AltWeeklies Wire
A Fresh Front in the AIDS Warnew
From Ethiopian refugee camps to California suburbs, a new class of compounds promises success where condom use has failed to stem the spread of HIV.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
03-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Shark Huntersnew
While Countrywide Financial has a great reputation for conventional lending, its high-interest subsidiary, Full Spectrum, works through independent brokers, who've been accused of loading mortgages with junk fees and exorbitant appraisals.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
03-13-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Skeeter Heaternew
University of Oregon researchers have shown that global warming is now driving evolution.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-10-2006 |
Science
A Matter of Authoritynew
For 20 years, the Critical Art Ensemble has made challenging interventionist art -- now one of its members may spend 20 years in federal prison for it.
Metroland |
Shawn Stone |
03-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Earth Gets the Cold Shouldernew
Global warming isn’t a hot topic for the U.S. media.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
In His Nation's Servicenew
Jonathan Embrey finally got his Purple Heart two years after he
was wounded near Ar Ramadi.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-10-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
American Girlnew
Patricia Clink was a patriot who devoted her life to caring
for others -- so why did her country desert her when she needed it most?
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-10-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
400 Channels and Nothing For Us?
Public access TV and a lot more is at stake if big telcos have their way with local cable laws.
Wi-Fi's Electric Shocknew
The push for wireless internet access in cities masks a growing concern over frequency pollution.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-09-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Make Love, Not Warnew
Can wedlock save AWOL U.S. soldiers from deportation?
NOW Magazine |
Albert Nerenberg |
03-09-2006 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, objectors
Stem Cell Debate Gets Sillynew
The challenge to California's pledge of $3 billion in research funds has its (bad) day in court.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Kotler |
03-09-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Street Furniture Fix Is Innew
Aiming to recover cost at any cost, Toronto's bureaucrats are filling the city's "beautification" projects with ads.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
03-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tackling Mercury Pollutionnew
Georgia's Environmental Protection Division just released one of the strongest air pollution rules in state history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Forecast: Cloudynew
With national Sunshine Week dawning, a Montana Supreme Court decision rolls back open-government access.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
03-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Greenest Capitalistnew
Carpet king Ray Anderson's 1994 epiphany began his quest to become a completely sustainable carpet manufacturer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
