AltWeeklies Wire
On The Heels of the Reapernew
Quest for eternal youth a hot pursuit for San Antonio-based researchers.
San Antonio Current |
David Martin Davies |
01-17-2011 |
Science
Tags: Naked Mole Rat
Sinking Feelingsnew
Gas fracking may already be lowering water tables in South Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Robert Crowe |
01-07-2011 |
Environment
Climate Clashnew
Native peoples struggle for survival at Cancún climate summit.
San Antonio Current |
Terri Hansen |
12-09-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Cancún
Enough is Enoughnew
Ending domestic violence often means trusting yourself.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-20-2010 |
The War on Women
Under Suspicionnew
Local civil rights champion Rev. Claude Black lived under FBI surveillance for decades.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-06-2010 |
Race & Class
A SeaWorld Ethics Primernew
Animal captivity for food, entertainment, and educational purposes is undeniably a fundamental feature of human civilizations everywhere, and SeaWorld has undeniably fostered a new public awareness of the beauty and grace of its show animals. At the same time, there are compelling reasons to challenge a marine-park industry that may no longer meet our criteria for civilized stewardship of the planet's wildlife.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
04-14-2010 |
Animal Issues
Tags: SeaWorld
Kangaroo Court: San Antonio's Extra-Constitutional Crime-Fighting Toolnew
By a simple majority vote, San Antonio's Dangerous Structures Determination Board can order a house demolished, any tenants relocated, and send the bill to the owner.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-07-2010 |
Housing & Development
Tags: DSDB
A Tour of the Eco-Friendly, Low-Tech Porn Counterculturenew
What the fuck does it mean to fuck a bike?” Reverend Phil Sano asked the crowd at C4 Workspace on Monday, March 8. The dozens of San Antonians assembled in the community space were about to find out. Sano was screening Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
03-10-2010 |
Sex
Nouveau Ambulance Chasers And Justice for Allnew
There was a time not that long ago that lawyers got clients by joining clubs, wearing funny hats, shaking hands like third-place politicians, or coaching little league. Then the Supreme Court ruled that attorneys could advertise, and guys like my father, for good and bad, truly changed the landscape.
San Antonio Current |
Tim Maloney |
03-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Know Your Dealer: Cause and Effect in Partyvillenew
Like a sommelier’s list of rare vintages, the underground, illegal pharmaceutical buffet beckons users into the local facet of the “Drug War.” But could a dangerous conflict really derive its fuel from a service this enticing and available, and treated with such exclusivity?
San Antonio Current |
Baldemar Villarreal |
02-24-2010 |
Drugs
Alamo Colleges Set to Resume Debate With Chancellor Bruce Leslienew
After an overwhelming vote of no confidence in Chancellor Bruce Leslie in September, whose unpopularity stems in large part from his attempts to unify the colleges, and a recent meeting on the issue of accreditation, the fight is ready to spill over into the new semester.
San Antonio Current |
Robert J. Pohl |
01-13-2010 |
Education
The Mysterious Death of a Done Nuclear Dealnew
If CPS Energy, San Antonio’s City-owned utility, took a solitary human form, it would be a headless corpse bouncing gently under a white hospital sheet on its way to the morgue.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-06-2010 |
Environment
The Gay Place: We've Come a Long Way, But Where Are We Exactly?new
Now that everyone in America knows, lives next door to, is related to/married to/divorced from, or gave birth to an actual gay person, isn’t it time for a long, collective sigh of relief that we didn’t turn into pillars of salt for dancing with wild abandon to the Village People?
San Antonio Current |
William Jack Sibley |
12-30-2009 |
LGBT
A Reporter Uncovered a Scandal at the City Jail: How Nothing (Almost) Happenednew
Complaints languished about the city jail until last fall, when the city and the court finally asked the police department’s Internal Affairs to take them over. What made the city do the right thing? A story that never saw the light of day.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
12-17-2009 |
Media
Remembering a Chicano Revolt in a Texas Townnew
The Cara Mia Theatre in Dallas recently reenacted a landmark event in Mexican-American civil-rights history: the Crystal City Walkout of 1969. The all-Chicano drama spotlights the valiant students who demanded equity, dignity, and opportunity in their education. Their victory changed the face of Texas public education forever.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
12-16-2009 |
Immigration
