AltWeeklies Wire
Does Your Vote Count?new
Critics say Colorado's Boulder County is poised to waste millions on new voting equipment and possibly disenfranchise voters in the process.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
01-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Bar Carnew
Thousands of Baltimoreans practically live on the MARC commuter train -- many commute in silence, but some live it up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
01-09-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Offensive Treatmentnew
Despite efforts to ease former prisoners' re-entry into society, Maryland's annual Justice Monday argues much more needs to be done.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christina Royster-Hemby |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
It Doesn't Add Upnew
Bush's estimate of Iraqi War dead doesn't mesh with scientists' figures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
01-09-2006 |
War
Dirty Moneynew
While Orange County prosecutors zealously pursue pollution by private individuals or small-business executives with big fines and even prison time, the DA rarely hits major corporations or government officials with anything harsher than financial penalties that amount to pocket lint.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
01-09-2006 |
Environment
It's A Crimenew
A guide to high-crime, low-cost housing in Orange County shows that even in the toughest neighborhoods, affordable housing is nonexistent.
OC Weekly |
Ernest L. Kim |
01-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: real estate boom, housing market
Our Picasso?new
A Dionysian maverick of experimentation, openness, visual wit and roguish nerve, Robert Rauschenberg has been inspirational for generations.
The Village Voice |
Jerry Saltz |
01-09-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Price Is Wrongnew
The only explanation for current stratospheric prices is that high-fashion companies have decided to ignore even the upper-middle-class strivers and simply go after the one-tenth of one percent of the population who don't even look at price tags.
The Village Voice |
Lynn Yaeger |
01-09-2006 |
Fashion
Learning to Be Patientnew
Goapele's major label debut arrives six months late and right on time.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Change It All, Goapele
The Truce on Christmasnew
924 Gilman's annual 'Anti-Christmas Slumber Party' offers a punk rock spin on the It's a Wonderful Life ideal of the warm, supportive community.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-09-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Live After Deathnew
The posthumous projects that keep on coming out beg the question: Is Tupac overrated?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Tupac Shakur
Sugar in the Rawnew
This Oakland blues diva specializes in bawdy, bombastic and ebullient showmanship.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sugar Pie DeSanto
Ghost Townnew
Oakland's Fruitvale Village has been heralded as the future of transit-oriented 'smart-growth' development, but its retail establishments are struggling to attract customers.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
01-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Bouncing Backnew
Most of the 5,000 workers who were laid off when Oracle bought and killed PeopleSoft have landed on their feet and put the past behind them.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
01-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Hit the Streets, Jacknew
Oakland's Men of Valor Academy, a last-chance program for parolees trying to turn their lives around, just closed after losing state funding.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
