AltWeeklies Wire
For the Birdsnew
Meet some undocumented immigrants that aren't illegal.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
06-04-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Phone Tagnew
When we harass sources, we always leave our names.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
05-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Anand Jon's Fashion Foulsnew
The clothing designer prowled the country for fresh, young models -- many of them claim their encounters with him ended in rape.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Old-Time Religion and New Americansnew
Hispanic evangelical leaders join to push for compassionate immigration reform.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
05-15-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal, Immigration
God in the Detailsnew
For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs -- along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.
Dallas Observer |
Mark Stuertz |
05-08-2007 |
Religion
Old-time Religion Confronts 21st-century Texas Prisonsnew
Does the InnerChange Freedom Initiative work, and is it constitutional?
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
05-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Immigrant Workers Left Unpaid and Abandoned in Alabamanew
About 25 men say Varela failed to pay them for two weeks of work, leaving them stranded in Birmingham without food or supplies. The Mexican Consulate connected them with an attorney who last week filed a lawsuit against the contractor.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-24-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, day labor
Texas' Stem Cell Stance Could Have Economic Effectsnew
If Texas continues to essentially criminalize stem cell research, the state could lose out on billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Yet Another Deputy Alleges Misdeeds by Constable Mike Dupreenew
The Dallas County constable already accused of sexually harassing Hispanic men and deporting his Honduran lover in a jealous pique is now the subject of a sworn statement that says he conspired to frame his political rivals on false drug charges.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
04-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Judge Gene Knize: Bully on the Benchnew
When big-city lawyers appear in Knize's courtroom, they better be prepared to duck and cover.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
04-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Swift's Beef Plant: An Equal-opportunity Exploiternew
Lawsuits say the meatpacking company wrongly terminated injured workers to save on worker's compensation costs and systematically replaced workers with illegal Guatemalan immigrants to depress wages.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: industry, meatpacking
Go to Prison, Lose Your Rightsnew
Prison Legal News has filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas County challenging the county jail's year-old ban on publication subscriptions for inmates, saying it violates inmates' First Amendment rights.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
03-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
By Selling Cockfighting Mags, Is Amazon.com Breaking the Law?new
One man joins the Humane Society in a quest to get the online retail giant to stop selling cockfighting material.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-20-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Bureaucratic Delays Leave Guatemalans in a Bindnew
The U.S. government has recently rejected thousands of Guatemalan asylum claims that had been pending for years -- but civil rights groups, arguing that applicants aren't to blame for long paperwork processing delays, are challenging the orders.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
03-20-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, asylum
Fall of the Black Widownew
North Carolina authorities bust a notorious former Dallas scammer.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
