AltWeeklies Wire
Occupy Atlanta Saves a Home From the Auction Blocknew
The group says the selling of occupied foreclosed homes in Georgia is nasty business.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tim Franzen and Shabnam Bashiri |
12-21-2011 |
#OCCUPY
NikeLeaksnew
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-20-2011 |
Business & Labor
School of Thoughtnew
A million-dollar think tank in downtown New Orleans aims to reshape public education in the South.
Folks Like Usnew
The racist local reception to the new owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
12-16-2011 |
Race & Class
The Archeology of Homelessnessnew
What does homelessness look like? A slideshow on the archaeology of the homeless in Indianapolis.
NUVO |
Nathan Brown |
12-16-2011 |
Homelessness
The Christopher Hitchens Interview I Screwed Upnew
I only had a couple of encounters with the man, but both were memorable, and one was particularly painful.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens Was Outrageously Fierce, Classy in a Madison Debatenew
Hitchens had all the facts at his disposal and a devastating way of presenting them.
Isthmus |
Dean Robbins |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Long Live Hitchnew
Just a little Hitch, in the dark of the night, while we down a drink to Christopher Hitchens, a man with no equal.
The Village Voice |
Tony Ortega |
12-16-2011 |
Media
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
DOJ: Arpaio Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. Historynew
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office didn't just commit racial profiling of Latinos. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-15-2011 |
Race & Class
From Nevada to Wisconsin: Political Operatives Reprise Reid-Angle Faceoff in Walker Recallnew
The story of how two political operatives who worked on opposite sides of the 2010 Senate campaign in Nevada between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle came to find themselves in similar positions in Wisconsin.
Behind the GMO Curtainnew
Big Ag threatens war on Boulder, Colorado.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Occupy's Next Actnew
Occupy UC Davis and Sacramento look to 2012.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
12-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy UC Davis
Petro Statenew
Alberta's economy is dominated by oil and gas, but critics contend that it also dominates government policy.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Chomsky to Occupy: Move to the Next Stagenew
Noam Chomsky has advice for the Occupy movement, whose encampments all over the country are being swept away by police. The occupations were a "brilliant" idea, he says, but now it's time to "move on to the next stage" in tactics. He suggests political organizing in the neighborhoods.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
12-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Unbalanced Dietnew
Residents of North Charleston's poorest neighborhoods have easy access to junk food, but not fresh fruit and veggies.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-15-2011 |
Poverty
