AltWeeklies Wire
A Cruel Summer: Probing the Attack on Camp Summerlanenew
A four-part investigative series tells the short, hard history of a summer camp that went down in flames, fights and fear-mongering.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
06-20-2008 |
History
Little Flagsnew
An original work of Howard Bahr reminiscing about his grandfather, a war veteran during his last days in Biloxi, Miss.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Bahr |
06-16-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Forget Indiana Jones, Meet Illinois Shapironew
A reincarnated Union general's search for the lost crystal skull of Peru.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
06-13-2008 |
History
Manson Clan Body Dig Underwaynew
Law enforcement agencies and scientists, shadowed at a distance by a small army of local and international reporters, descended on Barker Ranch this month in hopes of getting to the bottom of a persistent rumor that Manson Family murder victims are buried there.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
05-27-2008 |
History
The Catonsville Nine and Baltimore Four Revisitednew
Forty years ago, nine Catholic peace activists took a draft office in Maryland -- and the nation -- by surprise. Together they took the draft files to a grassy patch behind the building where tipped-off reporters were waiting for them. They then set the files ablaze with homemade napalm, recited a prayer, made statements to the press, and waited peacefully to be arrested.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe Tropea |
05-20-2008 |
History
Tags: protest, military, activism, peace, FBI, history, 1960s, Vietnam War, The Baltimore Four, The Catonsville Nine
The Next Generationnew
Today, I'm starring in a sitcom pilot called Ruff Times, an updated version of the famous television series Good Times.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-08-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Meet the Klansman Who Helped to Found Orange Countynew
How Dr. Henry William Head's KKK membership was wiped from the Orange County history books is really a story of how local scholars highlight selected parts of our story.
Forty Years After His Death, King's Legacy Lives Onnew
Like Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, April 4, 1968 is a date that's forever etched upon many people's minds.
Race Against Timenew
The scramble to save Augusta's last remaining black theater is on. And although it has been bought, the road back from the ravages of time is anything but smooth.
Metro Spirit |
Michael Thames |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Going Greennew
From recent immigrants to established families, Augustans define what it means to be Irish in America.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Tearing Down the Walls at the Oakland Museumnew
Forget what you know about that history museum. With new management and a new energy, the institution is reinventing itself.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
The ACLU in Texas -- The Early Yearsnew
On March 8, the Texas ACLU will celebrate its 70th anniversary. The Observer and the ACLU have always had a special relationship, perhaps never closer than when Dave Richards rented both organizations space in his office building in the 1970s.
The Texas Observer |
David Richards |
03-10-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Phil Van Cise: Scourge of Denver's Underworldnew
Fearless DA Phil Van Cise cleaned up Denver -- and it cost him his career. Can a new justice center right an old wrong?
Tags: history
Love on the Rocksnew
An unassuming amateur paleontologist shuns the limelight.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
01-28-2008 |
History
Tags: history
A Scuttled Reservoir Yields Texas Treasurenew
A reservoir project rejected by voters more than a decade ago is set to become one of the most important living-history sites in the nation.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
01-09-2008 |
History
