AltWeeklies Wire
GM's Bankruptcy Marks the End of an Era of Second-Best Arrogancenew
The truth is we all lose and, in a sense, it is the end of an era. But romanticizing GM's past, particularly the past several years, when we've watched it fall further and further behind Asian automakers in terms of affordability and technology isn’t healthy either.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jennifer Hadley |
06-16-2009 |
Business & Labor
Connecticut's Needle Exchange Programs Face the Chopping Blocknew
New Haven launched one of the first needle-exchange programs in the country in 1990, and it became a national model for curbing the spread of AIDS through intravenous drug use. Gov. Jodi Rell's plan to eliminate the entirety of the $455,000 the state spends yearly on needle exchange is pennywise and pound foolish, advocates say, ensuring a spike in infections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
06-16-2009 |
Science
How Do You Take the Rust Out of the Rust Belt?new
It's a question politicians and policymakers have been asking themselves for years. Now, with a new administration in the White House and stimulus money at the ready, local lawmakers and nonprofits are looking for ways to funnel some much-needed capital into revitalizing Great Lakes cities.
'The Proposal' Shows That a Familiar Recipe Still Works With the Right Ingredients
Director Anne Fletcher's film is funnier and more charming than it seems to have any right to be.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-15-2009 |
Reviews
With 'Whatever Works,' Woody Allen Announces His Demise
Here's a movie that feels thrown together, as if Allen is attempting to purge as many films as he can before he shuffles off his mortal coil. His legacy is going in an emotionally threadbare direction.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-15-2009 |
Reviews
Abortion Wars Turn Deadly With the Murder of Dr. George Tillernew
I've been on the front lines of the choice wars in Los Angeles. We were very aware that we were putting our lives on the line with these wackos. "Baby Killers!" they'd yell at us as we protected family planning clinics.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
06-15-2009 |
Sex
Advocates Work to Tranform Community-Based Care in Pennsylvanianew
The majority of disabled people in need of long-term care want to live at home. To do so, they need people like Brenda McFadden to help them get through the day. But the working conditions are intense and poorly remunerated.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel Denvir |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
Here Comes the Judge: The Web's Anything-Goes Era Can't Last Forevernew
In short, pretty much anything goes on the internet. But many signs suggest the courts aren't happy with this state of affairs, and web hosts don't expect it to last.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-15-2009 |
Media
How Did a Drug Dealer Rack Up 112 Convictions Over 26 Years?new
Along the way, Smooth has compiled a criminal record that's something of a record itself: He has 112 convictions. Not arrests, convictions: 94 misdemeanors and 18 felonies, revolving through the doors of juvenile court to municipal court to district court to superior court to federal court, from traffic and theft offenses and weapons and assault charges to burglary and crack sales.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-15-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Elijah Wald Explains How the Uncool Music of Yesteryear Shapes Today's Tunesnew
No one makes music in a vacuum, completely detached from the pop mainstream and his or her potential audience. Wald argues that nobody should be trying to, since how many people music appeals to in its own time is at least as important as how many rock writers it appeals to in 30 years.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-15-2009 |
Nonfiction
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Teams Up With David Byrnenew
With all of his acclaimed weirdness, what's Byrne doing playing the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival this year, sharing a bill with more "traditional" greats like Emmylou Harris, Peter Rowan and Sam Bush?
Boulder Weekly |
Adam Perry |
06-15-2009 |
Music
Seattle's Swordsman of Semen Detection Doesn't Care for His New Competitionnew
Snooping through your partner's undies has become big business, and Bradley Holmes, the self-proclaimed father of the in-home semen-detection industry is disappointed in his offspring -- in part because they are giving him competition.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
Dallas' Hottest Musical Export: Mall Punknew
For lack of a better descriptor, these acts are the latest proprietors of the mall punk scene, performing power pop, for the most part, and music that's been influenced heavily by the pop-punk sounds of the late '90s and the emo sounds of the early '00s. And their choice of genre is indicative of a greater trend happening here in Dallas and beyond.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
06-15-2009 |
Music
How to Become More Medically Self-Sufficientnew
Dr. Charley Cropley shares five key things we can all do to take our health care into our own hands in order to improve the quality of our own lives, decrease our need for medical treatment and thus reduce our dependence on the health-care system.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
06-15-2009 |
Science
Restive Americans Form a Nascent Resistance ... But Will Anyone Notice?
Why the anger? Six months after a new chancellor came to power amid promises of dramatic change, the Reich remains at war. Between the officially unemployed and the long-term dispossessed, 20 percent of North Americans are out of work. Auschwitz is closing and torture has been banned, but dissidents say Adolf Hitler III's reforms are merely window-dressing.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-13-2009 |
Commentary
