AltWeeklies Wire
Some Sportswriters Are Jumping Print for the Webnew
Dana O'Neil is one of many big daily newspaper sportswriters who's recently made the jump to online reporting.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
01-14-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
New Police Chief's Record is Worrisomenew
I covered D.C. police and courts when Charles Ramsey was in charge, and he seemed to have one way of doing things. If there was a high-profile appearance, a high-profile disappearance or any action at all in well-developed parts of Northwest Washington, he brought a flood of blue and white. But if there was a stabbing, a shooting or a beating in the neighborhoods, he hardly changed a thing.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan York |
01-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Black-and-White Issuenew
A new report identifies dramatic racial inequalities in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
12-17-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Mumia's Case Isn't as Simple as Some Make it Seemnew
Murdered by Mumia, a new book co-authored by conservative radio talk-show host Michael Smerconish and Daniel Faulkner's widow comes at a time when Abu-Jamal is closer than ever to receiving a new trial.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
12-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Bilal Is No Insurgent'new
A Philadelphia Daily News photographer rallies behind his jailed Iraqi colleague.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
12-17-2007 |
Media
Escape from Haitinew
An immigration lawyer and a 65-year-old grandmother risk their freedom and more to save Haitians from the desperation of poverty and violence.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
12-17-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Haiti
Superbugging Outnew
MRSA has been around for years -- why are we panicking about it now?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Erica S. Brath |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A State of Emergency in Philadelphianew
City residents speak out soberly about the city's spreading crime epidemic.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
11-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Why Doesn't Philly Just Hire 10,000 More Cops?new
Instead, the city's latest crime-fighting initiative asks for 10,000 men -- particularly black men -- to voluntarily patrol crime-ridden neighborhoods.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Greening Begins at Homenew
Virtually everything you do, there's a way to do it that conserves or reuses -- and what better place to start that lifestyle change than at home?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
PhillyCarShare Cultivates Street Crednew
"Green hasn't translated into the urban community," says Tayyib Smith, a consultant to PhillyCarShare on how to market community-based car-sharing to urban youths.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
10-01-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
New Philly Companies Help Locals Build Greennew
Three green building stores have opened in the city in the last three months, all of them offering certified green building materials and information for making the best choices when building green.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Jena Shows Race Relations Still Have a Long Way to Gonew
The six Louisiana high school students, like their young ancestors the Scottsboro boys and the Little Rock Nine, have become a modern-day symbol of Jim Crow justice -- and the implications of their case, which struggled for attention, are a testament for us all.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
09-24-2007 |
Race & Class
'The Smart Set' is All Setnew
Drexel University's new online publication experiments with audaciously long stories.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
08-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Armed Philadelphia Unloadsnew
Everyone knows lots of city residents are armed -- but not all of them are criminals.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
08-06-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
