AltWeeklies Wire
The Battle Against the Bio-Labnew
The battle against the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will test the strength of Granville County residents' activism.
Tags: Health & Science
Neo-China Restaurant Accused of 'Human Trafficking'new
A former employee says the chain restaurant brought him and his family members from China to work 90 hours a week at less than minimum wage and then fired them after one was injured on the job.
INDY Week |
Charles Duncan |
09-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Homes & Businesses to be Demolished for Highwaynew
The East End Connector may speed up a trip between Durham and Raleigh -- it will also rip apart a neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Inside Larry Craig's Closetnew
At some point in my 20s, I chose to come out completely and, at the same time, to forgo any thought of a political career. Sadly, my decision seemed that binary -- I wonder if that's what Sen. Craig struggled with in his youth.
The View from Afghanistannew
Afghans have spent most of their history dealing with foreign powers that exert influence by force, political meddling or material support to particular parties, so they find creative ways of explaining phenomena they don't understand.
INDY Week |
Jeffrey E. Stern |
09-13-2007 |
International
Corporate Incentives: Down the Slippery Slopenew
North Carolina's delusional economic development policy headed for the rubber room recently, as the legislature and Gov. Mike Easley clashed, then compromised, over a bill to give Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. up to $40 million to keep its Fayetteville plant open and stay in the state.
Tags: Economic Issues
A STAC of Transit Ideas in North Carolina's Trianglenew
A commuter rail line, plus electrified streetcar lines, plus rail line spurs would equal almost 240 miles of commuter rail (plus 56 miles of streetcars) at a rough cost of $6.1 billion to $8.2 billion.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-13-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Escape From Domestic Violencenew
After years of domestic violence, a woman and her child fled to Raleigh to start a new life -- one without fear.
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
08-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Home-school: Not a Revolution, but a Movementnew
We joined the ranks of home-schoolers a year ago, with my middle son (then a rising fifth-grader) as the guinea pig -- things went so well that we subsequently withdrew our two youngest daughters from first grade and pre-school in January.
Kevin Martin, from N.C. to the FCCnew
Unlike his predecessor as FCC chairman, Michael Powell, Martin is not an anti-regulation ideologue in lockstep with Republicans and telecom companies.
North Carolina Students Advocate for Migrant Workersnew
Activists are working on migrants' behalf -- in the fields and at the statehouse.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
No-kill Shelters Defend Practicesnew
North Carolina regulators question animal welfare at three large operations.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Use of Gassing Challenged in North Carolinanew
As state policymakers propose tightening restrictions on the use of carbon monoxide gas to put homeless companion animals to death, opponents of the practice say it is inhumane under any circumstances.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
AIDS Activists Dissed at N.C. Statenew
Homophobic comments fuel campus debate over tolerance.
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Living Green: Get Off the Bottlenew
Americans throw away 60 million plastic bottles each day, most of which wind up in landfills.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
