AltWeeklies Wire
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Lionesses of Iraqnew
As a military police platoon leader in Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1st Lt. Erica Smith was about as close as a woman can get to combat in today's military. But that was far from the only battle she had to face in Iraq.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
High Decibel: Polls, Pets and Men Without Shirtsnew
The Gallup Poll turns 70 this year, and Frank Newport, the poll's editor-in-chief, says it's as relevant as ever. Just be wary of questions concerning your household pet.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-16-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Console Cowboynew
When clorox the g00n took down Indymedia websites all over the world, he thought was was a badass hacker. Turns out he wasn't badass enough.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
05-13-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Eyes in the Skynew
When you play with fate at a house of chance, people like Todd Steffen are watching.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
04-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Errand of Mercynew
In Afghanistan, pregnancy can be a death sentence. A local group heads to Bamiyan to save lives.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
03-04-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Mahalo, Hunternew
Colorado writer Ben Corbett, reportedly the last journalist to publish a feature-length interview with Hunter S. Thompson in an American magazine, dashes out his parting words for the Good Doctor.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
03-04-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
"Chemical Casualties"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
02-18-2005 |
Media
American Dissidentnew
In an exclusive in-depth interview, embattled University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill speaks out on his writings, the media and the solution to terrorism.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
02-11-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Agent of Changenew
In 1989, FBI Special Agent Jon Lipsky led the first and only government raid on a nuclear-weapons plant. Now he's left his job to tell the world what he found.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
01-06-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How the Masses Took Back Christmasnew
The Waltons once loved Christmas! The whole Christmas season! / Just look at their Wal-Marts, you'll see the reason. / This time of year they sell stuff not quite right: / Crappy toys, censored music, shoes a little too tight.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
12-03-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic
Saving Jesusnew
In the aftermath of the election, progressive Christians' faith has been called into question by fundamentalists, their religion is being ridiculed by those who blame them for the GOP victory and many feel that their God has been reduced to a political marketing scheme. Where does the Christian Left go from here?
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
12-03-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Secrets, Lies and 9/11new
The growing 9/11 Truth Movement claims there’s enough hard evidence to suggest that U.S. government officials had a hand in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Could their claims possibly be true?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
10-28-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
