AltWeeklies Wire
Safe Surrender Program Has Helped Save Dozen of Babies' Livesnew
The program operates under a simple premise of "no shame, no blame, no names," enabling new mothers who feel overwhelmed by the prospect of raising their child the chance to anonymously hand their babies over to firehouses, police stations and hospitals.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
05-14-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
A Federal Drug Raid Turned a Comic into a Marijuana Missionarynew
During a stop on her way home from a radio interview last week, Tere Joyce found herself at the wrong end of a rifle, caught up in a surprise DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
04-23-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Desegregating Pasadena's Public Schoolsnew
The story of a group of parents who fought all the way to the Supreme Court to change education forever.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
04-09-2007 |
History
Tags: history
Living Women's Historynew
On the road for most of Women's History Month, I was up close and personal in witnessing women's history in the making, not merely as an observance of things in the past.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
04-02-2007 |
Commentary
Of Mars and Mennew
What are we really hoping to find in the ongoing conquest of the Red Planet?
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
04-02-2007 |
Science
Tags: NASA
Major Media Hide Behind Fog of War, Protesters Gear Up for More Bloodshednew
Since before the war began, hundreds of thousands of people have marched against the war with little substantive coverage by local media.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-26-2007 |
War
Tapped Outnew
Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Dr. Helen Caldicott's Nuclear Missionnew
The truth that Caldicott has devoted her life to telling -- that we are on the brink of environmental calamity as a result of nuclear weapons that could kill off a good portion of the human race -- remains as dangerous as it ever was.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hey -- You Can't Draw That!new
David Wallis finds a Fourth-rate Estate in his new book, which contains nearly 100 editorial cartoons and other works of art that American newspaper editors have refused to publish.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Pictures in His Headnew
Peer into Mark Bryan's nightmarish visions of the human race.
Pasadena Weekly |
Julie Riggott |
03-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
America v. Bushnew
Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega says she's got the goods to put Bush behind bars.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Better Way Forward in Iraqnew
The California Congressman spells out his position on the war.
Pasadena Weekly |
U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff |
02-26-2007 |
Commentary
Nun on Firenew
Ending capital punishment will be the great cause of our time, says Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
02-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Deadly Serious Businessnew
California officials try to make implementation of capital punishment "humane."
Pasadena Weekly |
Heather Posey and Joe Piasecki |
02-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Worse than Too Little, Too Latenew
Let's call the House of Representatives' latest attempt to pass a nonbinding resolution opposing the Bush administration's plans to deploy another 20,000 troops to Iraq what it really is: weak sauce.
Pasadena Weekly |
Editorial |
02-20-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, troop surge
