AltWeeklies Wire
Software Engineer Designs Furniture Out of the Boxnew
Pink-haired Jose Avila made thrifty furnishings from Federal Express shipping cartons, bringing himself fame and cease-and-desist orders from FedEx.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
09-13-2005 |
Art
What It Means to Miss New Orleansnew
Musicians in the city of blues and jazz have always played as if each day was its last.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
John Nova Lomax |
09-13-2005 |
Music
Faulty Breath-Testing Machines Jeopardize DUI Casesnew
Problems with maintaining Intoxilyzer machines mean thousands of cases against accused drunk drivers could be dropped.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
09-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Judges Experiment With Advisory Juriesnew
Taking a novel approach to encourage the parties in a lawsuit to settle, a Florida judge empaneled a jury for a half-day to predict what a likely verdict would be.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
09-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
New Orleans Had Long Begged for Help, Unheedednew
The "war on terror" sucked up so much funding previously allocated to disaster preparedness that the country risked losing New Orleans, says a writer who proposed a book on the topic months before Hurricane Katrina.
Arkansas Times |
Mara Leveritt |
09-13-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: oil, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, evacuation, Louisiana, Port, Asa Hutchinson, body bags, Borders and Transportation Security, breach levees, deaths toll, governor candidate Arkansas, haz-mat suits, Mark Davis, Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, Port Fourchon, the director of emergency management for New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish, Walter Maestri
Houston Gets Hit With Its Own Hurricane Surgenew
The people who found refuge from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in Houston's Astrodome brought with them countless stories.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Ray Hafner and Todd Spivak |
09-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Whitewashnew
In his new autobiography, Jesse Helms sees himself as a humanitarian -- not a racist supporter of brutal right-wing regimes who turned obstructionism into a foreign policy.
INDY Week |
Barry Yeoman |
09-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
Call the Copsnew
What's truly galling about The Man is how its creators come from backgrounds that would certainly suggest they know better than to make such dreck.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-12-2005 |
Reviews
Biting the Hand That Poisoned Themnew
California chipmaker AXT exposed its workers to toxic levels of arsenic, then fired them. Now ex-workers are finally organizing to demand some long-term health care.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Documents for the Undocumentednew
Immigrants could buy a driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Oakland, Calif. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-12-2005 |
Immigration
The Breaking Pointnew
Far from being beset by anarchy, most of those left behind in New Orleans were victimized by its exact opposite -- the rigid, entrenched hierarchy of the dollar, which has centralized control of land and lives over the years.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-12-2005 |
Disasters
Hang On, There's Morenew
The reality yet to be confronted by emergency planners anywhere is that almost all modern post-industrial humans are helpless and incompetent when it comes to looking after themselves.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-12-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Redemption Songsnew
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club renew their faith in rock and roll.
Boston Phoenix |
Mac Randall |
09-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
When Princes Kissnew
A university librarian spars with North Carolina Congressman Walter "Freedom Fries" Jones over a gay-positive book.
Mountain Xpress |
Nelda Holder |
09-12-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Termites' Guts Could Yield Alternative Fuel Sourcenew
Scientists looking for a clean source of hydrogen fuel may have found it in the bacteria that live inside the reviled pest.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-12-2005 |
Science
