AltWeeklies Wire
Autopilotsnew
There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Building the 'Better' Vaginanew
Elective surgeries that promise women a better sex life or more aesthetically pleasing private parts are gaining popularity -- but some think the practice of creating designer vaginas has gone too far.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
03-16-2005 |
Science
The Post-2Pac Packnew
Did the death of Tupac Shakur throw Bay Area hip-hop into a tailspin? And is there really a "New Bay" rising?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
03-16-2005 |
Music
In the Eviction Business, the Company Loves Miserynew
"Mortgage field service contracting" is a billion-dollar industry that, in Baltimore, sends white punks into inner-city neighborhoods to deal with ruined lives, foreclosed properties, heroin-addicted day laborers, toilets full of feces, and the occasional bag full of moldy pork chops.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rocky Mountain News Editorial Leaves Professor Seethingnew
Adrienne Anderson objected to an editorial saying the University of Colorado at Boulder made the right call when it didn't reappoint her to her position as an environmental-studies professor.
Black and White in Grays Harbor Countynew
There's only one thing worse than living in a decaying Northwest timber town: being African American in a decaying Northwest timber town. Meet the Walker family of Hoquiam, Wash. They're 4 percent of the county's black population, and they're taking a stand against racism.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-16-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
They Had Abortionsnew
A new film inspires women to stand by their choices and speak out. There's even talk of the moral complexities -- up to a point.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-16-2005 |
Sex
Today's Domino Theorynew
Forty years ago, cold warriors used the domino theory to justify America's war in Southeast Asia. Now neoconservatives are espousing a similar sort of domino theory. This time, it is democracy, not communism, that is supposedly spreading.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-16-2005 |
Politics
Girlie Winesnew
No one ever went broke marketing anything to women, so I wasn't surprised to open an e-mailed press release and read about Rainier Wine's new "female-targeted" "lifestyle" brands.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
03-16-2005 |
Food+Drink
Not-So-Foreign Exchangenew
Millions, an English import, makes charming use of a child's universal perspective.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
House Where Teen Died of Alcohol Poisoning Gets Resurrectednew
Pastor Reza Zadeh is working with Colorado State University students to transform a frat house associated with excessive drinking and a tragic death into a Christian-oriented community center.
Anti-Cloning Crusader Makes Republicans Squirmnew
Debate over an anti-cloning bill introduced by Missouri State Sen. Matt Bartle separates the Republican Party's believers in free markets from its believers in God.
A Penny for Your Local Cops and Firefighersnew
Xentel and other companies do fund-raising for local police and firefighters' organizations -- and keep a remarkably high share of the donations for themselves.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
'Renewable Energy' Program Spews Out Pollutantsnew
Florida Power & Light's Sunshine Energy Program
isn't as green as promised. Most of the money sent in by well-intentioned customers will not go toward buying energy produced from traditional "clean" sources like solar or wind but from the burning of industrial wood waste and landfill methane.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-16-2005 |
Environment
South Florida's Tabloid Valley Vanishesnew
The story behind the consolidation of all the major scandal sheets into one company, and the National Enquirer's upcoming move to New York City, is a shocker.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
03-16-2005 |
Media
