AltWeeklies Wire
Barack Obama and Menew
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
03-03-2008 |
Politics
Chicago Might Take Your Housenew
The latest TIF proposal allocates $10 million for a "potential" land grab by the city.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
03-03-2008 |
Politics
'Chicago 10': History Nownew
In his "mash-up documentary," Brett Morgen wants to erase the distance between 1968 and 2008.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Cuba Librenew
With Americans craving political change, it's been useful to see the U.S. response to Fidel Castro's resignation; the biggest change the northern hemisphere has seen in a while.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Bruce Wark |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Cuba, Fidel Castro
Atlantic Climate Change Conference Gets Greennew
The conference is putting a local spin on a global crisis.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Nicole Trask |
03-03-2008 |
Environment
Tom Hayden on 'Chicago 10' and the 1968 DNCnew
Hayden, one of the defendants in the Chicago conspiracy trial, stopped by Chicago for a panel discussion on the changing nature of political activism. Here are some excerpts of his remarks.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Jazz Jumps Back Onto the Cowtown Scenenew
Like jazz, Fort Worth is a culture in flux these days, as the demographics and the city's feel changes, with more people from more places moving here, particularly to the increasingly urban neighborhoods in and around downtown. Maybe jazz can do as much for this city as Cowtown can for jazz.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Giving It Away Can Paynew
RCRD LBL lets advertisers support the artists so consumers don't have to.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
03-03-2008 |
Music
Obama is in Osama's Handsnew
The Republicans are toast if Bush's al-Qaeda enemies don't spark up more homeland terror.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
Why Aren't Oregon's Schools Protected from Pesticides?new
Parents drove up to Triangle Lake School and found it surrounded by a clearcut. Then they found out a timber company planned to spray pesticides and there's no laws to stop them.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-01-2008 |
Environment
Dogged Pursuitsnew
A homeless Vermonter pens an autobiography to fund a Buddhist temple in Asia.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Crippled Nation Grows Upnew
The band changed its name to Streetside Symphony, which fits its current sound.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Streetside Symphony, The Curse
Documentary Warns of an Educational Dividenew
A visit to India and China inspired venture capitalist Bob Compton to explore what he saw as a worrisome divide between the quality and intensity of the education American students are receiving relative to students in those countries.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Two Million Minutes
Comcast Fights Dirtynew
Reporters couldn't get into the net-neutrality conference at Harvard because Comcast had "reserved" so many seats -- for people who fell asleep.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-29-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
