AltWeeklies Wire
The New Ecstasy?new
You can snort it. It’s legal. But think about it first.
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
06-18-2010 |
Drugs
Pissed off at BP? Then Stop Drivingnew
Want to boycott big oil? Just stop driving, says the owner of 127 BP-affiliated service stations. But please, please don't stop buying Slurpies.
The Other Paper |
Lyndsey Teter |
06-18-2010 |
Economy
Tags: BP
The Making of Manhattan's Elite Welfare Farmersnew
The fattest farm subsidy checks are mailed to the richest New York ZIP codes.
New York Press |
Yasha Levine |
06-17-2010 |
Economy
I Was a Teenage Republicannew
Wedge politics has cost the GOP my vote
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tale of Two Landfillsnew
With a pair of giant corporations vying for control of San Francisco's trash, will the city's zero waste dreams ever become a reality?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Seattle Police Chief Punched Out of Job?new
Seattle Acting Police Chief John Diaz earned a few points toward a permanent appointment when two Seattle police officers were caught on tape last month kicking a wrongly detained suspect, Martin Monetti, and threatening to "beat the fucking Mexican piss out" of him. Then came the punch that may have knocked him out.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-16-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Democrats, Griffin Differ on BP Demandsnew
A Tim Griffin news release today cites an Arkansas Times blog post in defense of the 2nd District Republican's position on BP's obligations in the Gulf oil disaster.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Tim Griffin
Pension Tensions in Santa Cruznew
Santa Cruz spends 40 percent more on police and firefighter retirement than surrounding cities. No wonder the departing city manager is calling for pension reform.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
06-16-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: CalPERS
Ethnic Cleansing in Kyrgyzstan
Once again—as in Haiti—it's largely our fault.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Advocating for Undocumented Latinosnew
A snapshot of the plight of undocumented Latinos through the eyes of those who provide assistance to this hidden segment.
Boulder Weekly |
Ana Arias |
06-14-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: HB 1070
Privatize Public Transit?new
Chicago's tried it before. Here's how that went.
Chicago Reader |
Robert Loerzel |
06-14-2010 |
Transportation
Our Bodies, Our Carsnew
The links between urban design and public health.
Austin Chronicle |
Katherine Gregor |
06-14-2010 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation, New Urbanism
Healing Haiti: Changing a Country From Withinnew
For more than 20 years, Jean André Victor worked as an agronomist in Haiti, tying to solve the riddle of how to fix centuries of environmental degradation and poverty.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-10-2010 |
Environment
Tackling Violence Via Documentarynew
You Are Not Alone covers troubles faced by teens, including suicide, in the LGBTQ and straight communities.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
06-10-2010 |
LGBT
Gas Drilling Threatens Town's Water Supplynew
The little town of DISH, Texas has fought the environmental depredations of the gas drilling industry harder than any other place in Texas. Now there's a new front: well water contamination.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jason Joyce |
06-09-2010 |
Environment
