AltWeeklies Wire
The Moviegoernew
Robert Osborne, who hosts this month's 31 Days of Oscar on Turner Classic Movies, represents the history of Hollywood. Up next: A new management team tries to shape the future of the Atlanta-based network.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Edwards Donors Fill Obama's Coffersnew
John Edwards' biggest contributors in North Carolina have transferred support to Barack Obama, including Edwards' former environmental adviser and his former law partner.
Hillary: Up Close and Impersonal?new
Whatever a flagging campaign looks like, it surely bears no resemblance to the wave of adulation Hillary Clinton stirred in San Antonio last week.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Citizens vs. Spiesnew
San Francisco is at the center of a national debate over government and corporate surveillance of U.S. residents.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Leonard |
02-20-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, FISA
AT&T is in Da Housenew
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez opposes immunity for the spook-friendly telecom, but isn't so hot on a new Net Neutrality bill.
San Antonio Current |
James Shannon |
02-20-2008 |
Media
MyToons, Our Toonsnew
Fresh off a deal with YouTube, San Antonio-based MyToons.com is leading the online animation revolution.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Can a Teen Pregnancy Flick Win the Oscar?new
It depends on how you look at comedy. Juno is the lone comedy among films that in retrospect might mark 2007 as the Year of Drear.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
02-20-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Juno
Facing Construction Slowdown, Brazilian Immigrants Leaving South Carolinanew
Brazilians are leaving the area in droves, propelled by the downturn in the construction industry, the decreasing value of the dollar, and the fear of a statewide crackdown on illegal immigration.
Charleston City Paper |
Jared Goyette |
02-20-2008 |
Immigration
24-hour Party Crashersnew
Inside a San Diego State institute's landmark study of college-drinking bashes.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Silva |
02-20-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
He's an ... Illegal Eh-liennew
He's stealing our jobs and our women. Plus, he talks funny. Meet Morgan, the illegal Canadian immigrant.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-20-2008 |
Immigration
Have a Niche Tripnew
Today's travel agents can give you the inside track on custom-designed vacations.
Tags: travel
Oregon's Closed Primary Faces Third Attempt at Changenew
Phil Keisling is back with a signature-gathering effort to put an initiative on the November 2008 ballot that would open Oregon's "closed primaries" by letting independent voters into the process.
Willamette Week |
Dave Mazza |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
What Obama's Virginia Victory Says About Usnew
Behind Barack Obama's decisive victory in Virginia's primary lay the presence of the late Irene Morgan, who battled bus segregation in Virginia, but never became as famous as Rosa Parks.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
Life After CRTsnew
Entrepreneurs get in on the electronics-recycling business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dorian Hargrove |
02-20-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, e-waste
Where is the Glamour?new
At Oscar time, there's subterranean industry at work with every appearance, at every instant of elegant display: fashion designers, dressers, hairstylists, makeup artists, so that George Clooney gleams and Nicole Kidman absorbs no light.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-20-2008 |
Movies
