AltWeeklies Wire
Count sizes up Guilford County’s homeless population
Apolice car slowed suddenly, flipping its blue lights on as it banked a U- turn on Eugene Street in downtown Greensboro. Sidling up to a man pushing his bicycle, a crate with a trash bag in it strapped to the front of the bike, the cruiser stopped and rolled down the passenger side window near the man.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-06-2013 |
Homelessness
Residents evicted in late-night condemnation
The lights had been out for eight hours when residents at a towering apartment complex all received some unexpected visitors: It was the police and fire departments, there to inform residents they needed to grab what they could and leave immediately.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
08-22-2012 |
Housing & Development
Wage Theft
At some point, you just give up.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
06-14-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: living wage, wage theft
Occupy Greensboro Hunkers Down
It may not be as flashy as a protest or as visible as an encampment, but Occupy Greensboro is hunkering down to fight a prolonged struggle. With a combination of veteran organizers and freshly minted activists, the eight-month-old group has dug its heels into its regular meeting space at Glenwood Coffee & Books to take on a spread of causes, especially around energy production and housing foreclosures.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
06-14-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy greensboro
Coalition doesn’t feel friendly towards developmentnew
The irony wasn’t lost on the residents of Northeast Greensboro attending the Citizens for Economic & Environmental Justice last month: While people in east Greensboro have been courting grocery chains to build a store in their vicinity, a developer intends to open a third grocery store in the Friendly Shopping Center area, and the residents nearby don’t want it.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-09-2012 |
Housing & Development
Tags: greensboro development
Opponents Rally Against N.C. Marriage Amendmentnew
If anyone thought North Carolina's Amendment One would quietly pass, changing the legal recognition for domestic partnership and further solidifying a ban on same-sex marriages, the last few weeks in Greensboro have signaled strong community opposition to the proposed state constitution amendment.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-27-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: DOMA, Amendment One
Occupy Movement Burgeons Across North Carolina Amidst Nationwide Crackdown
Encampments sprung up rapidly around the country a month before Zuccotti Park was cleared, including one in Greensboro. Unlike the original site, Occupy Greensboro chose to end its physical occupation once permission from the YWCA ran out.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy greensboro
Student group set to launch weatherization outreach and landfill education effortnew
Ignite members are poised to immerse themselves even more fully in local politics as they hope to lead outreach around the city’s $5 million energy efficiency grant and bolster the opposition to the White Street landfill.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
09-08-2011 |
Housing & Development
What Does Labor Day Mean?new
North Carolina has the lowest unionization rate in the country. just a hair over 3 percent. But not only have union jobs disappeared, people who would have worked in the mills now work in the service industry. This too, is ending.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
09-08-2011 |
Business & Labor
My Connection to NY Gay Marriagenew
Andy, my dad’s brother, and Michael have been together for more than 18 years — the majority of my life. They live in a brownstone in Brooklyn, and while they wear wedding rings and exchanged vows years ago, I was curious if this would change anything for them.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
07-07-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: New York, gay marriage
Natural Food Grocer Earth Fare Ends Donations to Food Not Bombsnew
After several years of donating perishables and other goods to the Greensboro chapter of Food Not Bombs, Earth Fare has decided to cut off the small organization.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
04-05-2011 |
Homelessness
