AltWeeklies Wire
The First Pill's Freenew
Who's responsible when big pharma feels free to push addictive drugs in direct-to-consumer advertising?
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
04-22-2005 |
Commentary
Reuse, Reuse and Reusenew
Freecycle phenomenon puts the Internet to work redistributing the surplus of a consumer society.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
04-22-2005 |
Environment
Reforming Bankruptcy, One Screwed Family at a Timenew
The bankruptcy "reform" bill before the House is bad morals--and bad business.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
04-07-2005 |
Commentary
The Countercultural Christiansnew
Catholic Workers live in voluntary poverty, refuse to incorporate, take the homeless into their homes, and fight for social justice. They turn the left's idea of Christianity on its head --
and shake things up within Catholicism at the same time.
Back from the Wasteland: Dealing With Traumanew
Treating emotional distress as mental illness often misses the traumatic experience at its roots.
The Big Bad Bug?new
Is the "new HIV strain" all its cracked up to be--and even if it isn't, will the hullabaloo aid prevention work, or stymie it?
I'm Sorry, All Agents Are Busy Organizingnew
Employees at one office of Ticketmaster, the company we love to hate, are organizing against work conditions that include required doctor's notes for any absence and disciplinary points for being seconds late.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
02-23-2005 |
Business & Labor
Two Little Words: Can Hospitals Say I'm Sorry?new
A new program called "Sorry Works" turns the usual approach by hospitals to medical errors on its head--and it's catching on surprisingly well.
Right-Wingers Oppose Trans-Rights Billnew
In what might be a taste of the post-election climate, right-wing religious groups turned out en masse to protest a proposed trans-rights bill in Albany County, though one passed the City of Albany in April without a peep.
I Do Not Concede
Kerry, man, what happened? What happened to the promised armies of lawyers, planes waiting to take them where they’re most needed, etc. etc.? What happened to ‘we’re going to count every vote and every vote will count’?
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
11-03-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election, postmortem
Choosing Kerry, Againnew
Nader's ideas are like water in the desert after listening to the presidential debates--but I'm still not voting for him
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
10-14-2004 |
Commentary
When the Doctor Is Gone: Patients Deal With an Unusual Lossnew
When a specialist commits suicide, patients find they are overlooked as a grieving community.
A Dose of Suburbia: Chain Drugstores in the Citynew
Chain drugstores have been taking aim at downtowns and urban neighborhoods for several years now, and even as the industry shrinks, they are clinging to their unpopular building models that emphasize drive-throughs and lots of parking out front.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
09-23-2004 |
Business & Labor
Save Our Plot Lines Coalition Formednew
Cinema, music, and publishing industry heavyweights vow to stand united against new threat to fundamental themes of American entertainment: a decrease in the portrayals of obsessive homicidal jealousy.
Learning from the Anti-anti-Bush Protestersnew
The right wingers on the side of Seventh Avenue may have been missing the point, but they were also showing up some real weaknesses in the antiwar left's own rhetoric.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
09-02-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Protesters, RNC
