AltWeeklies Wire
Separating the Insane from the Fakers on Death Rownew
It isn't that hard for a state like Missouri to kill a retarded inmate -- not if it has a cooperative psychiatrist.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
06-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Flag-Bearer Takes Heat for His Anti-Immigrant Standnew
Tom Tancredo, a Congressman from Colorado, sees illegal immigration as a scourge that's capable of sucking this great nation of ours straight into the sewer.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Head of the Class Dare Not Speak His Namenew
With his grades and high school activities, Pablo is an ideal candidate for college, except for one hitch: He's illegal.
Westword |
Helen Thorpe |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Student Stands Up for Illegals' Higher Educationnew
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado honored a recent high school graduate for his work advocating for illegal immigrants' education rights. But it didn't dare engrave Pablo's last name on the award.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Addicted To Abuse: A Woman In Hellnew
A writer describes what it's like to be gripped by such a destructive emotional and sexual force that she's willing to follow a man as far down as he'll take her.
Flagpole Magazine |
Anonymous |
06-13-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
A Seminal Summernew
The writer saw a penis for the first time at a Cape Cod beach, creeping out of a sleeping sunbather's shorts, and she remembers the impression it made on her when she was five.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-13-2005 |
Sex
Baby Mannew
At 54, William Windsor sleeps in a crib, eats in a high chair and does it in his diaper -- by choice. Believe it.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
06-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Steal This Prosenew
A good journalism student plagiarized five stories printed in Florida daily papers and forged a recommendation letter.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chuck Strouse |
06-13-2005 |
Media
Room for Onenew
Most sex offenders chased from their neighborhoods end up in flophouses. One is chilling in a kingsized pad at a California Marriott.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Probing the Animal Rights Undergroundnew
Federal officials are targeting animal-rights activists in an investigation connected to San Francisco Bay area terror attacks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
06-13-2005 |
Animal Issues
Pro-Life Cause Gets on the Ballot in Californianew
A California initiative that would make it harder for teens to get abortions pits young girls against ... an alternative-newspaper publisher?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jeffrey M. Barker |
06-10-2005 |
Sex
Advocates of Curative Cannabis Don't Back Downnew
Monday's Supreme Court ruling against medical marijuana left proponents looking for other ways to promote their cause.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
06-10-2005 |
Science
State's Rights Take a Hitnew
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dissented from the Supreme Court's recent medical marijuana ruling, saying states have always had the authority to define criminal law. According to the court's majority, that's no longer the case. Montana continues to disagree.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-09-2005 |
Science
High Court Blows Smoke on Medical Marijuananew
People in pain are hurting -- but the drug company that makes a pot pill isn't.
INDY Week |
Peter Eichenberger |
06-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Myrlie Evers-Williams and the Power of Onenew
Myrlie Evers-Williams talks about the need for change, the pain of losing a husband and her new book, “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers,” edited with Manning Marable.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
06-09-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
