AltWeeklies Wire
Why a Sex Change is Not Extraordinarynew
All that seems arcane about transsexuality -- hormone replacement therapy, surgeries, name changes -- can be understood as marks of healing and of the desire to live well.
Tags: Transsexual, Sex Change
My Two Parentsnew
What if the people in your state -- your neighbors, your coworkers, your acquaintances -- could cast a vote to diagnose your family as invalid, as Amendment 1 does to my family?
Working the Phones Against DOMAnew
Meanwhile, four Wake County Commissioners do an awful thing.
Not Too Poor for the Warsnew
"There is a tsunami coming to the United States," says Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., consisting of the trillions of dollars of debt and veterans' health care obligations for wars we cannot win and a military machine we cannot afford.
Tags: U.S. War Debt
Cost of Electricity is Devastating Eastern North Carolinanew
Residential customers of North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency pay an average of 13.6 cents per kilowatt hour; the state average is 9.9 cents.
Changing Sex, a Desire to Lovenew
Following your desire is a brave way of recognizing that something is happening to you, something remarkable. Perhaps it will break open your world, or perhaps it will simply open your heart. Things will change.
Tags: Valentine's Day
Polar Bears, Our Environmental Bellwethersnew
We deploy voguish (if also necessary) green technologies in a hope that green money will save our blue planet and its white poles. Dare we place our hope in consumer capitalism? Can we buy our way toward a future?
INDY Week |
Eva Hayward |
01-04-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Polar Bears
National report recommends ending use of chimps in biomedical researchnew
"Use of these animals should be permissible only if forgoing their use will prevent or significantly hinder advances necessary to prevent or treat life-threatening or debilitating conditions."
INDY Week |
Maggie Smith |
12-23-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Animal Research
Gratitude in the Face of Crueltynew
Occupiers protesting the crimes of global capitalism found fellowship with a group of transgender activists and allies: a vivid prompt of solidarity and the potential of conjoined political energies.
Tags: #OCCUPY, transgender activists
Are the Charges Against John Edwards Legitimate, or Politically Motivated?new
Edwards' defense team says the indictment accuses their client of breaking a law that doesn't exist. The trial is set to open in January.
INDY Week |
Ned Barnett |
11-03-2011 |
Policy Issues
What Constitutes Terrorism?new
Three Muslim men from North Carolina will stand trial next week. Are they really terrorists or were they just posturing?
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
09-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Bankrupt, the U.S. Postal Service has signed millions of dollars worth of questionable contractsnew
The Postal Service is leasing nearly 1,000 postal buildings from current or former employees and paying millions in rent to postmasters and carriers, in apparent violation of federal regulations.
INDY Week |
Travis Fain |
09-09-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: USPS
Photographing Warnew
After the deaths of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, looking at the work of war photographers.
Tags: Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington
What's Next for Egypt's Revolution?new
It's unclear if the existing political parties and organizations can answer the calls of the movement—jobs, free expression and government transparency.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
02-24-2011 |
International
Knock, Knock. Who's there? The FBInew
A Durham man is targeted by the feds as part of widespread raids in the U.S.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-01-2010 |
Civil Liberties
