AltWeeklies Wire
His God Doesn't Hate Fagsnew
Andrew Marin wants to build a bridge between his fundamentalist Christian peers and his friends in the gay community -- oddly enough, some of them want to cross it.
Chicago Reader |
Kate Hawley |
08-21-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Big Box Bucksnew
How much does Wal-Mart spend to avoid paying its workers more?
Chicago Reader |
Mischa Gaus |
08-14-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Kindest Cutnew
Richard Berger used his engineering background to develop an ingenious improvement in joint replacement.
Chicago Reader |
Burt Michaels |
08-07-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Doe in the Headlightsnew
By trying so hard to keep his name out of the police torture report, Lawrence Hyman has made sure it's a name we'll always associate with police torture.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
07-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Silent Mastermindnew
Jack Fuller was the "architect" of the Tribune Company's disastrous acquisition of Times Mirror, but he won't be talking about it to the Trib.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
A Year Without Journalismnew
The author proposes an answer to the new media trends that are killing the newspaper business: a year-long journalism strike! (pdf)
Chicago Reader |
Michael Lenehan |
12-30-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Justice Junkies
Lou Rubin started watching trials in Chicago's Dirksen Building in the early 1980s, joining a group of about 30 retirees, almost all of them male, who visited the courthouse daily. Court employees gave him a surprise party when he turned 90.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Grand Inquisitor
Lawyers who present oral arguments before a higher court are often interrupted. But those interruptions usually mean the judges have read the briefs and are paying attention.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What They See and What They Don't
Arrests and even criminal convictions are usually inadmissible. But this defendant's chances may have got a boost when he was allowed to tell the jury about his educational background.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Serial-Killer Expert Helen Morrison Debunked
The media have taken this self-proclaimed profiler at face value, but her story doesn't stand up to scrutiny (although she does have John Gacy's brain in her basement).
Chicago Reader |
Cliff Doerksen |
08-07-2004 |
Media
What People in Spain Are Saying about Iraqnew
The torture at Abu Ghraib prison reminded a contributor to the International Herald Tribune of the sight of white people laughing in old photos of American lynchings and a writer in El Pais of "young, strong, jolly" German soldiers having their way with naked Jews.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
08-07-2004 |
Media
