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
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
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
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
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
Calling for Action on Human Rights Violations in Chinanew
The Pasadena Human Relations Commission recommended that City Council members make a strong statement decrying human rights abuses in China and present it to officials of Pasadena's Chinese sister city, Xicheng.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientists vs. the Fedsnew
Scientists resist a Homeland Security directive that could allow intense government scrutiny of their private lives.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-27-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Putting on the Ritznew
Minority workers push for union representation and claim discrimination against the hotel.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
08-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Killing the Messengernew
Dozens of journalists are murdered every year to silence reports of human rights abuses, criminal enterprise and government corruption.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Roses are Rednew
Human rights groups push the City Council and Tournament of Roses to rethink a controversial Chinese Olympic-themed float.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
