AltWeeklies Wire
Liberal-On-Liberal Antagonismnew
A terminated employee calls one of Nashville's leading liberal activist organizations a racist "progressive plantation."
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-15-2006 |
Race & Class
Traffic Woes Solved!new
A $25-billion bombshell is rousing both sides this week in Atlanta's war over its transportation future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Pizarro |
11-16-2006 |
Transportation
Activist's Criminal Past Divides St. Louis Gay Communitynew
When Pride St. Louis committee members elected Chad Saenz as their vice president last August, few knew he was a convicted felon.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-20-2005 |
LGBT
Wanted: More Dead Presidentsnew
Hopes were high when some of the biggest names in Illinois formed the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation in Springfield, but it's now clear they have fallen far short of their financial goals. Richard Norton Smith hopes to play catch-up.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
11-23-2005 |
Economy
Tags: and, Illinois, Richard, Abraham, Foundation, library, Lincoln, museum, Norton, presidential, Smith, Springfield
The Patriot Axnew
Markus Young moved to this country from Germany when he was three years old. Now, courtesy of tougher immigration laws, he could be deported under the Patriot Act.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-29-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal, Immigration, reform, immigrant, and, of, security, Act, Homeland, abuse, Department, customs, enforcement, Anti-Drug, IRAIRA, Responsibility
Changing the Environmental Landscape, One Building at a Timenew
Designed to conserve water and energy, "green buildings" are constructing a cleaner world.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: in, energy, technology, environmental, and, green, for, Campus, Massachusetts, design, artists, Collaborative’s, Harvard, Humanity, Initiative, leadership, Renewable, trust
AFL-CIO Faces Splitting Issuenew
The idea that organized labor must grow or die is behind the departures that have fractured the AFL-CIO.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
08-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
Michael Powell: Unlikely Crusadernew
A notorious moment on television allowed libertarian technocrat and FCC chair Michael Powell to save his career. The Great Deregulator morphed into the Moral Crusader.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
12-23-2004 |
Media
A Dose of Suburbia: Chain Drugstores in the Citynew
Chain drugstores have been taking aim at downtowns and urban neighborhoods for several years now, and even as the industry shrinks, they are clinging to their unpopular building models that emphasize drive-throughs and lots of parking out front.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
09-23-2004 |
Business & Labor
