AltWeeklies Wire
Newly Freed Sex Offenders Caught in Revolving Doornew
Inmates are given their release papers, walked to the gates of prisons, then promptly arrested by Department of Corrections officers and returned to their cells because they haven't found a satisfactory place to live.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
"Crackpot Crackdown"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
10-27-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrolnew
As one night with the Texas Minutemen proves, the sinister legions of "The Drug Cartel" have little to fear from this latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us...
Austin Chronicle |
Diana Welch |
10-27-2005 |
Immigration
Evolution of a Man: Lifting the Hood in South Mississippinew
Old Ku Klux Klansmen, and their victims, today live together in South Mississippi. Many of them are learning how to get along with people they used to hate, as they are forced to confront their old ideas about justice.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Daddy Get Upnew
This son of Natchez wants justice for the 1967 Klan murder of his father.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Dear Meadvillenew
The Mississippi Klan killed Thomas Moore's brother Charles Eddie Moore 40 years ago, but he is still seeking justice. Now, he is trying to wake up his hometown.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Damned If We Don'tnew
Donna Ladd takes on a little ditty written by Shaila Dewan in The New York Times that belittled Southerners who are trying to confront their past.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Wide Open Spacesnew
A New York State artist’s multimedia project links communities across the country that have sought creative ways to reuse abandoned big-box buildings.
Not in Our Front Yardnew
The Bush administration is trying to make it easier to put soldiers on American streets.
Death Penalty Paper Trailnew
A new National Death Penalty Archives in Albany, N.Y., does the unprecedented -- brings together research and archived material that's both for and against capital punishment.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
10-27-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Marta's Storynew
On a scorching day in the border desert, humanity and teamwork save an injured woman's life.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-27-2005 |
Immigration
Did an Atlanta Serial Killer Murder 20 Women a Century Ago?new
In 1911 and 1912, 20 black and mixed-race women showed up dead. They had been killed -- some almost decapitated -- by an unknown. Was it a serial killer at work or a copycat?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-27-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Losing a 'Voice'new
Here's why regulators should block the merger of the nation's two largest alternative weekly chains, Village Voice Media and New Times.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Cop Out
While helping out after Hurricane Katrina, New Mexico police allege they witnessed numerous and shocking incidents of police abuse committed by members of the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
10-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A New Paper Chainnew
The Nashville Scene's been bought out, and the new boss doesn't take any crap off anybody.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: Jim Larkin, Mike Lacey
