AltWeeklies Wire
Blood in the Waternew
A new documentary sheds light on the Japanese dolphin slaughter and revisits SeaWorld's sins of the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-06-2009 |
Animal Issues
Change Can't Waitnew
An Orlando activist struggles with a broken health-care system.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
08-06-2009 |
Policy Issues
Tags: health care, Orlando
'Material Support' Charges the Feds' Best Shot in Terrorism Casenew
Prosecutors have increasingly exploited the low threshold of proof necessary to convict suspected terrorists on "material support" charges -- with mixed results
INDY Week |
Matt Saldaña |
08-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
In Raleigh, Muslims View FBI with Fear, Mistrustnew
Three days after FBI officials attended an open house at the Islamic Center in Raleigh, the feds arrested seven local Muslims on terrorism charges.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
08-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Lay Off Layoffs
U.S. employers hire and fire workers at will. Other countries give workers lifetime employment contracts--and have higher productivity.
Calgary Women Hired While Men Get Firednew
While studying poverty issues, non-profit group discovers that men are losing jobs while women are making gains.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
08-06-2009 |
Economy
The Gates Case Isn't About Racenew
The weeks-long hubbub over the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. by the Cambridge Police Department has centered on race, understandably. But the racial façade of the story has obscured two other bottom-line truths that should govern the "Gates-gate" conversation.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
08-06-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Comic-strip author declares war on Jambanew
While the Shepard Fairey–AP showdown was busy raising the public-domain bar, a new case concerning intellectual property recently cropped up on the Internet. This one pits David Rees and his defunct Get Your War On (GYWO) comic strip against national smoothie giant Jamba Juice.
Boston Phoenix |
Leor Galil |
08-06-2009 |
Media
Life in Prison...For Punching a Man in the Facenew
Nearly 17 years ago, Joe Donovan initiated a tragic chain of events with a brutish act of machismo. But should he be in jail for life?
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
08-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Cleaning the Air Around the Portsnew
The shipping industry hopes to undo California's newest clean-air rule.
East Bay Express |
Eric Klein |
08-05-2009 |
Environment
Funding Blocks to Expedient Supportive Housingnew
The idea of turning older hotels into supportive housing isn’t a new idea: It’s how nonprofits like L.A.’s Skid Row Housing Trust and SRO Housing Corp.—both of which have converted hundreds of units into supportive housing—got their start.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
08-05-2009 |
Housing & Development
California Budget Cuts Squeeze Inmates Out of Prisonsnew
The budget upon which the governor and the Legislature recently agreed included a $1.2-billion cut in prison funding, and in order to save that much money, thousands of inmates would likely have to be released early.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
08-05-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Algae Solutionnew
The San Francisco Bay may soon host a dramatic new environmental project that backers say could solve three problems at once: clean wastewater, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and produce biodiesel fuel.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Gabrielle Poccia |
08-05-2009 |
Environment
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s Reliability Costs Businesses Millionsnew
A Guardian review of available data shows that customers of PG&E lose power much more frequently than customers of municipally owned and operated utilities.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Megan Rawlins |
08-05-2009 |
Economy
Dissent in the Shambhala Communitynew
New website Radio Free Shambhala illuminates a disagreement over the relationship between Buddhism and Shambhala.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-05-2009 |
Religion
