AltWeeklies Wire
Road Tripnew
A rural road-paving project becomes an environmental disaster for JEA – with a potentially hefty price tag.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
03-21-2012 |
Environment
(No) Sympathy for the Devilnew
Tarot readings and nekkid mannequins draw retaliatory prayer sessions from local Baptists.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
03-21-2012 |
Religion
Party Crashernew
A Clay County Republican running for Congress accuses fellow GOPers of bribing him to drop out of the race.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
03-21-2012 |
Elections
A Newt Dawnnew
A small print shop takes it in the Fannie (Mae) after the Gingrich campaign blows out of town with unpaid bills in its wake.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-21-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Election 2012, Newt Gingrich
Cristian Conversionnew
Baby-faced murder defendant Cristian Fernandez upends perception and reality in the Northeast Florida criminal justice system.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-07-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Cristian Fernandez
Rainbow's Endnew
The effort to end discrimination against gays in Jacksonville is muzzled by a conspiracy of silence
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
01-11-2012 |
LGBT
Going Viralnew
A 2010 tuberculosis outbreak highlights the shocking failure of a Florida Health Department to contain the crisis or warn the public.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
12-06-2011 |
Health
Jingle Bell Crocknew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Crossing Over: The Life of a Transman
In the past year, college student L.J. Ebner acknowledged -- first to himself and then to family, friends and employer -- that he is transsexual.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
11-13-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Memoirs of a Klansman
Civil Rights hero Stetson Kennedy is challenged about the truth of his history.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
01-31-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Beers for a Racist
The man behind one of Florida's most notorious hate crimes has spent years dodging the media -- but he's relatively easy to find.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Florida Gov. Silent on Demand for Justice in Chappell Murder
On a rainy evening in 1964, Johnnie Mae Chappell was gunned down in a Jacksonville neighborhood and three of the four suspects walked. Four decades later, state senator Tony Hill is calling to have the case reopened.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
03-10-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Anti-Abortion Activist Randall Terry Runs for Gated Community Board
The race for a Northeast Florida homeowners association board heats up when the nation's most notorious anti-abortion crusader joins the contest.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-23-2005 |
Sex
What Changes in FEMA’s Funding Formula Means for Northeast Florida
Following this brutal hurricane season, Florida will receive an unprecedented amount of grant money. But the piecemeal funding formula employed by FEMA may mean those dollars aren't spent where they're most needed.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
09-23-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: disaster, public policy issues
Did Fear of Flying End Bush's Air National Guard Career?
A Jacksonville, Fla., woman says nerves ended George W. Bush's National Guard service in Texas.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
