Drink
A Reporter Uncovered a Scandal at the City Jail: How Nothing (Almost) Happenednew
Complaints languished about the city jail until last fall, when the city and the court finally asked the police department’s Internal Affairs to take them over. What made the city do the right thing? A story that never saw the light of day.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
12-17-2009 |
Media
The Puzzling Dilemma of an Artist Who Rejects the Imperative of the Contemporarynew
Danville Chadbourne doesn't want to be a contemporary artist, but he has no choice if he wants to be an artist who continues to matter.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
05-20-2009 |
Art
Tags: Danville Chadbourne, visual art
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez Explains His FISA Misgivingsnew
The Texas Representative stuck to his promise to oppose the FISA reform legislation that the House passed last week if it contained a retroactive immunity provision to protect the telecoms suspected of aiding the Bush Administration in its illegal post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping program.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
07-02-2008 |
Politics
In the Yearning for Zion Case, Fear & Prejudice is Trumping Rule of Lawnew
Texas' argument all along has essentially been that because YFZ's residents have not been forthcoming about their familial relationships and identities, this case is really, really hard, and the court needs to overlook some of the judicial safeguards that protect conventional and weird families alike who aren't doing anything illegal.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
05-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Texas Needle Exchange Activists Discuss The Charges They Facenew
The state Attorney General's ruling that legislation authorizing a pilot needle-exchange program doesn't protect participants from being arrested for distributing drug paraphernalia kicked the case against three activists into gear. They face charges that threaten up to a year in jail and $4,000 in fines.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
05-14-2008 |
Science
"Private Texas," "Grand Theft History," "Feeling Negative"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Takes on Everything from GMOs to Greenhouse Gasesnew
The group was born out of Apartheid South Africa and a group of Protestant shareholders who asked General Motors to reconsider its extensive investment in the country. Executive director Laura Berry talks to us about the ensuing 37 years, and how they group uses shareholder power to influence a host of issues.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-16-2008 |
Business & Labor
A Scuttled Reservoir Yields Texas Treasurenew
A reservoir project rejected by voters more than a decade ago is set to become one of the most important living-history sites in the nation.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
01-09-2008 |
History
Rev. Barry W. Lynn Stumps for the Constitution's Establishment Clausenew
The executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has supported vigorous national debate on a host of Religious Right pet initiatives, and he continues with his book Piety & Politics.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
11-21-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Vijay Vaitheeswaran on the Car of the Futurenew
In Zoom, Vaitheeswaran and Iain Carson argue that the solution is to clean cars up, not scrap them, and use technological innovation to end Detroit's steel grip on U.S. transportation policy.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Using Mitt Romney's Presidential Run as History Lessonnew
The tremendous political and military power that Joseph Smith built during his lifetime fueled a rabid anti-Mormonism that many observers believe is Romney's greatest political obstacle, a topic that Christing explores in his documentary.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Okra-fied (Not Fried)new
If you're never had okra fresh, well, you're missing out.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-03-2007 |
Food+Drink
John Dean Talks Fundamentals and Fundamentalistsnew
The former counsel to President Nixon turned Watergate prosecution witness has produced a third volume in his campaign against the modern Republican party.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
