AltWeeklies Wire
DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the Statenew
How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
03-03-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Mayor of the Nude Beachnew
So he's naked and in his seventies -- he's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
03-03-2008 |
Culture
Barack Obama and Menew
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
03-03-2008 |
Politics
'Chicago 10': History Nownew
In his "mash-up documentary," Brett Morgen wants to erase the distance between 1968 and 2008.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Cuba Librenew
With Americans craving political change, it's been useful to see the U.S. response to Fidel Castro's resignation; the biggest change the northern hemisphere has seen in a while.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Cuba, Fidel Castro
Tom Hayden on 'Chicago 10' and the 1968 DNCnew
Hayden, one of the defendants in the Chicago conspiracy trial, stopped by Chicago for a panel discussion on the changing nature of political activism. Here are some excerpts of his remarks.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Jazz Jumps Back Onto the Cowtown Scenenew
Like jazz, Fort Worth is a culture in flux these days, as the demographics and the city's feel changes, with more people from more places moving here, particularly to the increasingly urban neighborhoods in and around downtown. Maybe jazz can do as much for this city as Cowtown can for jazz.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Giving It Away Can Paynew
RCRD LBL lets advertisers support the artists so consumers don't have to.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Obama is in Osama's Handsnew
The Republicans are toast if Bush's al-Qaeda enemies don't spark up more homeland terror.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
Why Aren't Oregon's Schools Protected from Pesticides?new
Parents drove up to Triangle Lake School and found it surrounded by a clearcut. Then they found out a timber company planned to spray pesticides and there's no laws to stop them.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-01-2008 |
Environment
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Documentary Warns of an Educational Dividenew
A visit to India and China inspired venture capitalist Bob Compton to explore what he saw as a worrisome divide between the quality and intensity of the education American students are receiving relative to students in those countries.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Two Million Minutes
Comcast Fights Dirtynew
Reporters couldn't get into the net-neutrality conference at Harvard because Comcast had "reserved" so many seats -- for people who fell asleep.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-29-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Obama Bicycle Cyclenew
Mat Honan will start your next online fad. If you're lucky.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
02-29-2008 |
Politics
Milwaukee Courts Ponder How to Increase Minority Participation on Juriesnew
The Milwaukee County Circuit Court has been trying to find ways to increase minority participation on juries so that juries are truly "of one's peers."
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
