AltWeeklies Wire
Global Warming: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?new
A recent national survey suggests that over the past few years a growing number of Americans have changed their minds about the importance of climate change, and fewer now believe it even exists -- but many still think government should do something about it.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
11-23-2009 |
Environment
California's Ex-Attorney General Calls for an End to Capital Punishmentnew
With more than 700 Death Row prisoners awaiting execution for decades and no money in sight for improving the integrity and efficiency of the failing capital punishment system, John Van de Kamp is publicly calling for an end to the death penalty. But unlike most of capital punishment's ardent opponents, he has actually sent men to Death Row.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-13-2009 |
Crime & Justice
One Woman's Quest to Celebrate Cancer's Scarsnew
Despite breast cancer's pervasive impact, mastectomy scars are an alien concept to most of us. On behalf of those who have battled breast cancer and the hundreds of thousands who soon will, Devon Williams, is on a mission to celebrate them publicly as marks of strength, perseverance, femininity and beauty.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-30-2009 |
Art
Local Leaders Rally Around Obama During LA Visitnew
It was immediately clear from the president's pop-star reception, his politico-packed audience alternately rapt in attention or on its feet like teenage girls at a Jonas Brothers concert, that LA loves Obama, at least as long as hundreds of millions of federal stimulus dollars are heading our way.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-30-2009 |
Politics
War Is Over! If You Want Itnew
Six years and $600 billion later, more than 4,250 Americans and at least 91,000 Iraqi civilians are dead, many more are maimed or crippled and the nation's economy spirals toward ruin. For those concerned with peace, now is the time to march again.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-24-2009 |
War
Tags: Iraq, antiwar movement
Karl Rove Sleight of Handnew
In a recent speech, the architect of two Bush election victories uses fear and misdirection to duck responsibility for the mess we're in.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
02-13-2009 |
Politics
Plans to Cut Trees in Pasadena Provoke Debatenew
The impending removal of 13 ficus trees and 20 carrotwoods from a stretch of Colorado Boulevard has some business owners cheering, but others argue that a plan to replace the large, bushy trees with dozens of less-verdant ginko and palm trees will harm the very character of Pasadena’s iconic thoroughfare.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
01-26-2009 |
Environment
The Assassination of Barack Obamanew
The presidential election prompts an explosion of racist threats against Obama -- including one sent to this newspaper.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
12-08-2008 |
Politics
Yoko Ono is Still Only Trying to Get Us Some Peacenew
Yoko Ono loves you. But that's only one of the messages the avant-guarde artist and widow of Beatle John Lennon is sending through her latest work, "Wish Tree for Pasadena." Now more than ever, it's time to give peace a chance.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
09-23-2008 |
War
Former LA County Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi Talks About Prosecuting the Presidentnew
The man who put Charles Manson on Death Row would do the same to George W. Bush, as detailed in his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder. "I'll leave it up to a jury as to the punishment, but it could be the death penalty," he said.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Turning Bikes into Wheelchairs for Some of the World's Neediest Peoplenew
Some students and recent graduates of Caltech and the Art Center College of Design have found a way to turn simple mountain bikes into inexpensive, effective and potentially lifesaving wheelchairs for disabled people in the world's poorest countries.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-08-2008 |
Education
Chinese Americans Reach into Their Pockets To Help Quake Victimsnew
The Committee of 100, a national group of influential Chinese-American leaders, is calling for donations to aide the victims of Monday's disastrous earthquake in China.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
05-20-2008 |
Disasters
"Throwaway Kids," "Family Business, "No Place Like Home," "In Search of Brian," "Now What?" "A Long Way From Home"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Greener City, Better Worldnew
Pasadena is reaching to achieve Kyoto environmental protections and beyond, but there's much work left to be done.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
12-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Pasadena's Broken Rosesnew
A new year's float representing China forces civic leaders to grapple with international human rights concerns.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-29-2007 |
International
Tags: international
