AltWeeklies Wire
The Fire Down Belownew
As a gas-drilling frenzy in North Texas continues, residents fight for the truth--and brace for the worst.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
12-08-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Shale Gas, Barnett Shale
Harvest of Hopenew
Against all odds, Florida's Coalition of Immokalee Workers is changing the agricultural industry.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
12-08-2010 |
Business & Labor
Oakland Invades The Desertnew
Four Oakland-area companies are leading the rush to develop utility-scale solar power. But some environmentalists suggest there's a big price to pay.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
12-07-2010 |
Environment
Who is the Media Person of the Year?new
An entire media panel opted to stay seated in a room in a building that may or may not have been on fire instead of getting up to leave. This media discussion going up in flames is a completely and utterly apt metaphor for something about the content and state of these kinds of discussions.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
12-07-2010 |
Media
Out Scoutednew
Did Philadelphia wimp out in its effort to stop Boy Scouts from excluding gays on the public dime? Or did gay activists botch it themselves?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Thompson |
12-06-2010 |
LGBT
Rush to Judgment: The Dubious Trend of Trying Kids As Adultsnew
Since the 1980s, thousands of kids in Mississippi have been tried as adults, and hundreds are serving time in the adult system.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells and Donna Ladd |
12-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Gun-Toters Among Usnew
People like to be armed in public for various reasons -- out of concern for their safety, a sense that it is their right, or just because. A look into the minds of the gun-toters among us.
Isthmus |
Joe Tarr |
12-03-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Guns
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasconew
How rail service to Los Angeles' Westside jumped the track.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
12-03-2010 |
Transportation
The One Mighty and Strongnew
To put God’s house in order and fulfill his prophetic destiny, Brian David Mitchell needed to kidnap a virgin bride. He chose Elizabeth Smart.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Carrier |
12-02-2010 |
Religion
Fish In A Barrelnew
Betsy Rothstein's Fishbowl D.C. is the gossip column the beltway media deserves.
Washington City Paper |
Moe Tkacik |
12-02-2010 |
Media
Tags: Betsy Rothstein, Fishbowl D.C.
The Gay Divorceesnew
Same-sex couples in St. Louis can get married in Iowa. They just can't ever get divorced.
Riverfront Times |
Melissa Meinzer |
12-02-2010 |
LGBT
Tags: Gay Marriage
Man Without A Countrynew
How immigration reform -- and a Texan from Bangladesh -- got caught in the deportation dragnet.
The Texas Observer |
Seth Freed Wessler |
12-01-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Shahed Hossain
Sext Crimesnew
Oregon has a name for teens who take dirty photos with their cell phones: child pornographer.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-01-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Sexting
How I Conned the Taliban
The Taliban can be fooled too -- as I learned during my own top secret mission deep in the deepest valleys between the highest mountains of the Hindu Kush.
Whitewashnew
One-on-one time with Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll -- whose claim he was shot by a drug smuggler is full of holes -- produces startling results.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
11-30-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: U.S.-Mexico Border, Louie Puroll
