AltWeeklies Wire
Power Outage Powers Outragenew
South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys (Elections and Erections) tries to be optimistic about his country's future, but he's afraid he might be whistling in the dark.
Boston Phoenix |
Pieter-Dirk Uys |
04-24-2008 |
International
Tags: international
Massachusetts Lawmakers Push to Criminalize Salvianew
Is this a test-run for marijuana-law reform?
Boston Phoenix |
James Tierney |
04-24-2008 |
Drugs
"Evil Incarnate," "For Pete's Sake," "Bliss and Oblivion"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
A Tale of Two Papersnew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Kennedy Loathing," "Romney's Greatest Gaffes," "Citizen Arrest"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Freedom Watchnew
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
On the Downloadnew
AltWeeklies Award - Blog
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Harvard's Cops Have a Political Intelligence Unitnew
The Harvard University Police have a long record of abusing students' rights. I suspect this intelligence unit, which I also noticed photographing protesters at a campus anti-war demonstration in March, is not a recent addition.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
04-17-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Biolab Folliesnew
When work began on Boston University's laboratory for Level 4 deadly-disease research, the project seemed unstoppable, but a string of legal, diplomatic, and political setbacks have changed all that. What went wrong?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
04-03-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Running Up a Tab in Iraqnew
The authors of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict react to the administration's dismissal of their findings.
Boston Phoenix |
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes |
04-03-2008 |
War
What About Tibet?new
The Olympics are a glittering prize that was awarded China as an incentive to better behavior. But seen through the prism of the Tibet crisis, the games are proving to be not a source of strength but a point of vulnerability.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
03-27-2008 |
International
Tags: Tibet, international
Newspapers Censor Bono's Fucking Gaffenew
The FCC's "Broadcast Indecency" rules are, in a word, bullshit.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
03-13-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, FCC
Free Speech Trumps Boston Copsnew
Performance artist Milan Kohout, arrested for protesting the sub-prime mortgage scandal, had the First Amendment on his side all along.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
03-13-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Free Money! Well, Sort Of.new
In a desperate effort to push a line of presidential dollar coins, the US Mint has resorted to marketing ploys usually reserved for bankrupt mattress stores.
Boston Phoenix |
Doug Neye |
03-13-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
What's Going On?new
Never mind the information age. When it comes to the war, we're still in the dark.
Boston Phoenix |
Vanessa Czarnecki |
03-13-2008 |
War
