AltWeeklies Wire
Slave Wages and Unsafe Housingnew
Exposing the unsavory side of cheap Chinese food in Vermont.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
05-30-2007 |
Immigration
Nuclear Greenwashingnew
Global warming has suddenly put nuclear power back on the agenda -- but there's a lot the industry isn't telling you.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-30-2007 |
Environment
Firsthand Gun Smokenew
Racism, sexism, nazism and lots of high-powered weaponry on parade at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show.
San Diego CityBeat |
Michael Klam |
05-30-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The Clientele's Melancholy Sentimentsnew
God Save the Clientele borrows the highly literate and deeply sad sensibility of 2005's Strange Geometry and kicks it up a notch, particularly with Louis Philippe's classical-sounding string sections, and the addition of multi-instrumentalist Mel Draisey.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-30-2007 |
Reviews
Wineau: Great With Frogs' Legsnew
Viogniers with hints of honey, maple, grapefruit ... and canned beans.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
05-30-2007 |
Food+Drink
Weathering the Stormnew
With hurricane season approaching, experts advise residents to make their own emergency plans, and not to rely on the government.
Contract Hellnew
Louisiana's $756 million contract with ICF International to help homeowners recover from Hurricane Katrina was hurriedly awarded and monitored with limited resources, making for a perfect political storm that is just now making landfall.
The Children of Eltonnew
Gifted singer-pianists like Rufus Wainwright and Mika have emerged to extend John's genre -- call it cabaret rock, or simply Eltonia -- in new and exciting directions.
San Antonio Current |
Geoffrey Himes |
05-30-2007 |
Music
Numbers Game in Oaklandnew
The city is agog over a study of racial disparity in contracting, but nobody seems to notice that its figures are unreliable.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-30-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Mysteries of Synchronizationnew
If computers can make Britney Spears a singer, could this syncing thing possibly be that complicated?
San Antonio Current |
Jonathan Marcus |
05-30-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
'Flight': Crash, Burn, Arisenew
Sherman Alexie returns with a cliche but grand unified theory.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Don Imus-NCAA Shirts Fly Off the Shelvesnew
Deez Teez's "Rutgers ... Nappy Headed Hoes Basketball Team" T-shirt sparks a protest.
East Bay Express |
Reggie Royston |
05-30-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Talking Human Rights With Jorge Bustamantenew
The UN investigator has been blocked from U.S. immigration detention centers.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
05-30-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, detention
Campaigning the Don Perata Way: My Fair Ladynew
The California state senator helped raise Sandra Polka from debt and into a position of wealth and power -- the big question is why.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-30-2007 |
Politics
Billing Me Softlynew
The exorbitant cost of a basic medical procedure hits small businessman Brent Evans in the gut.
San Antonio Current |
Molly Wardlaw |
05-30-2007 |
Science
