AltWeeklies Wire
I Was a Teenage Republicannew
Wedge politics has cost the GOP my vote
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tale of Two Landfillsnew
With a pair of giant corporations vying for control of San Francisco's trash, will the city's zero waste dreams ever become a reality?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Seattle Police Chief Punched Out of Job?new
Seattle Acting Police Chief John Diaz earned a few points toward a permanent appointment when two Seattle police officers were caught on tape last month kicking a wrongly detained suspect, Martin Monetti, and threatening to "beat the fucking Mexican piss out" of him. Then came the punch that may have knocked him out.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-16-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Democrats, Griffin Differ on BP Demandsnew
A Tim Griffin news release today cites an Arkansas Times blog post in defense of the 2nd District Republican's position on BP's obligations in the Gulf oil disaster.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Tim Griffin
Pension Tensions in Santa Cruznew
Santa Cruz spends 40 percent more on police and firefighter retirement than surrounding cities. No wonder the departing city manager is calling for pension reform.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
06-16-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: CalPERS
Ethnic Cleansing in Kyrgyzstan
Once again—as in Haiti—it's largely our fault.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Advocating for Undocumented Latinosnew
A snapshot of the plight of undocumented Latinos through the eyes of those who provide assistance to this hidden segment.
Boulder Weekly |
Ana Arias |
06-14-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: HB 1070
Privatize Public Transit?new
Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.
Chicago Reader |
Robert Loerzel |
06-14-2010 |
Transportation
Our Bodies, Our Carsnew
The links between urban design and public health.
Austin Chronicle |
Katherine Gregor |
06-14-2010 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation, New Urbanism
Healing Haiti: Changing a Country From Withinnew
For more than 20 years, Jean André Victor worked as an agronomist in Haiti, tying to solve the riddle of how to fix centuries of environmental degradation and poverty.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-10-2010 |
Environment
There'll Be Peace in Texasnew
Rita Marie Johnson wants to seed American society with nonviolent kids.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
06-09-2010 |
War
Tags: Rita Marie Johnson
No Thank-You Card?new
Seven women say a Hallmark contractor fired them for cheap labor.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
06-09-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Hallmark
The Last Oyster Harvest?new
A family of oyster harvesters contemplates the future after the gulf oil disaster.
Gambit |
Mary Tutwiler |
06-09-2010 |
Environment
First They Came for the Cranky White House Columnist
What if Helen Thomas were anti-Semitic? Free speech must be defended no matter what—even that of cranky anti-Semitic columnists (if that's what Thomas is/was). Unless we are truly free to say what we think—without fear of reprisal—free speech is not a right. It is merely a permission.
Sticks and Stones on the High Seas, and a Lesson for Lefties
Was violence justified against the Israelis, even in self-defense? Maybe yes, maybe no. The point is: it worked. Had the six hundred-plus Turkish activists acted like American lefties, allowing themselves to be led off like sheep to be arrested, processed and deported, the blockage of Gaza—and the resulting humanitarian crisis—would have continued without an end in sight.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-03-2010 |
International
