AltWeeklies Wire
Good Vibrations in Texasnew
You hear that buzzing? No, it's not a swarm of approaching bees, it's a group of vibrator users rejoicing in the mid-February Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision to overturn a ban on "obscene devices."
San Antonio Current |
Jennifer Herrera |
03-19-2008 |
Sex
Walling Off the Rio Grande Will Claim Many Victimsnew
The Great River is now considered one of the world's most endangered waterways, but Texans may not have to watch this serpent expire from overuse. Homeland Security, empowered by the Secure Fence Act of 2006, is rushing to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico. In so doing, the River herself -- and thousands of our wildest acres -- stands forfeit.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Surveyor Stakes and Costly Mistakes at the Bordernew
I've been on the road for a week, visiting with residents who make their home on El Rio and considering how U.S. Homeland Security plans to wall the border will change la frontera.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-05-2008 |
Immigration
Grappling With the Border Wallnew
A major policy shift is underway on the Texas border. Following the failure of Congress and the Bush administration to forge new immigration policies, those looking north have only the face of Homeland Security to judge us by. That face is the Wall.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-27-2008 |
Immigration
AT&T is in Da Housenew
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez opposes immunity for the spook-friendly telecom, but isn't so hot on a new Net Neutrality bill.
San Antonio Current |
James Shannon |
02-20-2008 |
Media
In San Antonio, There's No Such Thing as a Free Kittennew
Animal Care Services' "No Kill" march hasn't spared the city's cat ladies (or their cats).
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-13-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
The Damage Donenew
While a Texas pilot program languishes in legal limbo, Bexar County is prosecuting needle-exchange volunteers.
San Antonio Current |
Cary Cardwell |
01-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
San Antonio's Solar Slopenew
Fiascos abound as the Public Utility Commission wrestles with solar terms.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
I Love a Charadenew
Groups wrestle with free speech crackdowns as MLK celebrations return to San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-16-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A War Against Our Ownnew
Post-traumatic tightrope: 30 years after Vietnam, it still takes a vet to save a vet from the military's cost-shaving schemes.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-12-2007 |
War
Bob Loves Younew
Tyrants of Big Oil just want to be friends.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Rev. Barry W. Lynn Stumps for the Constitution's Establishment Clausenew
The executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has supported vigorous national debate on a host of Religious Right pet initiatives, and he continues with his book Piety & Politics.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
11-21-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
CPS Energy: Wrong on Nukes, Putting Your Future at Risknew
Instead of scrambling to enhance the security of our communities by ramping up energy efficiency and making sure we all have the power we need in the event of an emergency, the utility will soon launch San Antonio into the fore of the "nuclear-energy revival" with only the haziest notions of the risks -- and the costs -- involved.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
ENDA Endrun Enrages Transgendered Communitynew
Attempt to slice "T" from LGBT workplace protections bill lands lawmakers and lobbyists in hot water.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-11-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
South Texas Uranium Revival Puts One County on a Powder Kegnew
Uranium Energy Corp has a pending application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to mine uranium from within the freshwater aquifer beneath Goliad County, but some residents are fighting back.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-03-2007 |
Environment
