AltWeeklies Wire
Biotech or Biohazard?new
A proposed federal lab in Butner, N.C., would study the world's deadliest diseases.
Tags: Health & Science
When Telcos Write Legislation, Check Your Walletnew
A bill passed by the General Assembly last year that was intended to jump-start competition in the cable TV industry has had the unforeseen consequence of costing the state and local governments across North Carolina millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Tags: media
Doug Marlette, 1949-2007new
Marlette had intelligence, talent and energy; he also had an eye for the brass ring and the ability to shrug off critics -- he'll be missed.
Tags: media
Capping Greenhouse Gasesnew
Durham unveils report and plans to curb global warming.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is Transgender Pain a Disorder, or a Symptom?new
Reforming the classification of "Gender Identity Disorder" remains a debatable issue in the trans community, but the consensus has shifted in recent years.
Transgender Folks Are a Lot of Things ... Including Normalnew
Gender identity is about who you are.
Audacia Ray Spreads the Gospel of Feminist Web Pornnew
Porn isn't just for the dirty old men anymore -- "just as video killed the radio star, internet porn killed the raincoat brigade."
Cities Fight Bill to Limit Broadbandnew
The North Carolina legislature is considering a bill that would severely restrict the ability of local governments to provide broadband internet access -- everything from municipal wi-fi to wiring rural areas could be affected.
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
06-07-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Smithfield Foods' Extreme Makeovernew
The world's largest hog slaughterhouse tears a page from the Wal-Mart PR playbook with its recent TV ads touting the perks of working there: Health benefits, dental insurance and college scholarships.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
More Hot Water for Progress Energynew
Just weeks after federal investigators confirmed that armed guards were encouraged to cheat on qualifying tests at Progress Energy's Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, a congressman requests a probe into long-standing fire safety concerns.
INDY Week |
Sue Sturgis |
05-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Stolen Youthnew
How Durham's sleazy criminal justice system sent Erick Daniels to prison for 10 years based on the shape of his eyebrows.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
05-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
John McCormick, the Missing Attorney That Never Should Have Gotten Awaynew
How did a kind and hard-working man get himself into such trouble and infect so many others along the way? And why didn't the state stop him when they had the chance?
INDY Week |
Jeff Stern |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Crisis for Honeybees -- and Our Foodnew
Q & A with David Tarpy, entomology professor.
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
05-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Photo Essay: A Life Sentencenew
For some, Mother's Day is about loss, not celebration.
INDY Week |
Justin Cook |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
