AltWeeklies Wire
Columnist Banned for Opinion on Art Fairsnew
A Wyoming art association has banned a local columnist from its studios and classes after board members called for “consequences” to a column that criticized art fairs.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Matthew Irwin |
07-28-2010 |
Media
Educating Tomorrow's Employeesnew
Bay Area community colleges use federal funding to team up with local businesses on job-training initiatives.
East Bay Express |
Michele Ellson |
07-28-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Ron Dellums
Classified Addsnew
SFR investigates the New Mexico component of the Washington Post's intelligence project.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
07-28-2010 |
Policy Issues
Text Marks the (Oil) Spotnew
Gulf residents help map the oiled Gulf Coast from their phones and kites.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-28-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon
Boy, Interrupted: Remembering Jeremy Gillitzernew
On June 1, Jeremy Gillitzer died after a long struggle with anorexia. At the time of his death, he weighed just 66 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-27-2010 |
Science
Tags: Jeremy Gillitzer
Over the Linenew
As Mexican drug cartels increasingly recruit American teens as runners, a Houston area teen goes across the border and ends up dead.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
07-27-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Elisabeth Mandala
Was BP Money Allocated Without Following Alabama Governor’s Orders?new
After the state of Alabama received $25 million in grant money from BP for oil spill response efforts, Gov. Bob Riley called on two state legislators in each of Mobile and Baldwin Counties to oversee, endorse and ensure allocations of roughly $10 million to each county went smoothly.
Tags: BP
The Martyr and the Stool Pigeonnew
Untold tales behind the release of the imprisoned Cuban journalists.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-26-2010 |
International
Tags: Cuba, Manuel David Orrio
Who (Re)Built the Electric Car?new
ChargeCar reimagines plug-in vehicles.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-24-2010 |
Transportation
Tags: ChargeCar, Illah Nourbakhsh
BP's Toll on Texasnew
If you want to understand the depth of BP’s venality -- and the uselessness of state regulators -- go back two weeks before the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon.
The Texas Observer |
Texas Observer Staff |
07-23-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP
San Francisco's Killer Frogsnew
A tiny pond near the mouth of Golden Gate Park is host to as many as 10,000 invasive African clawed frogs so voracious they're a threat to the entire state.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
07-23-2010 |
Environment
Biomass: Is Its Bite Worth the Bark?new
It seems the word “biomass” is synonymous with burning trees in a plant, but the term is much broader than that. Biomass energy can come from more sources than just burning wood.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-22-2010 |
Environment
It Bitesnew
The retreat of State Farm from the Florida insurance pool leaves some dog owners scrambling to find insurance.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
07-22-2010 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Pit Bulls
Growing Painsnew
An Oregon ballot measure is tearing a rift in the marijuana reform movement.
The Portland Mercury |
Stefan Kamph |
07-22-2010 |
Drugs
CNN Solves One 'Credibility' Problem and Creates Anothernew
If expressing an opinion destroyed Nasr's credibility, then why wouldn't policy advocacy also destroy Blitzer's?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-22-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: CNN, Octavia Nasr
