AltWeeklies Wire
Knocking Opportunitynew
Bordered by wasteland and marked as a dump, a small Montana town near the Clark Fork River’s headwaters fears the Milltown Dam cleanup could shut the door on its future.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cell Service as Salvation?new
Border-rescue groups say desert cell phone towers could save lives.
Tucson Weekly |
Alexis Blue |
10-06-2005 |
Immigration
SuicideGirls Revolt: Porn Models Walk Off the Sitenew
Forty of the close to 1000 SuicideGirls staged a Web-out and stalked off the Web site amid claims that despite all its go-girl messaging, SuicideGirls.com is run by people who don’t care much about female empowerment.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-06-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Skinheads Eat, Drink and Talk Hatred in Rural Georgianew
Approximately 100 white-power skinheads, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members congregated on a Paulding County pastureland last weekend for Hammerfest 2005, the annual Hammerskin festival.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
10-06-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
It's Getting Hot in Herenew
Climate scientist Raymond Bradley's work on global warming is not controversial among scientists, but a Republican Congressman thinks it is.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
A Flood of Emotionsnew
For African-Americans across America, Hurricane Katrina left scars that will last a lifetime.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-05-2005 |
Disasters
Marines: Looking for a Few Good Aliens?new
A general court martial is being held for a U.S. Marine recruiter accused of selling and delivering counterfeit documents to illegal aliens in order for them to join the service.
The Village Voice |
Douglas Gillison |
10-05-2005 |
War
Portrait of a Cutternew
Inside Bedford Hills prison, women swallow pins and slice their arms, relying on self-mutilation to release their anxiety.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
10-05-2005 |
Science
The Day-Care Scarenew
Four years ago, research seemed to indicate that day care was turning out a generation of bullies. Now, new data suggest those fears were way overblown, and the national day-care debate is about to be rekindled.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
10-05-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Wanted: More Than a Few Good Men and Womennew
A scandal exposed by a Denver high school student made Army recruiters stand down, but now they're working hard to put more boots on the ground.
Tags: Iraq war veterans, Privacy, a bill sponsored by Representative Mike Honda, a California Democrat, all of Colorado and parts of Nebraska, American Friends Service Committee, Montana and Wyoming, pacifists, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Sergeant Rodney Shivers, Student Privacy Protection Act, United States Army Recruiting Battalion Denver
Fear, Loathing and a Voluntary Termination Incentive Programnew
The past three weeks have offered the clearest indication yet of what life will be like within a shrinking San Francisco Chronicle: angry, confused, and ever more uneasy.
Homicide Victims Need a Few Good Snitchesnew
There is so much violence and fear in youth culture that Kansas City, Mo., police have trouble getting even shooting victims to cooperate with criminal investigations.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
10-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Suspect Charged in Murder of Rapper 'Fat Tone'new
A warrant that led to Jason Mathis's arrest supports the street rumor that Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins was killed to avenge the death of California hip-hop artist Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks.
The Pitch |
Kendrick Blackwood |
10-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Toxic Art
No one wants New Orleans' music to end, but what will sustain the cultural life of the city now that neighborhoods where the artists lived are in ruins? Fifth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Hyped Circulation Counts Cheat the Publicnew
Westside Gazette, a black-owned publication in Broward County that runs local government ads, makes widely varying claims about its circulation.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-03-2005 |
Media
