AltWeeklies Wire
Mayor for Life in Connecticut?new
Seven mayors and first selectmen push the limits of incumbency with an average 18 years in office apiece -- is this a good thing?
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
Rattle and Hymn at the U2charistnew
As the name might suggest, a U2charist is a Eucharist (Holy Communion) mass using the music of U2 instead of traditional hymns.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-23-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Feathersword Excelsiornew
The "fifth Wiggle" is a comic genius.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-23-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
If This is Clean Elections, I'd Hate to See the Unclean Kindnew
Mayor John DeStefano is running for re-election this year under a first-of-its-kind municipal public financing model that DeStefano himself helped create, but he's gone back to the same well of city contractors, city employees and public schools workers who have been his bread and butter for the last several elections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-23-2007 |
Politics
Gogol Bordello's Gypsy Punk is Intoxicating and Invitingnew
The band is the living link between our past -- when mankind roamed the earth in bands and extended tribes, wild, hungry and free -- and our ever-uncertain future, the globalized polyglot network in which everyone knows everything about anything except who they are and how to live in the world.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello
Yale Loses Military Recruiting Lawsuitnew
On the first day military recruiters were on campus, protests ensued.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
10-09-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Doctor is Out for Poor Familiesnew
Republicans say expanding health care for poor kids is a step toward "socialized medicine" -- so what?
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
10-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: SCHIP, Health & Science
What's Art Got to Do With Massachusetts' Casino Gamble?new
Casinos do add jobs and tourism, but they also stomp on industry elsewhere -- Connecticut concert halls and stadiums have seen all the best touring acts get sucked up by the deep-pocketed Mohegan Sun.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Are Dan Clowes' Graphic Novels 'Borderline Pornography'?new
Apparently in Guilford, Ct., they are.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Books
High-Profile Dems Skip Key Abortion Votenew
Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd could have undone a regressive, four-year-old Bush administration policy on family planning, had they shown up to vote.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-02-2007 |
Politics
New Haven Ignores Open Record Laws in ID Card Casenew
Call it admirable or call it stubborn: The city is refusing to divulge the names of Elm City ID card applicants, which gives city dwellers (including undocumented immigrants) access to New Haven parks and libraries.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
09-25-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Immigrants Stuck in Red Tape Sue for Citizenshipnew
Legally, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services only has 120 days to decide whether an applicant can become a citizen after completing the interview and the naturalization exam, but FBI background checks are so backlogged that some immigrants may wait years -- a lawsuit is often seen as the last remedy.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
09-25-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Taking Aim at New Haven's Immigrant Policynew
Florida Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, a Republican, is introducing legislation that would punish cities like New Haven that have explicit "don't ask, don't tell" policies on illegal immigration -- even though none of these cities are in Florida.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
09-18-2007 |
Immigration
Inside the Student Trapnew
Daniel Brook on the plight of young idealists in a new America.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
09-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lou Golden, the King of Weirdnew
The former Weekly World News editor talks about the birth -- and death -- of a supermarket tabloid.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
08-28-2007 |
Media
