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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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