AltWeeklies Wire
Smoking indoors sucksnew
Why we should ban cigarettes from bars -- or go to prison
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-05-2010 |
Policy Issues
Wrong Side of the Lawnew
Will Albuquerque’s agreement with ICE impact immigrant victims of domestic violence?
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
08-04-2010 |
Immigration
White Collar Crimenew
An Anglican bishop is accused of running a $45 million Ponzi scheme.
Riverfront Times |
Nicholas Phillips |
08-04-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Martin Sigillito
Dear future governor: Please don't embarrass usnew
Southern states already are viewed as less sophisticated. The last thing we need is another head of state who plays to stereotype.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
08-03-2010 |
Policy Issues
Unmasking the Pollutersnew
MacArthur "Genius" award winner Wilma Subra could be making great money in industry. Instead, she's using her scientific skills to work for threatened communities.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Wendy Lyons Sunshine |
08-02-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Environment, Wilma Subra
Solar Perplexusnew
Monterey County was poised for a rooftop Renaissance. Then Fannie and Freddie crashed the party.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
07-30-2010 |
Environment
Will Oakland's Giant Pot Farms Be Green?new
The massive indoor medical cannabis grows will consume huge amounts of electricity. But will the city make sure they don't add to greenhouse-gas emissions?
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-29-2010 |
Environment
How Idiocy Helped Doom the Afghan War
Americans' lack of knowledge about Afghanistan is virtually limitless. Which matters, because the U.S. is at war there. And which explains why the American military is losing its longest war.
Boise Weekly |
Ted Rall |
07-29-2010 |
War
Coming Soon: Big Box Babycarenew
A developer-backed, for-profit childcare company with ties to a failed Australian daycare corporation is rapidly moving into the Canadian market.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Trevor Scott Howell |
07-29-2010 |
Children & Families
Columnist Banned for Opinion on Art Fairsnew
A Wyoming art association has banned a local columnist from its studios and classes after board members called for “consequences” to a column that criticized art fairs.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Matthew Irwin |
07-28-2010 |
Media
Educating Tomorrow's Employeesnew
Bay Area community colleges use federal funding to team up with local businesses on job-training initiatives.
East Bay Express |
Michele Ellson |
07-28-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Ron Dellums
Text Marks the (Oil) Spotnew
Gulf residents help map the oiled Gulf Coast from their phones and kites.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-28-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon
Boy, Interrupted: Remembering Jeremy Gillitzernew
On June 1, Jeremy Gillitzer died after a long struggle with anorexia. At the time of his death, he weighed just 66 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-27-2010 |
Science
Tags: Jeremy Gillitzer
Over the Linenew
As Mexican drug cartels increasingly recruit American teens as runners, a Houston area teen goes across the border and ends up dead.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
07-27-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Elisabeth Mandala
