AltWeeklies Wire
Prison Escapee Tells Story of Mass Jailbreaknew
After Andrew Heim and five other convicts emerged from the tunnel that brought them out of Western Penitentiary in 1997, the adrenaline didn't wear off until they were halfway across Ohio.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
07-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Cold Case: Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Closer to Reparationsnew
A chilling tale of Tulsa race riots reaches all the way to Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Supreme Court. It may very well change the way the country approaches race relations
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
04-08-2005 |
Race & Class
Virginity Pledge Promoters: A Trojan Horse For Religion?new
Silver Ring Thing, a Pennsylvania ministry, is bringing its flashy abstinence-only sex-education show to a city near you, thanks to a million federal dollars. But even the group's leader says their virginity pledge won't work without the Lord.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
02-10-2005 |
Sex
Penalizing Homeowners: Ameriquest Mortgage's Smashmouth Loansnew
Ameriquest Mortgage is bringing you the Super Bowl’s halftime extravaganza -- while it roughs up borrowers and encroaches on their homes. Ameriquest has claimed another honor: top political contributor in the mortgage industry, spending nearly $5.6 million to influence November’s elections.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Rich Lord |
01-06-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: business, Richard, Ameriquest, lending, lord, Mortgage, Pittsburgh, predatory, Rich, Super Bowl
Councilors Seek Culprit Who Let Reporter Listen Innew
The Pittsburgh City Council hunts the member who let a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter listen in on a conference call, but its closed-door conversation may be the real crime.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Rich Lord |
12-09-2004 |
Media
The Ultimate Undecided Voternew
Meet Allen Denmarck. He was on the fence before there even was a fence.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
10-21-2004 |
Comedy
Joey Grew Upnew
In spite of their skills, autistic people have trouble entering the workforce because they're not team players. A Pennsylvania task force reports there’s currently very little help available for autistic adults seeking jobs. Third in a three-part series
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Rich Lord |
10-08-2004 |
Science
The Bill for Alexandernew
The cost of educating kids with autism is high, and as the number of autism diagnoses skyrockets, schools and states are struggling to pay the tab. Second in a three-part series
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Rich Lord |
09-30-2004 |
Science
When Joshua Lost His Wordsnew
A research scientist whose son was diagnosed with autism is exploring some of the most controversial theories regarding the condition, including an alleged link to a preservative only recently removed from most childhood vaccines. First in a three-part series
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Rich Lord |
09-23-2004 |
Science
Tags: Pennsylvania, Thimerosal, Food and Drug Administration, mercury, Asperger's syndrome, Nancy Minshew, Dan Hollenbeck, Florida-based International Child Development Resource Center, herapeutic support specialist, Laura Hewitson, Marcel Just of Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, National Alliance for Autism Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Pittsburgh Development Center of the Magee Women’s Research Institute, U.S. Vaccination Compensation Act court, vaccines, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic’s John Merck Program for child development, Health & Science
Bush League: Rumsfeld's Dirty War on Terrornew
In the Guardian, Seymour Hersh reports on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's clandestine project that set the tone for abuse of U.S. prisoners at Gauntánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. This news roundup also summarizes reports on Medicare, nuclear war and the energy crisis.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
Notes from Underground: Touring Western Pennsylvania's Cavesnew
Cave tours often have a goofy sort of charm, a mixture of entertainment and education, with a superlative or two tossed in. Many show caves are family-owned, and each owner puts his own stamp on the attraction.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
Bush League: Baghdad Year Zeronew
In Harper's Magazine, Naomi Klein describes all the ways the ideologically flawed plans for post-invasion Iraq failed. Other reports in this weekly media roundup of articles on the Bush administration discuss the Clean Water Act, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange and the CIA.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-19-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Hiding the Threats That Do Existnew
This week's media roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes an In These Times story about Bushie lies and an article by The Independent's Robert Fisk that says troubles in Iraq are greater than the U.S. and British governments will admit.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-11-2004 |
Politics
Organize Locally, Annoy Globallynew
At protests across the U.S., members of the Worldwide Street Preachers Fellowship target gays, Christians, women and liberals with signs worthy of Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps. And, when arrested, they successfully sue cities for violating their First Amendment rights.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
08-10-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Excerpt from Novel "Ride" Describes Young Man Learning to Take Busnew
He could have been the first black chief justice of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public School System, The Reverend Doctor Elliott Madison Meade. It was probably with something like this in mind that his mother had named him, and the disappointment of any possible chance of that, the likely reason behind her reportedly vehement rejection of him now.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
David Walton |
08-07-2004 |
Excerpts
