AltWeeklies Wire
Get Involved: Water Missions Internationalnew
Water Missions International works to provide filtration systems in Uganda, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and other countries where people lack access to clean drinking water.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-23-2011 |
International
Protest Rules: Against Big Oil in Montananew
The last night of the Earth First! 2011 Round River Rendezvous was one of the quietest nights of the almost weeklong gathering. The environmental activists slept at their campsites in the Lolo National Forest, awaiting a 5 am wake-up call for an action against Big Oil that would use chants, signs and “sleeping dragons.” After days of workshops and training sessions, participants knew the action would target the tar sands route and oil pipelines; they knew their legal rights and they knew how to practice civil disobedience and direct action as safely and ethically as possible.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-21-2011 |
Environment
A Black Heart of Revengenew
It thumps in Glenn Stewart’s chest, but it won’t silence investigative journalism in our fair city.
Tags: Cherry Fisher May, Glenn Stewart
The 'Atlanta Way' Failed a Generation of Childrennew
The city's business elite were complicit in Beverly Hall's con.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
07-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
The GOP Bets on Bad Judgement
Conventional wisdom floggers say that if Congress can't strike a deal and economic consequences follow—a reduction in the ratings of U.S. government-issued securities and a panic in the securities market—voters will hold Republicans accountable in 2012. Even if things don't turn that far south, the GOP will pay for their intransigence. Obama wins in a cakewalk. I'm not so sure.
CONVICTednew
How the federal justice system incentivizes questionable and often unreliable witnesses, including jailhouse snitches, to prosecute the War on Drugs.
IND Media |
Heather Miller |
07-20-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Say Cheese for Atlanta's Surveillance Programnew
Plan to wire the city with video cameras should move cautiously
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
07-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Why Do Women Keep Dodging Death Row?new
There are currently 398 people on Florida's death row; only three of whom are women. That's because while women commit about 13 percent of murders, they get just 1.4 percent of death sentences.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
07-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Game Onnew
Illegal gambling flourishes in Houston with little penalty.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
07-18-2011 |
Policy Issues
Court and Cross Michigan Case Puts Church v. State Before the U.S. Supreme Courtnew
The case of a Michigan teacher, accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, could clarify whether hundreds of thousands of employees at parochial schools and other church-affiliated institutions deserve federal civil rights protections.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda (with Aaron Mondry) |
07-15-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Religion, U.S. Supreme Court
The New Normalnew
The world’s climate has already changed. Now what?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
07-15-2011 |
Environment
Jumpstarting the Emerging Global Classroomnew
Can a hedge-fund guy find fame, fortune and fulfillment as a social entrepreneur? Meet Sal Khan of Mountain View, an MIT-trained former hedge-fund analyst who is fast becoming — somewhat accidentally, as he tells it — math teacher to the world.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
07-15-2011 |
Education
Going Green: Weather reportnew
Freaky storms can be certifiable proof—or a complete headache—for climate-change scientists
Pacific Sun |
Stan Cox |
07-15-2011 |
Environment
Charleston Startup Competes With Craigslistnew
QuickFoxes.com, the brainchild of a recent College of Charleston graduate, lets you hire people to do Foxruns — tasks like walking your dog, adding calligraphy to your wedding invitations, teaching your kid how to swim, or organizing your office — on an hourly or room-by-room basis.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-15-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Craigslist, QuickFoxes.com
