AltWeeklies Wire
We're Number 48! Mass. Drivers Really Do Sucknew
According to a recently published study, Massachusetts drivers really do suck, but motorists in New Jersey, New York, and DC suck more.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-19-2008 |
Transportation
Is a Senate Shuffle on the Horizon for Massachusetts?new
Massachusetts hasn’t had a Senate-seat vacancy in nearly 25 years. Now we may have two. Let the speculation begin.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-29-2008 |
Politics
When it Comes to Same-Sex Marriage, California Mattersnew
Massachusetts may have had gay marriage first, but California changes everything. Are Obama and Clinton listening?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-22-2008 |
LGBT
What's Mass. Doing to Keep Former Prisoners from Returning to Jail?new
A 2002 study by the Massachusetts Sentencing Committee found recidivism rates had reached 49.1 percent. The Commission to End Homelessness estimated 16 percent of the 25,500 people released each year become homeless. Former prisoners must also navigate Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI), the state's rap sheet on anyone ensnared in the criminal justice system.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The How and Why of Prison Overcrowdingnew
The US prison population grew eight-fold since 1970; more than 2.3 million people are incarcerated nationally, and overcrowding is pandemic in Massachusetts prisons. Two years ago, Massachusetts Department of Corrections facilities were at 134 percent capacity. Now they've reached 143 percent.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
05-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Massachusetts Lawmakers Push to Criminalize Salvianew
Is this a test-run for marijuana-law reform?
Boston Phoenix |
James Tierney |
04-24-2008 |
Drugs
Election '08: Delegate Selection in Mass.'s Eighth Districtnew
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battle for votes, the Democratic nomination could be decided at the national convention, so local delegates -- and the caucuses where they're elected -- were buzzing. On Saturday, Massachusetts' 10 congressional districts held an election for each candidate.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles and Jan Rosenfeld |
04-10-2008 |
Politics
Boston College Blocks Gay Dancenew
Officials at the Catholic university would not allow the school's GLBT Leadership Council to hold an AIDS fundraiser on campus.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Milliard |
12-14-2005 |
LGBT
Changing the Environmental Landscape, One Building at a Timenew
Designed to conserve water and energy, "green buildings" are constructing a cleaner world.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: in, energy, technology, environmental, and, green, for, Campus, Massachusetts, design, artists, Collaborative’s, Harvard, Humanity, Initiative, leadership, Renewable, trust
Tutoring Program's Ties To Scientology Provoke Criticsnew
Promoters of study technology are trying to introduce it into public schools. Critics say the learning method, which grew out of the research of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, violates the separation of church and state.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-21-2004 |
Education
Behind the Veil: What's Up With Gay Marriage?new
Aside from a few deluded lovebirds who were inexplicably driven to imitate the most overrated institution in heterosexual culture and the do-gooder attorneys who then felt compelled to represent them, no gay person I know well has ever wanted to get married.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
11-24-2004 |
Commentary
The People's Historiannew
At 80-plus, Zinn has the kind of sheen that emanates, spreading cheer even as he exposes the corruption, deceit, and violence that characterize the lion's share of the history he studies. Zinn's beauty is the beauty of righteousness.
Massachusetts Considers Anti-Gay-Marriage Amendmentnew
Since suffering two life-threatening illnesses four years ago, the state's Senate president, Robert Travaglini, has adopted a conciliatory approach toward his colleagues. Next week the 51-year-old -- who is pro-civil-union but draws the line at matrimony -- will preside over a debate about amending the state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
For Same-Sex Couples, May 17 Was Time to Get Marriednew
Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts, with after-dark revelry in Cambridge and business as usual (almost) at City Hall Plaza. A first-person report from Massachusetts the day same-sex marriage became legal is accompanied by three sidebar reports from Provincetown, Worcester and Somerville.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Have Familiar Ringnew
Six same-sex couples who got married in Massachusetts during the first week that gay marriage has been accepted as legal discuss their family values.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
