AltWeeklies Wire
Plugging the Memory Holenew
A Tucson-based cyber journalist fights government secrecy, one Freedom of Information request at a time
Weekly Alibi |
Tim McGivern |
07-12-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Ruby Bridges and Ruby Hallnew
In 1960, the nation watched 6-year-old Ruby Bridges integrate William Frantz Elementary School. Today, Ruby Hall lives quietly in New Orleans and rents a storage facility just to keep the mail she receives from schoolkids across the country.
Gambit |
Katy Reckdahl |
07-12-2004 |
Race & Class
Prince and the Evolutionnew
His name is Prince again, and he's still funky, but did he ever stop?
Gambit |
Alex Rawls |
07-12-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Prince, musicology
After 25-Year Career, Prostitute Quits the Businessnew
Oral history of an anonymous woman who spent nearly her entire adult life as a high-class call girl, recently left the lifestyle and is struggling to build a future without it.
From Fighters to Victims
Just 60 years ago our war heroes were fighter aces and gungho infantrymen. Now our heroes are former prisoners of war and friendly-fire victims. What changed?
Columbia Free Times |
David Axe |
07-12-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Will Democrats Repeat Their Centrist Mistakes This Election?
Centrists claim the only way Democrats can regain the White House is to move the party to the right. But this theory contradicts the historical record.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Paul Rockwell |
07-12-2004 |
Commentary
It's a New -- and Nasty -- Day on the Judicial Campaign Trailnew
A 2002 federal court decision has dramatically changed the nature of campaigning for Georgia's courts. Under the old rules of judicial conduct, candidates were prohibited from aggressive campaigning or personally soliciting money. Now, they're free to pound the pavement for cash, criticize each other in the press, and answer questionnaires about their judicial and political philosophies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Diamond |
07-12-2004 |
Politics
Cable, Ready?
It turns out the new summer season is actually xeriscape: dry, barren and really only succeeding in annoying the neighbors. Frost reviews hot-to-not new summer series, including "Stargate Atlantis," "Entourage" and "The Grid."
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-09-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
No Rest Area Next 100 Miles: the Blue Ridge Parkwaynew
An art exhibition in Asheville, N.C., highlights the regional roadway with works by well-known painters.
Mountain Xpress |
Marsha Barber |
07-09-2004 |
Art
Mean Girl Does Goodnew
Best known for playing nasty Nellie Oleson in "Little House on the Prairie," Alison Arngrim has become a comedienne and works for charitable causes.
Mountain Xpress |
Melanie McGee |
07-09-2004 |
Performance
Daylilies: Neither Do They Spinnew
Beautiful and edible, weedlike in their tenacity, bearing handsome foliage and available in a wide range of warm colors – what's not to like about daylilies?
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-09-2004 |
Gardening
Cake Out in the Rain: Tanker Leaks Liquid Uraniumnew
While the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies was convened in San AANtonio, a truckload of liquified uranium was dripping on the highway in Asheville, N.C. -- and daily shipments of uranyl nitrate are routine.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-09-2004 |
Environment
Unoriginal Boredomnew
Vin Diesel's latest movie sucks, and here's hoping it steers Hollywood away from endless sequels
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Chronicles of Riddick, David Twohy
Edutainment at Its Bestnew
Mario Van Peebles takes a look at the making of his father's not-so-classic "Sweetback"
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Baadasssss!, Mario Van Peebles
Kids Do the Stupidest Thingsnew
All kids do dumb things--and their parents should hope they never find out about them
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
07-08-2004 |
Commentary
