AltWeeklies Wire
Wonder Woman Versus Chauvinismnew
A new documentary explores the bizarre origins of the character and her subsequent role in various feminist movements in the 20th century and beyond.
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
02-04-2013 |
Movies
This is your brain on the Internetnew
Are digital distractions destroying critical thinking?
Boulder Weekly |
Michael Callahan |
01-12-2013 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Starting strong with a strong alenew
Asher Brewing kicks off our Boulder County Beer Tour.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel |
01-12-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Boulder beer
Paving a Contaminated Parkwaynew
Activists warn of plutonium under Colorado's proposed Jefferson Parkway.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
01-11-2013 |
Environment
Between Two Laws: Medical Marijuana in Coloradonew
A quadriplegic woman and her 3-year-old son are facing eviction after receiving notice their Section 8 housing voucher will be terminated because she uses medical marijuana.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
12-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Rah Rah's New Album Garners Cheersnew
The little band from the Canadian prairie is trying to breaking into the American market, and their album might be strong enough to do it.
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
11-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Colorado Football Players Collected Scholarship Money Despite Legal Troublesnew
Football recruits violated the law and were suspended from campus repeatedly. So why were they awarded the prestigious Presidential Scholarship when they came back?
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
11-09-2012 |
Education
This Lande is our Landenew
If you think you've heard it all before, give Funko Moderno five minutes and see if your mind changes. Or melts.
Boulder Weekly |
Michael Callahan |
11-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Funko Moderno
Making Sense of the Jessica Ridgeway Tragedynew
What all of us need to know about the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel |
10-19-2012 |
Features
Man Gone Wildnew
Primitive skills could save your life — and open your eyes.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
10-01-2012 |
Recreation
Can You Have the Wild West and Your Blueberry Mojitos, Too?new
Erin and I are off itinerary. It’s after 1:30 p.m. when we look up at the clock in the WabiSabi thrift store in downtown Moab and realize we’ve missed our lunch reservation by an hour. After scoring a second-hand Arc’teryx jacket for $10, we arrive back at the Sorrel River Ranch, two hours behind schedule. Lunch is an $18 salad.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
09-21-2012 |
Recreation
Waste Injection Wells: The Earth's Invisible Dumpnew
With more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic waste having been injected under the surface of the Earth, what happens if our belief that what goes down can’t come up is wrong?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: toxic waste, waste
Monsanto's Point of No Returnnew
Is it too late to save our food supply from a business model gone mad? While many worry over Monsanto's use of genetically modified seeds, the food supply giant has very rapidly gained control of the seed market. It's becoming difficult or impossible to find seed of any kind that isn't sold by Monsanto.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
08-31-2012 |
Business & Labor
A Road Too Farnew
The November election presents plenty of hot-button issues. But amid the fuss about the economy and health care and other social issues, questions of how to handle our public lands and how to protect our environment also hang in the balance.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
08-28-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Election
Motive Behind the Madness in the Sikh Shootingnew
What led to the recent mass murder of Sikhs in Wisconsin.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
08-10-2012 |
Crime & Justice
