AltWeeklies Wire
The Golden Hournew
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
The Texas Observer |
Emily Pyle |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Deconstructing Alnew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
The Texas Observer |
Brenda Bell |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
A Death in McAllennew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
The Texas Observer |
Dave Mann |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Rate of Exchangenew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Andrew Wheatnew
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
The Texas Observer |
Andrew Wheat |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Twas Awe Like a Tewibble Dweamnew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
The Texas Observer |
Dave Hickey |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Levy Does America," "Dissenting from the Work Ethic," "Cormac McCarthy Imagines the End"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
FotoFest Explores the Ironies & Intricacies of Chinanew
The biennial Houston extravaganza that ranks among the world's best photography festivals has always been something of a cultural agenda-setter, so when it was announced that this year's festival would focus on China, the choice felt predictable.
The Texas Observer |
David Theis |
04-09-2008 |
Art
Jim Wallis Reimagines a Christian Take on Controversial Political Issuesnew
If progressives can see past their justified mistrust of politicking pastors, they may find in the evangelical pastor Wallis not just an ally but a visionary, beckoning from the vanguard of social justice.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
04-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
Citizen Activism Against Oil & Gas Drilling Gains Steamnew
With the price of oil and gas skyrocketing it is now profitable to drill for the last remaining deposits in Texas. The Texas Railroad Commission is a willing helpmate to the industry, allowing the proliferation of oil and gas drills across Texas without regard to the impact on Texans, and many are fighting back.
The Texas Observer |
Rusty Middleton |
04-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
Texas is Greenlighting Massive Nuclear Waste Dumpnew
Scientists and engineers at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stridently object to the plans, but agency upper management wants to approve the licenses.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
04-09-2008 |
Environment
Preston Wheeler's War Traumanew
He went to Iraq as a private contractor to make a fortune, but came home a wounded man.
The Texas Observer |
Patrick Michels |
03-26-2008 |
War
Michael Pollan Stumbles with His Latest Booknew
Big claims, not too much support, mostly unconvincing. That's my nutshell response to Pollan's most recent answer to "the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy."
The Texas Observer |
James E. McWilliams |
03-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Military Tattoos in the Age of Iraqnew
There are four basic types of military tattoos, and tattoo artist Toby Fry says he can pick a fresh recruit from a veteran based on the type of tattoo he or she chooses.
The Texas Observer |
Michael May |
03-26-2008 |
War
The Texas Primary is Over, but the Count Goes Onnew
Sen. Hillary Clinton secured a 4-point win in the Texas Democratic primary that rescued her candidacy, and in many states that would have been the end of it. But there is still the matter of the Democratic caucuses -- the second, trickier step in the Texas Democratic Party's unique primary-caucus hybrid system, the so-called Texas Two-Step.
The Texas Observer |
Staff |
03-26-2008 |
Politics
