Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro

Tracking HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tapenew

The AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the Washington state Board of Health.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 11-12-2007 | Science

Tags: AIDS, Health & Science

Cops & Courts Turn Abused Spouses Into Voiceless Victimsnew

The "enlightened" approach to domestic abuse has left women passive and powerless.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 11-05-2007 | The War on Women

Tags: women's issues

CleanScapes Hopes to Monitor Your Recyclingnew

The company's founder wants to bring the equivalent of the red-light camera to your front curb. Just as the traffic camera captures you running through a stoplight, CleanScapes' incriminating photos would catch you improperly disposing of a milk carton.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 10-01-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

Lack of Employees, Not Space, Is Overcrowding Prisonsnew

Washington's Department of Corrections can't fill positions to open a new $39 million facility.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 08-06-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Hoping to 'Reinvent the Way Medical Care is Practiced'new

Qliance offers low-income patients a level of doctor access oncereserved for CEOs and other big spenders, but critics remain highly skeptical.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 07-09-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Washington's Gov. is One Tough Clemency Judgenew

Barry Massey was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he committed at age 13 -- Gov. Christine Gregoire recently rejected a clemency board recommendation that he be set free.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 07-09-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

As Drug-Resistant HIV Spreads, Its Implications Are Still a Mysterynew

It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 05-07-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Good Intentions Turn Into Diversity Backlashnew

When the prestigious Lakeside School sought to become more ethnically diverse, donations poured in -- but as a pending discrimination lawsuit alleges, the effort may prove more costly than anticipated.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 05-01-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

Intelius Says it's Capable of Conducting a Full Background Check on Anyonenew

Except maybe its CEO.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 04-16-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

The Refugee Federation Service Center's Hot Wiresnew

A small classroom of South Seattle immigrants helps fuel a domestic electronics renaissance.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 03-19-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Dubious Diplomacynew

Sen. Slade Gorton says that 28-year-old Seattle grocer Koshin Mohamed is an official Somali representative to the U.S. -- but the State Department says otherwise.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 03-05-2007 | Politics