AltWeeklies Wire
Road to Extraditionnew
Every year in Miami, dozens of murderers, smugglers and rapists flee to their homelands.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
09-29-2011 |
International
What Happens in Vegasnew
A look back at the advertising magic of "What Happens Here, Stays Here."
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Katsilometes |
09-29-2011 |
Media
AIDS Redux in Atlantanew
Indifference and bureaucratic fumbling could reopen the door for the epidemic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-29-2011 |
Science
Tea and Taxesnew
After repeated attempts to cut infrastructure spending, Rand Paul says he has a plan for the Sherman Minton Bridge.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
09-28-2011 |
Transportation
When Louis Armstrong Blew His Topnew
Satchmo's reaction to the iconic photo of Elizabeth Eckford may have changed the course of the Central High Crisis.
Arkansas Times |
David Margolick |
09-28-2011 |
Race & Class
Mos Def Challenges BET, Oprah, and Obama to Pay Tribute to Executed Prisoner Troy Davisnew
On September 21, 2011, at 11:08 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia, a death row inmate named Troy Davis, convicted 20 years ago for the murder of off-duty Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail, was executed by lethal injection. And in the final weeks leading up to his scheduled execution, celebrities and rap stars helped lead a last-minute push to save Davis's life, even pleading with President Obama to personally intervene.
Miami New Times |
S. Pajot |
09-28-2011 |
Crime & Justice
This Revolution Is Televisednew
A little something for assholes who are complaining that there's a lack of Occupy Wall Street coverage.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
09-27-2011 |
Media
Tags: Protests, Occupy Wall Street
In Service, In the Truthnew
The end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and what gay and lesbian servicemembers in New Orleans think is coming next.
DADT: Treading Lightlynew
A telling hesitation lingers among many service members as 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' finally dies.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-23-2011 |
LGBT
The Peddlernew
Both in and out of prison, Brian Wulwell spent his life selling people baubles and trinkets. Now he's upped the ante.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-23-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Busted in Acadiananew
How a net nerd used Facebook to turn an insipid mug shot business into a public-shame machine, then ducked back into his cyber cave when the heat was on.
IND Media |
Heather Miller |
09-22-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Gold Rush: The Invasion of the Nugget Suckersnew
Gold can be volatile, in investments or in the environment. Compared to other Western states like Idaho and California, “on the whole Oregon is not very well endowed,” when it comes to gold, UO geology professor Mark Reed says. But thanks to the skyrocketing price of gold — analysts predict an ounce of gold will sell for more than $2,000 before the end of the year — there’s a gold rush for Oregon’s public lands and pristine rivers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-22-2011 |
Environment
The News on Newsnew
Local CBS affiliate KION-TV set out to do a hit piece questioning the appropriateness of the Weekly's student guide. And then they ran a picture of a toddler dressed as a hooker.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
09-22-2011 |
Media
Troy Davis, and Twitter, on the Steps of the Supreme Courtnew
As a native Southerner, it felt awfully foreign to be in Washington, D.C. on the night Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia.
Washington City Paper |
Brooke Hatfield |
09-22-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Where Fear Still Reignsnew
Ripping the Klan mask off a culture of racist redneckery at South Carolina's public utility company.
Columbia Free Times |
Porter Barron Jr. |
09-21-2011 |
Race & Class
