AltWeeklies Wire
Gettin' Naked for Needlesnew
Short of funds, the Bay Area's Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution project created a calendar called "Hotties of Harm Reduction," featuring seductive photos of clean-needle advocates.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
12-20-2004 |
Science
Feds Have Questions for Wife of Ask Jeeves Cofoundernew
Did Ask Jeeves cofounder David Warthen marry a call girl? The millionaire says in court papers he is "without knowledge" as to the alleged prostitution activities of his busty new wife.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
12-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Cartoonist Creates Art From the Ordinarynew
Our Movie Year contains some of the heaviest personal material Harvey Pekar has offered yet. It examines how overwhelmed he was by the prospect of long-delayed success.
New York Press |
Paul Buhle |
12-20-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Hungarian Master Speaks to the Futurenew
Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, and his works, stand on the precipice of his generation -- one of the darkest in world history -- and scream into the void of a future that they cannot know.
New York Press |
Joshua Cohen |
12-20-2004 |
Fiction
In Ukraine, Beware the Simple Story Linenew
Reports that certain Ukrainian oppositionist political groups had received funding from American organizations put a new spin on the Orange Revolution.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
12-20-2004 |
Commentary
Evangelicals Establish Own Brand of Environmentalismnew
In October, the National Association of Evangelicals approved a document acknowledging a sacred responsibility to steward the earth and care for God's creation. The move could hinder the Bush administration's scorched-earth policy.
New York Press |
Alexander Zaitchik |
12-20-2004 |
Environment
Daily Kos Founder Works to Harness Newfound Political Powernew
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, who founded the blog Daily Kos, dreams of a left-wing media empire capable of counteracting the Republicans' long-established media machine, filling the space that Rush Limbaugh and his ilk occupy in the life of conservative politics.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
12-20-2004 |
Media
Incomparable Running Back Julius Jones Earns Ravesnew
In the few weeks since he's returned to the Dallas Cowboys after an injury, Julius Jones has demonstrated that he's the team's hope for this season and the next.
Dallas Observer |
John Gonzalez |
12-20-2004 |
Sports
Andre Lewis Adjusts to Life After Death Rownew
Hours before convicted murderer Andre Lewis was scheduled to die in 1993, he was granted a reprieve. His relatives' testimony about the negative circumstances of his childhood eventually saved him but distanced him from them as well.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Near-Death Study Searches for the Human Soulnew
Patients who have their hearts stopped to test an implanted device will be interviewed afterwards to see what recollection they have of the event and of a computer animation visible above the operating table.
Dallas Observer |
Mark Stuertz |
12-20-2004 |
Science
Tags: Illinois, a Portuguese organization research human psychology and spirituality, a professor of counseling at the University of North Texas and president of the International Association of Near Death Studies, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia Health System, a singer-songwriter, Bial Foundation, Dr. Bruce Greyson, Jan Holden, Michael Shermer, Pam Reynolds, Park Ridge, publisher of Skeptic magazine
For Black Saints, Church's Racist Heritage Stingsnew
Black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struggle to find their place in a church that once banned blacks from the priesthood and said they bore the mark of Cain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
12-17-2004 |
Religion
Tags: Mormons, racism, blacks, African Americans, Brigham Young, intermarriage, Joseph Smith, whites
The Gospel According to the Gazettenew
On Sunday, Dec. 19, the International Bible Society and Colorado Springs’ daily paper, The Gazette, will join together. That’s when all 91,000 Gazette subscribers will retrieve from their driveways or their porches -- or their rooftops -- copies of the New Testament, tucked inside the newspaper’s standard blue plastic wrappers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGette |
12-17-2004 |
Media
Whistleblower Thought She Did the Right Thing … and Got Fired
Despite federal and state whistleblower laws, Cheryl Vara believes she was fired from Menards in Carmel, Ind., last April for refusing the request of a supervisor to falsify documents and for contacting OSHA after a serious accident left an elderly co-worker nearly paralyzed.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
12-17-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Voice from the Wildernessnew
Longtime peacemaker Kathy Kelly issues a challenge to "real" counterterrorism.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
12-17-2004 |
Policy Issues
Gary Webb Remembered in Others' Words and His Ownnew
History, supporters believe, will continue to reveal the importance of the work of the late Gary Webb, whose series and book, Dark Alliance, explored the ties among the CIA, the Nicaraguan contras, Los Angeles street gangs and the explosion of crack cocaine.
Sacramento News & Review |
Bill Forman and Melinda Walsh |
12-17-2004 |
Media
