AltWeeklies Wire
Air quality and the Eagle Fordnew
Where are we in terms of compliance with federal air quality standards?
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-02-2012 |
Environment
What design elements at Karnes facility tell us about the state of immigrant detentionnew
No guard towers, no barbed wire, no road with armed checkpoints. The new Karnes County Civil Detention Center doesn't look much like a prison from the outside.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
04-02-2012 |
Immigration
Why do lowest-risk detainees need to be detained at all?new
This month, the first asylum seekers and border crossers landing in the sparkling new Karnes County Civil Detention Center will be among the first to experience Immigration and Customs Enforcement's kinder, gentler approach to immigrant detention.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-02-2012 |
Immigration
Fate of natural Texas rests on landowners and smart conservationnew
You don't need to ride our highways or jockey for parking at our many strip malls to know San Antonio has been growing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
The Great Shale Rush in South Texasnew
While it borders on the heretical to say it aloud, judging from very recent shale plays elsewhere in the country — like the Marcellus, the Barnett, the Fayetteville — this may not go down as the century of natural gas, after all.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-14-2012 |
Energy
From 'Papers Please' to Librotraficantenew
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs Senate Bill 1070 into law, making it a crime for a non-citizen resident to be in Arizona without carrying required papers. It becomes known as the 'Papers Please' law.
San Antonio Current |
Compiled by Veronica Salinas |
03-09-2012 |
Immigration
Librotraficantes: Caravan to protest Arizona's dismantling of Mexican-American studiesnew
On Monday, March 12, the busses and cars of the Librotraficante Caravan will roll into San Antonio from Houston, making the first stop on their road trip.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-09-2012 |
Education
Why civil and political engagement in Iran should trump war rhetoric and sanctionsnew
When Alice went down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice and Wonderland, she experienced all kinds of unpleasant surprises.
San Antonio Current |
Ian Harris |
03-08-2012 |
International
Questions Over Testing Stall Bartee Executionnew
The night of August 16, 1996, gunshots rang out from David Cook's East Side home shortly before neighbors heard someone take off down the street on Cook's prized red Harley.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-02-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Anthony Bartee execution
Placenta Shampoos, BPA, and Monsanto's Genetic Empirenew
We are experimental people. By that, I don't mean we like to tinker. Though tinker we certainly do.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-29-2012 |
Environment
Beating an Immigration System Slim on Second Chancesnew
Instead of listing specific deportation-worthy crimes, Congress has laid out sweeping categories of criminal offenses, including crimes of "moral turpitude," a blanket designation involving any drug charges.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-22-2012 |
Immigration
San Antonio Streetcar Plans Represent Another Developer-Fueled Heistnew
"GO BY STREETCAR" reads the big neon sign on the Streetcar Lofts in Portland's Pearl District. And in Portland, you can go by streetcar. From the busy, active downtown complete with Macy's, Nordstrom's, H&M, and host of other stores and businesses leading into the booming Pearl District with its lofts and townhouses.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
02-16-2012 |
Transportation
Tags: San Antonio streetcars
Scientology showdown reveals claims of torture, abuse of dissenting membersnew
Debbie Cook had already spent seven weeks confined in a facility known ominously as “The Hole” inside a small room with barred windows where she says she was forced to sleep on a bug-infested floor and served only bowls of inedible "slop."
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-16-2012 |
Religion
Tags: Scientology, Debbie Cook
Underage sex trafficking is everywhere, but will law enforcement budgets hold out?new
On any given day, the 19-year-old takes to the streets, turning tricks for cash to feed her heroin habit. She's long bounced between sex work, jail, and unsuccessful stints in treatment.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-09-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: sex work, sex trafficking
Hershey's and West African Child Labornew
Valentine's Day is the chocolate industry's holiday season. With an eye toward this February's annual love-fest, the International Labor Rights Forum purchased an advertising slot on a jumbotron outside the Super Bowl's Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on which to broadcast a video called Hershey's Chocolate, Kissed by Child Labor.
San Antonio Current |
Ari LeVaux |
02-09-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hersheys child labor
