AltWeeklies Wire
Five Reasons Your Barista Hates Younew
Your baristas are a delicate breed of human -- they are perfectionists when it comes to their craft and sensitive when it comes to social aptitude.
Westword |
Thorin Klosowski |
08-23-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Starbucks
The Geek Curenew
Portland has the perfect opportunity to lead open-source computing and transform American health care. Will it work?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-23-2010 |
Science
Tags: Health Care, Deborah Bryant
Downwinders on the Risenew
They financed it with baked goods and garage sales, but a North Texas environmental group has pursued its clean-air crusade for more than 20 years -- and won some major victories.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
08-20-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Jim Schermbeck
Recession? Not in the World of Campaign Fundraisingnew
To read campaign finance reports detailing the millions being raised in the Vermont gubernatorial contest, you'd think the recession was a figment of your imagination.
Seven Days |
Shay Totten |
08-20-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Brian Dubie, Peter Shumlin
Veganize Menew
Is it possible to be a vegan in New Orleans? One man goes down the rabbit food hole for a month in the Big Greasy.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
08-20-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Veganism
Dealing with racismnew
Andisheh Nouraee explains why he thinks Nathan Deal's jumping on the "birther" bandwagon is racist
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-19-2010 |
Policy Issues
Hero Worshipnew
A soldier’s tragic tale retold for maximum effect in 'The Tillman Story.'
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-19-2010 |
Reviews
In Defense of SPAMnew
A brief history of Hormel's spiced ham loaf.
North Coast Journal |
Joseph Byrd |
08-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Spam
At The Cannabis Crossroadsnew
Oregon voters will decide in November whether to bring marijuana sales to Main Street.
The Source Weekly |
Mike Bookey |
08-18-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana, Measure 74
Are Capital Punishment's Financial Costs Worth It?new
The ACLU is touting a new study suggesting that the death penalty is far more expensive than life in prison.
East Bay Express |
Charlie Mintz |
08-18-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: ACLU, Death Penalty
Nowhere to Gonew
Baltimore's homeless youth make do in a city that doesn't know they're there.
Baltimore City Paper |
Andrea Appleton |
08-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
Idealists for Hirenew
Canvassing works, but is its success at the cost of its workers?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-17-2010 |
Politics
Haley's pro-business message would eliminate sales tax reliefnew
Nikki Haley talks a lot about business owners when she is on the stump. As the GOP gubernatorial candidate tells the story, she's the daughter of two entrepreneurs who knew the importance of earning a dollar and what it felt like to have the government take that dollar away. Think about it the next time you're at the market. Haley is ready to put the state's sales tax back on your grocery bill because, well, what the hell have you done to create jobs in South Carolina?
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
08-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
Flight Risk: Northern Birds Could Face Danger From BP Spillnew
This fall, as the migration starts, Northern birds will make their way to the marshes and shore areas along the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the birds could be at risk of coming in contact with oil.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
08-16-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Gulf Oil Spill
Dear Rest-of-America: Why You're Wrong About the "Ground Zero Mosque"new
Maybe we'll care what you have to say when you stop bothering us for directions in the subway on how to get to Ground Zero so you can go there and buy some dumb, tacky knick-knack you can give to friends to let them know that you spent money on a shake-a-snow where a few thousand people died.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
08-16-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Ground Zero Mosque
