AltWeeklies Wire
Down on the Boulevardnew
Hilton suspends about 75 workers in what organizers say is anti-union action.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kendra Gilbert |
05-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Food for the Worldnew
Jean-Louis Themistocle's Cuisiniers sans frontieres uses cooking to fight poverty.
Montreal Mirror |
Michael-Oliver Harding |
05-19-2006 |
Food+Drink
Real Hot Propertynew
A popular L.A. dog park on Veterans Administration property is built over an old radioactive waste dump that may soon be unearthed by proposed development.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Michael Collins |
05-19-2006 |
Environment
Tags: UCLA
Odyssean Tasknew
The Suitors delves into Homer's tale for a modern rumination on desire.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ben Ehrenreich, The Suitors
Let it Leaknew
Reporters are calling for a federal shield law.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Krista Walton |
05-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: judy miller, Judith Miller
Naming Rightsnew
Immigration groups in Quebec fear a new provincial policy will seriously undermine their work.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
05-19-2006 |
Immigration
Day Labor Dilemmanew
An amendment on the Sensenbrenner Bill would also chill efforts to build day labor centers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dan Abendschein |
05-19-2006 |
Immigration
Tinkling Symbolsnew
That Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide phenomenon attests to the worldwide yearning for a better truth than the one we have.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Glossed Overnew
The magazine racks are filled with dying publications -- but why is the glossy's forecast not nearly as gloomy as newsprint's?
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
05-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Grapevine Justicenew
As we learn more and more about the scope and extent of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program, we're also learning how difficult it will be to challenge such domestic espionage in court.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Queering the Codenew
The Vatican is right about one thing: Dan Brown’s story doesn't really make historical or artistic sense. Leonardo da Vinci’s work is coded, all right -- as gay.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
05-19-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Tasting the Snake in Paradisenew
Chef Boy Ari goes fishing for rednecks.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
05-18-2006 |
Food+Drink
That's the Truth, Ruthnew
Ooh, it's gonna be a hot one today -- a lot of Lil' Mookies decided to let the steam out in France.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
05-18-2006 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
When Jackson Burnednew
On the anniversary of a Southern town's destruction, we must remember what the Civil War meant, both then and now.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
05-18-2006 |
Commentary
Wrong End of the Gunnew
When "Willie" Burrell got shot seven times and survived, he learned that what doesn't kill you can turn your life around.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
05-18-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
