AltWeeklies Wire
A Little-Known Website Is the Future of Transparency in American Governmentnew
While USAspending.gov brings transparency to government spending, government contractors seem to be in the dark that their information is available to anyone with a computer.
The Inlander |
Nicholas Deshais |
02-05-2009 |
Policy Issues
Spokane Police Think They've Found a Serial Killernew
Piecing together cold cases, police now believe five Spokane women may have been killed by the same man.
The Inlander |
Jacob H. Fries |
05-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
"Patience Is Sweet"new
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
The Inlander |
Ann M. Colford |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Drastic Romantic," "Evil's Puppets," "Raven's Son"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
The Inlander |
Michael Bowen |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Voices: What People Think Now
Inland Northwesterners discuss the five-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-12-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, war & peace
Understanding the Cost of the War
Five years after the March 19, 2003, invasion, soldiers like Joseph DeWolf try to make sense of the chaos.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-12-2008 |
War
Bubble Trouble
The mortgage crisis is bringing America's faith-based economy closer to judgment day.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
08-10-2007 |
Economy
A Question of Conscience
Conscientious objectors are harder to count in an all-volunteer Army, but there's a growing number, including Sgt. Brent Carey who has been fighting his own inner war for more than two years now.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
05-30-2007 |
War
Tags: Iraq, war & peace
Pulling the Plug on Snake River Dams
If four dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington State were removed to help salmon, would the power grid even notice?
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-08-2007 |
Environment
The Sins of the World
Hippies, scientists and tree-hugging riff-raff, meet evangelical America, your new ally in the fight for Mother Earth.
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
10-19-2006 |
Religion
Iraq and Back
These are the stories of Idaho National Guard soldiers that spent 2005 in Iraq.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
05-24-2006 |
War
No Child Left Behind
A look at the confusion parents of high school kids are facing in complying with rules about opting their kids out of military recruiting lists the districts are required to send to the Pentagon.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
10-20-2005 |
War
Tags: military, recruiting
Rez Erected
In Indian Country, Native Americans are moving from survival mode to creating a middle class lifestyle, all the while maintaining their ties to traditional Indian culture.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
07-20-2005 |
Race & Class
The Weighting Game
Is being fat a choice, or is it just the way some people are? Should government pass legislation against obesity, or is that discriminatory? Welcome to the super-sized debate...
The Inlander |
Cara Gardner |
05-05-2005 |
Policy Issues
Dreaming in Green, the Young Become Drug Lords
Some North Idaho twentysomethings describe how they got caught up in the Pacific Northwest’s largest cash crop — B.C. Bud.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
04-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
