AltWeeklies Wire
In Immigration Battle, Letters as Leveragenew
Bay Area activists are leading the fight against a new Bush administration crackdown on undocumented workers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
09-20-2007 |
Immigration
Are Little Boxes Really the Next Wave of Eco-Housing?new

Prefabricated housing is all the rage these days -- who can beat the price and the prospect of actually having a finished home within months of approving a design?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Deborah Giattina |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Green Satellites are Dyingnew
Downsizing the climate sensor networks could be bad news for all of us.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burning Man's Contradictionsnew
Burning Man's green theme flopped -- but not for lack of good intentions. Plus: Reactions to the Gonzo burner's premature inflammation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
09-05-2007 |
Environment
The Top 10 Stories the Media Missed This Past Yearnew
This year's Project Censored presents a chilling portrait of a newly empowered executive branch signing away civil liberties for the sake of an endless and amorphous war on terror -- and for the most part, the press wasn't paying attention.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-05-2007 |
Media
Anti-Sweatshop Law in San Fran is Moving at Slow Pacenew
Two years after the law's passage, some appointees to the city's newly formed Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group, including former state senator Tom Hayden, say San Francisco is already failing to recognize its own commitment to human rights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
08-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: sweatshops, business & labor
San Fran's Mayor Ignores Proposals for Safe Syringe Collectionnew
Santa Cruz, New York, Baltimore, Vancouver, and many other cities feature disposal boxes in drug hot spots -- but Gavin Newsom has nixed requests to put them in the city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
08-29-2007 |
Science
The Death of San Francisco's Polk Streetnew
Gentrification is destroying the home of a vibrant, if marginalized, queer community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
08-29-2007 |
LGBT
APA Rejects Ban on Participating in Coercive Interrogationnew
While other leading medical associations have banned doctors and psychiatrists from participating in coercive prisoner interrogations at CIA-run sites, many American Psychological Association members argue that psychologists can help ensure subjects are treated in an ethical and humane manner.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
08-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
The Poison in Your Sofanew
California's standard is poisoning the whole nation, one sofa at a time.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Mark Leno |
08-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Where Are All the Payphones?new
Deregulation and industry greed are wiping out a form of old technology that's a critical lifeline.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Diana Scott |
08-16-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Life of Deathnew
Behind the scenes with the forensic team.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Torres |
08-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Generals Should End the Warnew
Our military system is passing through a profound moral and legal crisis -- a commander who knowingly orders troops to participate in crimes against peace betrays himself or herself and those who serve under him or her.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Veterans for Peace |
07-26-2007 |
War
Contemplating Josh Wolfnew
Police Commission revives discussion of why the cops federalized an investigation that denied a journalist's rights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
07-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Importing Injusticenew
How deregulation and Wal-Mart poison the Port of Oakland's neighbors and force poverty wages on its truckers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
07-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor