AltWeeklies Wire
The Fuel of the Future?new
Divided opinions mark battle over ethanol usage.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
06-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is Wisconsin Close to Fixing Health Care Woes?new
Gov. Jim Doyle and state legislators are putting forward competing proposals to increase access to health care and bring down its cost.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-21-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Madison Plans To Challenge FCC Rulingnew
But guess who might end up losing in the deal?
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Halting Handcuffs in Schoolsnew
Cuff opponents seek alternative strategies for safer schools.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Why 'You' Hate Local TV Newsnew
Shepherd Express readers weigh in on local TV anchors -- and the lack of journalism.
Shepherd Express |
Readers |
05-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Women at Warnew
Female veterans fight stereotypes and unequal treatment.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-11-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Why We Hate Local TV Newsnew
From sting stories to exagerrated weather stories, here's why boob tube "news" draws our ire.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Latino Marchers Hope to Avoid Last Year's Firingsnew
Demonstrators seek employers' approval for time off for this year's Day Without Latinos march.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
04-27-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Impacts Women's Healthnew
Wisconsin's ban (unenforced since its 1998 passage) goes even further than one recently upheld by the Supreme Court -- it would put doctors who perform the procedure in prison for life. The federal ban would imprison doctors for two years.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-27-2007 |
Sex
Filling Gaps in Veterans' Carenew
Wisconsin legislators are weighing a few proposals to try to make life easier for the state's veterans.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-09-2007 |
War
In the Majority: More Americans Oppose the Warnew
The peace movement includes more members in unlikely places.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-09-2007 |
War
Neighborhoods Hit Hard By Bad Loans & Foreclosuresnew
The drop in the housing market and subsequent failure of subprime mortgage lenders has caused a near panic on Wall Street -- but it is at streets like 20th and Burleigh in Milwaukee where the changes have hit the hardest.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis Shook |
04-09-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Inner City Squalor as Home Entertainment
A popular series of DVDs compiles footage of actual, violent street fights.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-19-2007 |
Race & Class
Development Stalematenew
How Milwaukee and veterans lost common ground at the VA.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
03-19-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Keeping Quiet About HPVnew
Will vaccine get fair debate in Wisconsin?
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
03-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
