AltWeeklies Wire
The Housing Authoritynew
Kansas City's public housing officials want you to think everything's great -- Miss Lizzie Brown knows otherwise.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
07-03-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
You Need This Wooden Spoon Across Your Assnew
Rev. Mike Summers decided to take his spanking seminar public this spring to raise awareness about the dos and don'ts of striking your own children with hard objects.
The Pitch |
Burnt Ends |
06-26-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Kansas City's Dimwit D.A.new
As Johnson County's top prosecutor, Phill Kline has been a disaster.
Warren Erdman's Worldnew
As the chairman of a powerful Kansas City agency, the Republican operative is the elephant in the room.
Show Snipersnew
Faced with hefty ticket prices, some locals take to the roofs around Kansas City's outdoor venues.
Sperm: The Final Frontiernew
A Kansas City scientist wants to go where no scientist has gone before: the male birth-control pill.
And God Said ... Be a Mannew
Claven Snow was born a girl, found God as a woman and nearly died as a man.
Tags: transgendered, transsexual
Funny, but Not Just a Big Jokenew
Joey Skidmore makes the case for refusing to be serious.
Tags: Joey Skidmore, Ventriloquist Doll
There Can Only Be One Foam Sword Fighternew
Wielding a Nerf-like weapon, the Barbarian has never been beaten.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
05-22-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Stop the Violence ... Laternew
The Kansas City Crime Commission's nonurgent effort to stop bloodshed enters its third year of planning -- meanwhile, the city is up to 31 homicides this year.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
05-15-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Growing Up Gangsternew
The acquittal of Jawanza Brown turned into a trial of living in the inner city.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
05-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Power of Cheesenew
Heidi Van Pelt was a 32-year-old vegan chef; Taran Noah Smith was the 17-year-old star of Home Improvement -- it was not a marriage made in heaven.
DJ Konsept: Showin' Upnew
Edwin Morales knows how to start a party, even when smelly potatoes are involved.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Konsept
Kickapoo Indians Give Landowners Some of Their Own Medicinenew
For almost 30 years, the tribe has been trying to build a reservoir so its members wouldn't have to collect rainwater to bathe -- and a lawsuit filed in federal court is trying to force the seizure of 1,000 acres of land to build it.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
04-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Six Reasons to Listen to Junior Boys' Newest Instead of Timbalandnew
Reason number one: Timbaland will tell you to bounce -- repeatedly. Junior Boys will not tell you to bounce -- ever.
