AltWeeklies Wire
Will a Change in Law Put Connecticut’s Daily Newspapers Out of Business?new
The state’s newspapers has been causing a ruckus since Gov. Jodi Rell introduced a bill last month that would let towns post legal notices on their Web sites instead of having to pay newspapers, as they do now, to publish them.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-23-2010 |
Media
Wrongful Conviction Isn’t Extraordinary in Connecticut. It’s Normalnew
How much do we really know about our prisons — about the history of incarceration and its role in a free society? When we talk about the criminal justice system, what kind of justice do we mean?
New Haven Advocate |
Caleb Smith |
03-23-2010 |
Crime & Justice
The Dark Past Of An Elephants' Oasis In The Mother Lodenew
Author Lionel Rolfe interviewed Pat Derby and Ark2000 reflecting on the plight of the earth's largest animals in captivity.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
03-22-2010 |
Animal Issues
A New TABC policy is Aimed at Convincing Drunk Teens to Get Helpnew
A new policy from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission gives teens a pass on minor liquor violations if they are reporting a serious crime or getting medical help for themselves or others. The goal of the policy is to bring awareness of the problem of alcohol poisoning.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Susan Costa |
03-19-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Pandora's Wells: Do You Know What's Going Down That Disposal Well Near You?new
n 2006, with drillers poking gas wells into the Barnett Shale beneath Fort Worth as fast as they could get mineral leases signed, Fort Worth granted a permit for the first well in this city of another kind, forcing back underground millions of gallons of toxic, salty wastewater.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Gayle Reaves |
03-19-2010 |
Environment
Whatever Jean-Claude Brizard Says, He Risks Offending His Bossnew
We may be debating the wrong issue, Brizard said. The question is not which form of governance is better: a School Board or mayoral control. The real question is will whoever is in charge have the political will to take tough steps to bring about the kind of change that's needed?
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso and Mary Anna Towler |
03-18-2010 |
Education
Hey Right-Wingers! Please Save Us From ObamaCare!
America desperately needs smart, strong opposition to ObamaCare. The worst part of this bad plan is its "mandate," which requires the uninsured to buy insurance at hyper-inflated prices from greedy for-profit private corporations.
Rules of Etiquette, Decency and Fairness Should Apply Across the Boardnew
It was a quiet Thursday afternoon when a co-worker strolled into my office, sat in a chair and asked me a seemingly innocent—but loaded—question. "Why did you write about that?" His facial expression and tone were telling—it wasn't something he wanted to read about. To each his own, but what concerned me was the idea that writing about this topic was somehow wrong.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
03-17-2010 |
Media
Tucson Woman's Campaign to Get U.S. to Recognize Haitian Siblingsnew
One day in 1984, Jean Berrier Ciceron put his three young children and his pregnant wife on a plane from New York City to his home country of Haiti. He then severed all contact with his family. Nanette Longchamp first heard about the three siblings in 2003.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-17-2010 |
International
How Portland Teachers Use Your Tax Dollars to Get Aheadnew
Several key details of the contract changed but one ithing did not: How much Portland Public Schools pays its 3,000-plus teachers still depends on just two factors. Neither of which have much, if anything, to do with the quality of their teaching.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-17-2010 |
Education
Will the Louisiana Public Service Commission Pull the Plug on Renewable Energy?new
Both sides of the scale tip with each consideration: Will ratepayers get shafted? Will utilities stay out of the red? Are jobs stable? Is the environment benefiting? Are our local energy sources secure? And can the feds stay out of the state's hair?
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
03-17-2010 |
Environment
Non-Discrimination Note Creates 'Fear and Anxiety' on UVA Campusnew
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently slapped second-year University of Virginia student Seth Kaye in the face. Not literally, but Kaye said that was how he felt when he awoke to an e-mail outlining a letter Cuccinelli sent to the state’s public colleges.
C-Ville Weekly |
Matt Deegan |
03-17-2010 |
LGBT
No Cost for Dredging South Fork Yet: Locals Weigh In on Possibilitiesnew
With the exception of a slip of the tongue by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Mike Gaffney, last week’s public meeting on a dredging feasibility study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir kept talk of potential costs underwater.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
03-17-2010 |
Environment
The Mexican Asks a New Mexicannew
The Alibi’s Joseph Baca responds to Gustavo Arellano's hard-hitting questions about the Land of Enchantment.
Weekly Alibi |
Joseph Baca |
03-16-2010 |
Race & Class
Tags: Joseph Baca, Gustavo Arellano
Prosecutors Weigh In on a Bill Would Make Child Neglect a Felony in Marylandnew
Lisae Jordan can tell stories about child abuse and neglect that would make most people's stomachs churn. Children tied to chairs by parents and not allowed to get up to go to the bathroom. Kids locked in closets during the day.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
03-16-2010 |
Children & Families
