AltWeeklies Wire
The Minuteman's Talenew
Meet Chris Simcox, vigilante leader, right-wing dilettante and, according to one new report by The Southern Poverty Law Center, a man rapidly skidding towards extremist delusion.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-29-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Minutemen
They Did What?new
2005 contained more than its share of "WTF?!" moments.
Riverfront Times |
Garrett Kamps |
12-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: yearinreview2005
The Crying Gamenew
Despite a celebrated history, Native American transgenders struggle to make ends meet in the modern world.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
12-29-2005 |
LGBT
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!new
Despite major opposition, construction has commenced on what could become North America's most dangerous airport.
Houston Press |
Ford Gunter |
12-29-2005 |
Policy Issues
You Made It, Now Sleep In Itnew
Tired of wrestling with bigger comforters and heavier mattresses, hotel housekeepers are protesting the comfy hotel bed.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
12-29-2005 |
Business & Labor
Title Neinnew
You know something's screwy in the Dallas White Rock Marathon when women are awarded a 20-minute lead because, well, they're women.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
12-29-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Targeting Wal-Martnew
While other businesses have accepted defeat by the world's largest retailer, Target is proving itself the Hannibal of discount shopping. In North Olmsted, Ohio, it's going toe-to-toe with the reigning champ.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-28-2005 |
Business & Labor
A New York Porn Empirenew
Joanna Angel, poster child for alt-porn, is building a mountain of fame directing one sex comedy at a time.
The Village Voice |
Tristan Taormino |
12-27-2005 |
Sex
I Saw The Light: A Gay Man's Search for a Welcoming Church
After establishing an identity as a gay man, country musician and alternative journalist, the author realized that "just as preachers and Sunday school teachers used to tell me, I might have a soul, and it might need looking after."
Black and White and Bloody All Overnew
After being kicked to the curb since 9/11, journalists in 2005 began to fulfill their traditional watchdog role with a little more zeal. Whether that lasts is probably the big question of 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-22-2005 |
Media
Tags: yearinreview2005
Power Tripnew
Much of 2005 followed a script composed in the wake of 9/11: freedom was sacrificed to illusory and ill-defined security and "family values." But still there's hope.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Target of Animal-Rights Activists Asks Court to Keep Them at Baynew
Pamelyn Ferdin, the child actor who did the voice of Peanuts' Lucy Van Pelt, is now president of a radical animal-rights group alleged to have participated in harassment and over-the-line protests.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
12-22-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: California, rights, van, animal, Chiron, cruelty, Emeryville, Ferdin, Huntingdon, Lucy, Pamelyn, peanuts, Pelt, Roche, Stop
Spy-der Mannew
Terrorists would have to be pretty dumb to have learned about electronic tapping by reading last week’s New York Times. And Bush would have to be pretty dumb for thinking we’d swallow such a line.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Immigrant Impassenew
Migrant child protection faces a rocky road in Congress.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-21-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The Semi-Free Statenew
The author and her partner leave Virginia for Maryland in search of a place more accepting of their same-sex relationship.
Baltimore City Paper |
Laura Laing |
12-21-2005 |
LGBT
