AltWeeklies Wire
A Sinner's View of Tim Russert's Passingnew
The howling dis shown to the rest of us by the stage-managed, manufactured and excruciatingly prolonged televised requiem for Russert has been rather too much.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-20-2008 |
Media
Secure Borders? Try Fenced Innew
With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-13-2008 |
Immigration
Gary Webb, R.I.P.new
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
General Petraeus: Designated Manure Spreadernew
Pie charts, benchmarks, "phased" redeployment; 30,000 wounded, 5,000 dead.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-11-2008 |
War
Tribal Flush: Pechanga People 'Disenrolled' en Massenew
On the eve of what could be the largest gambling expansion in U.S. history, a tale of power, betrayal and lost Indian heritage.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
01-04-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Between a Rock and a Soft Placenew
L.A. Times' coverage of Skid Row crackdown is early valentine to cops.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Of, For and By Workersnew
It was refreshing to be bobbing on a wave of thousands of ordinary people actually protesting on their own behalf -- not in solidarity with, or in support for, someone else.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-04-2006 |
Immigration
Deport Congressnew
What's made the immigration debate of the past few weeks so frustrating is the bad faith and gross ignorance employed by our elected officials.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-06-2006 |
Immigration
Whose Backlash?new
In the end, it will make little difference who prevails in this year's congressional debate on immigration, as nothing will change on the ground -- backlash or not.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
03-30-2006 |
Immigration
Border Politicsnew
Republicans are fighting among themselves over immigration -- will Democrats have a voice?
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-23-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: 2006elect
Gag Me With a Grapenew
United Farm Workers moves to silence its media critics.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Retired Analyst Discloses Motives for War in Iraqnew
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski says she observed "a neoconservative coup, a hijacking of the Pentagon" when she worked in the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans during the year leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
08-07-2004 |
International
