AltWeeklies Wire
Black Hearts, White Huntersnew
Scambaiting turns the tables on internet con men -- but when the clever pranks turn dangerous and degrading, where does the moral compass point?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-13-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
NOLA's Arcnew
On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're all looking for easy answers, barometers of recovery, and people to blame -- too bad.
Boston Phoenix |
Vanessa Czarnecki |
09-13-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Networking Trapsnew
A message for Facebook users: you're being watched.
Boston Phoenix |
Ashley Rigazio |
09-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
FCC Threaten PBS, Ken Burns With Big Finesnew
Filmmaker Ken Burns's The War, a 14-hour documentary about World War II, features four controversial words -- two "fucks," one "shit," and an "asshole" -- stations who air the uncensored versions face up to $1.3 million in fines per broadcast.
Boston Phoenix |
Staff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Tufts University Reverses Ban on Unsigned Editorialsnew
President Lawrence Bacow and dean of undergraduate college James Glaser choose to uphold First Amendment after a conservative school newspaper published two articles that some considered racist.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Big Dig in Court: A Citizen's Primernew
As the worst boondoggle in public works history slowly winds its way through our court system, here's a word of advice: be skeptical of the state government's every move.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
08-17-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Pop Goes to Warnew
Tokens of normalcy in a surreal dystopia, music and movies are vital coping mechanisms for US servicepeople in Iraq, and often after they get home.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-27-2007 |
War
Hypocrisy in High Placesnew
The Supreme Court landed heavy blows on freedom of religion and freedom of speech last month, but votes by Samuel Alito Jr. sugggest a larger, even more disturbing, trend.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and James Tierney |
07-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The 10th Annual Muzzle Awardsnew
A tribute to the enemies of free speech and other civil liberties in New England -- from Mitt Romney to the PC crowd at Tufts.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Bacevich's Warnew
Vietnam vet, Boston University professor, and critic of US foreign policy Andrew J. Bacevich must confront the aftermath of losing his son in Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-06-2007 |
Media
Holy Warnew
There's no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
06-07-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Powerless To Stop Itnew
The most powerful people in Massachusetts state government want the gay-marriage ban to lose next week's vote -- but perhaps they aren't so powerful.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-07-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Marines Challenge Anti-War Vetsnew
Two reservists learned this past week that the Marine Corps was recommending they receive "other than honorable" discharges as a result of certain aspects of their anti-war activities.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
06-07-2007 |
War
Gay Old Time: When Gay Goes Straightnew
In honor of Boston's Pride Week, we look at 10 moments when the mainstream assimilated gay culture and made it its own.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
05-31-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Price of Murdernew
In 2005, in one of the most concentrated bursts of deadly violence Boston had seen in years, nine victims were killed in 20 days -- we revisit nine murder cases we reported on two years ago.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
