AltWeeklies Wire
I Was a Teenage Republicannew
Wedge politics has cost the GOP my vote
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
The Benefits of Being a Female Pot Dealernew
"I milk the fact that I look so innocent," Sally Davidson says. "I'm a young Caucasian woman with a respectable job. I drive a white-girl car. And I use that to my advantage."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
04-20-2010 |
Drugs
Meet the Homeless Emory Undergradnew
Sid is not the typical Emory student. He spends most of his time studying and hanging out with friends, but unlike his peers he goes home at the end of the day to a van he parks at the YMCA.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Piper Hale |
04-13-2010 |
Policy Issues
How Many Civilians Has the U.S. Killed in the War On Terror?new
The Pentagon insists it manages civilian casualties. According to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, "Gen. [Stanley] McChrystal is doing everything humanly possible to avoid civilian casualties." But the surprising truth is that the Pentagon doesn't actually measure those casualties.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-12-2010 |
War
Will Atlanta’s LGBT Community Still Have a Voice Without 'Southern Voice'?new
When Georgia's first gay, African-American lawmaker, Simone Bell, formally took her seat in the state House of Representatives recently, the occasion marked a rare progressive milestone – for the South, anyway. Too bad no newspapers were paying attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Patrick Saunders |
01-26-2010 |
LGBT
Atlanta Airport Bond Deal Raises Questions, Sparks Investigationnew
C.T. Martin says he’s fighting to get Grigsby & Associates and Rice Financial Products, two out-of-state and minority-owned bond underwriters, a bigger chunk of the airport bond deal because minority companies have historically been shut out of Wall Street paydays.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry, Thomas Wheatley |
01-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
Cash-Strapped Atlanta Mulls Later Bar Hoursnew
On Nov. 16, Councilman Kwanza Hall shook party-loving Atlantans out of a six-year slumber announcing at a City Council meeting that he wanted the city's next mayor to study whether extending bar hours from 2:30 to 4 a.m. would increase revenue and spark the city's moribund – and once booming – nightlife scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
01-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
Atlanta's LGBT Community Will Likely Have a Strong Voice in the Mayoral Runoffnew
In a mayoral race between a black man and a white woman, it seems obvious that race is bound to be a factor. Much less obvious is the sizable role that sexual orientation and gender identity is likely to play in the Dec. 1 runoff between Kasim Reed and Mary Norwood.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Patrick Saunders |
01-12-2010 |
LGBT
In Atlanta, Neighbors Try to Dethrone a Club King's Empirenew
Michael Gidewon is very concerned about the 1,400 Atlanta residents who've signed an online petition aimed at keeping him from opening the clubs' doors and the hundreds who've shown up to neighborhood meetings calling for his defeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Meet Creative Loafing's New Bossesnew
On Aug. 27, the staff of Creative Loafing Atlanta was delivered what could be described as refreshing news from a trio of strangers: After nearly a year of staff cuts, job insecurity and legal wrangling, the paper’s parent company Creative Loafing Inc. had successfully emerged from bankruptcy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
09-22-2009 |
Media
Following Raid on Gay Bar, the Atlanta PD Reels from Harrassment Complaintsnew
Why did police feel they needed to take down the club with the kind of force usually reserved for busting meth labs? Why did officers seem to act so unprofessionally toward the Eagle's customers, none of whom was arrested? And was the whole thing really just about sex?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Conservation May be the Key to Georgia's Water Warsnew
Environmentalists say Georgia is overlooking a low-cost and common-sense approach that could save money, help the environment, and show metro Atlanta's downstream neighbors that it understands the dire situation. That solution is conservation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
08-25-2009 |
Environment
College Guide 2009: Get Schooled!new
Our extraordinary league of student interns helmed this year's issue -- from setting up photo shoots on soul-crushing deadlines to conjuring up a rock-solid ad campaign to researching and writing every single word of wisdom in these pages. Finally, the intern -- that most overworked and unsung hero of the newsroom -- gets some much-deserved glory.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Staff |
08-25-2009 |
Education
Rap Superstar T.I. Revamps His Imagenew
Faced with a stiff sentence or turning his life around, T.I. chose well.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
04-01-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Is There a Foreign Policy Bright Side to the Economic Crisis?new
The sinking economies of the West are dragging the price of oil down with them. For car-driving Americans, lower fuel prices mean a few extra bucks in our pockets each week. That's good news. Even better news: Lower oil prices mean a few extra billion dollars not pouring into the bank accounts of oil-rich countries like Venezuela.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-29-2008 |
International
