AltWeeklies Wire
Black and White in Grays Harbor Countynew
There's only one thing worse than living in a decaying Northwest timber town: being African American in a decaying Northwest timber town. Meet the Walker family of Hoquiam, Wash. They're 4 percent of the county's black population, and they're taking a stand against racism.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-16-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
They Had Abortionsnew
A new film inspires women to stand by their choices and speak out. There's even talk of the moral complexities -- up to a point.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-16-2005 |
Sex
Today's Domino Theorynew
Forty years ago, cold warriors used the domino theory to justify America's war in Southeast Asia. Now neoconservatives are espousing a similar sort of domino theory. This time, it is democracy, not communism, that is supposedly spreading.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-16-2005 |
Politics
Girlie Winesnew
No one ever went broke marketing anything to women, so I wasn't surprised to open an e-mailed press release and read about Rainier Wine's new "female-targeted" "lifestyle" brands.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
03-16-2005 |
Food+Drink
Not-So-Foreign Exchangenew
Millions, an English import, makes charming use of a child's universal perspective.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
Weapons of Mass Improvisationnew
The roadside bomb has mass appeal among insurgents and is having a massive impact.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-09-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
A Rap on Warnew
Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-09-2005 |
Reviews
Reality Shownew
How Gunner Palace co-director Michael Tucker, a former Army reservist, lived among the troops in Uday Hussein's old digs while they played video games, strummed guitars, improvised raps, and otherwise tried to blow off steam between dangerous patrols through Baghdad.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Control Room's Flack Is Backnew
Out of uniform, military spokesperson Josh Rushing has plenty to say, with even more candor, about how the Iraq war is being reported.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Control Room, Jehane Noujaim
Safe at Home, Ill at Easenew
The biggest group of Washington state soldiers who served in Iraq are starting to return, and it's not clear we're ready for them.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-09-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Alternative War Newsnew
Dahr Jamail left his comfortable existence as a mountain guide and freelance writer in Anchorage to go to Baghdad and become one of America's only unembedded journalists in Iraq.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-09-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Who the #$*! Are They?new
How I was suckered by a 35,000-year-old entity.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
03-09-2005 |
Movies
Know Logonew
How college degrees and museum shows became just another purchase.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
03-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
David Byrne ♥ PowerPointnew
Appearing in Seattle, Byrne jokingly referred to himself as a stand-up comedian, but the seminal musician is unapologetically seduced by the medium's immediacy and charmingly lo-fi properties.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
03-09-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
To Love, Honor, and Be Gaynew
How Washington state's Supreme Court will decide whether gay marriage is illegal.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-02-2005 |
LGBT
