AltWeeklies Wire
Hire Me!new
Armed with a fake resume, a columnist known as the Infiltrator figures out how to solve the so-called unemployment problem.
SF Weekly |
Harmon Leon |
11-01-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: job interview, job seeking
Love Fadesnew
After evacuees rebuff a writer's attempts to help, he tries to understand why.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-31-2005 |
Commentary
The McKilling Fieldsnew
Of the estimated 30,000 civilians slain in Iraq, 37 percent have been killed by the U.S. military, according to the Web site IraqBodyCount.org. Do average Iraqis believe that Americans are trying to free them?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-31-2005 |
Commentary
Special-Election Masquerade
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's support for propositions 73 through 78 exposes the corporate-driven right-wing GOP political machine for all of its not-so-compassionate conservatism.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-28-2005 |
Commentary
The Good, the Bad and the Expensivenew
Illinois State Police officers don't complain as much about a few bad cops as they do about the hierarchy that has let them all skate.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
10-28-2005 |
Commentary
Is Peace Petween Palestinians and Israelis Any Closer?new
Israelis and Palestinians are no closer to a comprehensive peace settlement today than they were two-and-a-half years ago when President Bush introduced the so-called "Road Map to Peace."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-27-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
When Will Leaders Learn More Highways Aren't the Answer?new
A man who may become Georgia's next lieutenant governor thinks we ought to keep widening roads. "As long as Georgians have a love affair with their vehicles, we've got to widen the roads," Republican Casey Cagle said at a recent candidate forum.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-27-2005 |
Commentary
S.F. Hosing Authoritynew
San Francisco city government officials promised victims of Hurricane Katrina a haven, then gave some of them the shaft.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-26-2005 |
Commentary
One in a Millionnew
Suspecting that the government might take an opportunity to do harm to thousands of black men at once isn't subscribing to conspiracy theory--it's being vigilant
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
10-20-2005 |
Commentary
Why is Kashmir Politically Divided?new
Some of Kashmir is in Pakistan and China. To understand why that is, we've got to hop into our DeLoreans and go back to 1947.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-20-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Signing Away Indian Sovereigntynew
A contract between Station Casinos of Las Vegas, Nev., and an Indian tribe places the tribe in a position of perpetual subordination to the corporation.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-17-2005 |
Commentary
A Discussion About Theorynew
Theories are beautiful, usable things--unlike explanations using miracles.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
10-14-2005 |
Commentary
Hold the Vaginanew
The October issue of Seventeen includes an article about vaginas and all you need to know about them. But you won't find this magazine at Albertons. The chain pulled the October issue from its supermarkets in 11 states, including Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
10-14-2005 |
Commentary
Practice Cat and Sidekick Catnew
Experiences with two very different cats
teach a beleaguered owner that every successful relationship requires compromise.
Illinois Times |
Doug Bybee |
10-14-2005 |
Commentary
Born to be a Thugnew
Young people are demonized in America: It pays to hate them, disparage them, ridicule them, stereotype them, profile them, arrest them, condescend to them, use them for votes and lead the evening news with them.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-13-2005 |
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