AltWeeklies Wire
In Search of Genghis Hanknew
Jorge Hank Rhon has been called him a criminal, a murderer and the worst mayor in Tijuana history.
L.A. Weekly |
Josh Kun |
02-16-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Waiting for Prevalnew
Haiti's would-be president urges calm amid claims of election fraud.
L.A. Weekly |
Ben Ehrenreich |
02-16-2006 |
International
Tags: international
The Trials of Mandla Dubenew
During a mysterious psychotic episode, a South African filmmaker threatened to kill his children -- did our justice system protect his family over the next year or simply destroy it?
L.A. Weekly |
Kenneth Miller |
02-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Silent Streetsnew
Haiti takes a break from the violence and votes.
L.A. Weekly |
Ben Ehrenreich |
02-09-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Supermax Explodesnew
An inmate's wife and a sheriff come to terms with a riot.
L.A. Weekly |
Celeste Fremon |
02-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Gag Me With a Grapenew
United Farm Workers moves to silence its media critics.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Broom-Tailed Horsesnew
Should California's own wild mustangs ever return to Coyote Canyon?
L.A. Weekly |
Deanne Stillman |
02-03-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
The Well-Connected Molesternew
David Newman liked his pals at MySpace.com as much as children of celebrities -- then he helped bring down a prosecutor.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
02-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Media Moguls, Not Looters, Killed Media's Truth Tellersnew
For the first 120 hours after Hurricane Katrina, TV journalists were let off their leashes by their mogul owners, but once the crisis point had passed, most broadcasters went back to business as usual.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
09-16-2005 |
Media
The Michael Kinsley Experiment Ends at L.A. Timesnew
Michael Kinsley said he'd done a pretty good job of editing the Los Angeles Times editorial pages but on what planet? He's actually done a pretty horrible job that’s proved disastrous both to his persona and the paper’s prestige.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
07-29-2005 |
Media
Does Woody Allen Just Write Like Rick Moranis?new
There are startling similarities between the Disney parody written by Woody Allen in the December 13 issue of The New Yorker and a 1999 piece authored by comedian Rick Moranis and novelist Howard Kaminsky that ran in the Los Angeles Sunday Times.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
12-14-2004 |
Media
Interview With a Warlord: A Deposed Legend Tells His Side of the Storynew
Ismail Khan, the recently deposed warlord-governor of Herat Province in Afghanistan, claims he was removed from office because he wouldn't have allowed drug traffickers to move opium through his district.
L.A. Weekly |
Ann Rachel Marlowe |
10-19-2004 |
International
Mainstream Media Still Can't Cover the Campaignsnew
The major news outfits do a piss-poor job of evaluating the rhetoric and claims of candidates, and the media is generally reluctant to vigorously truth-test the assertions made by candidates (or presidents).
L.A. Weekly |
David Corn |
10-18-2004 |
Media
The Outing: David Dreier and His Straight Hypocrisynew
San Gabriel Valley Congressman David Dreier is the latest target of a Web site campaign to expose closeted homosexual Republicans who oppose civil rights for gay people.
L.A. Weekly |
Doug Ireland |
09-29-2004 |
LGBT
L.A. Stocks Up Food for Hotel Workers' Labor Actionnew
Nineteen Los Angeles elected officials, including Mayor Jim Hahn, are girding for a strike or lockout of hotel workers by gathering food to tide over employees during what could turn out to be a long period without pay.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Greene |
09-29-2004 |
Business & Labor
