AltWeeklies Wire
'You may want to go home' – for the last time evernew
I’m throwing clothing, books, electronics and everything else wildly about in my apartment, not caring where any of it lands except for what I most treasure. Minutes ago the building was declared uninhabitable due to climate change damage and we have two hours to evacuate.
Opposite of Americanew
Asylum seekers fearing death at home find only prison and discrimination in the U.S.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
02-19-2016 |
Immigration
Frenemy alert: Svalbard still a hot target for foreign spiesnew
Russian troops all around us, Chinese hackers trolling our climate-monitoring satellite equipment, foreigners from dozens of other countries living here under lax residency laws. The frigid Svalbard archipelago is once again a hot spots for spies and other troublemakers in Norway's annual threat assessment report.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-18-2016 |
Policy Issues
Tags: svalbard
Random weirdness for the week of Feb. 9, 2016new
A drive-in movie theater for snowmobiles and kicksleds, ammosexuals target birdbrains who all own guns of their own if they live here, and Longyearbyen remains in the dark as the nearly four-month-long polar night ends.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-18-2016 |
Commentary
Full of scat: Locals extra expressive at this year's Polarjazznew
The music is mostly rock and folk, but the world's northernmost jazz festival is still an art of improvisation where dogsledding and destruction of gear in -25C twilight happens. This year's lineup had locals extra verbose on-stage and off – not always a good thing.
High price of failure: another government bailout for coal mining in Svalbardnew
The price of keeping Store Norske barely alive keeps increasing, with the government now asking Parliament for 749 million kroner during the next four years to support operations at Mine 7 and maintenance of two larger mines in the hope coal prices recover.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-05-2016 |
Business & Labor
Random Weirdness for the week of Feb. 2, 2016new
We have seen the future of coal mining in Svalbard and, to paraphrase a certain idiot dominating politics in the U.S., there’s going to be so much winning we’re going to get tired of it now that North Korea has signed the Svalbard Treaty.
Icepeople |
M |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
Crime, Harbor Division Jailnew
Badges, Pistachios, More Excuses
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
How Satan Became the New Face of Secularismnew
A meet and greet with Silicon Valley's Satanists.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
02-05-2016 |
Culture
The music world is waking up to Halifax's Nap Eyesnew
Demure genius Nigel Chapman and his band are going big.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Adria Young |
02-05-2016 |
Music
The Dodgy Politics Behind the Levi's Stadium Dealnew
A civil grand jury has been quietly investigating the oversight body of Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, while billionaire developers play chess for Santa Clara’s future.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Josh Koehn |
02-05-2016 |
Housing & Development
Roe's End?new
After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Austin Chronicle |
Mary Tuma |
02-05-2016 |
The War on Women
End Gamenew
Obama’s new education act may give conservative school reform advocates a way to finally take over public education.
Boulder Weekly |
Matt Cortina |
02-05-2016 |
Education
