AltWeeklies Wire
Body Armor Company Has Vested Interest in Warnew
The war has been good to Point Blank Body Armor of Pompano Beach, Fla., but concerns have been raised about the quality of its protective gear.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
10-03-2005 |
War
Tags: Florida, Iraq, labor, Department of Defense, Baghdad, Broward County, David Goldenberg, David H. Brooks, DHB Industries, medic from upstate New York, New York Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau, Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer, Rep. Alcee Hasting's legislative director, U.S. Marine Corps recall Interceptor vests, union demands
Houston Dodges a Bullet and Finds Traffic Hellnew
In the Week of Hurricane Rita, Interstates 10 and 45 turned into the Superdome, with 24-hour saunalike drives in cars filled with bitchy relatives.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Josh Harkinson, John Nova Lomax and Todd Spivak |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Publisher for the Perpetratorsnew
Ray Hrdlicka launched a magazine for California county jail inmates, but a free-speech dispute has put his business plan in solitary.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-03-2005 |
Media
A Man Named Suenew
Citizen Fred Whitaker, blacklisted for filing dozens of "frivolous" lawsuits, hopes to clear his name -- by filing more lawsuits.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: California, Bay Area, a Bay Area forensic psychiatrist, a professor at University of Californai Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, Alameda County Superior Court, crusaders, Dr. Mark Levy, nuisance to the judicial system, public watchdogs, Republican State Senator Charles Poochigian, Stephen Bundy, Superior Court Judge James Richman, vexatious lawsuits
Katrina Aftermath Radio: A Brief, Dysfunctional Lifenew
Attempts to set up a low-power FM station for Astrodome residents was killed by bureaucracy.
Austin Chronicle |
Wells Dunbar |
09-30-2005 |
Disasters
Lone Star Shelternew
Four photographers document the lives of hurricane evacuees sheltered in Houston, Austin and Dallas.
The Texas Observer |
Steve Satterwhite, Tom Kilty, Alan Pogue and Vic Hinterlang |
09-30-2005 |
Disasters
The Most Depraved Site on the Internetnew
Chris Wilson, the Florida man who runs a website that trades access to porn for gory shots of war dead, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Buying the Campus Mindnew
Ideologues are paying big bucks to influence the college experience -- but you won’t hear that from your school.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-29-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Roadkill Bluesnew
Park byways have become a bloody mess.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-29-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
"No Apologies: Inside Mississippi's Pro-Life Movement"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
09-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Trying to Make It Rightnew
A Mississippi doctor passed along a racist e-mail that disparages black New Orleans evacuees -- and is now paying the price.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-29-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Blood for Bloodnew
Four antiwar demonstrators beat rare federal conspiracy charges they say were brought to chill dissent.
Metroland |
David King |
09-29-2005 |
Civil Liberties
An Army of Anyonenew
Young people need a high school diploma to enlist in the Army -- and a few report finding a recruiter willing to help them create one.
Hurricanes Love the Heatnew
Now that two superstorms have pummeled the Gulf Coast in less than four weeks, one has to ask: Has global warming souped up Atlantic hurricanes?
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
09-28-2005 |
Environment
Back from the Dead
New Mexico State Police return home with gruesome stories of their mission of providing security for body recovery teams in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward neighborhood.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
09-28-2005 |
Disasters
