AltWeeklies Wire
The Secret Face of HIVnew
HIV/AIDS is the No. 1 killer of black American women between 25 and 34. But the fastest growing segment of HIV incidence is among black women in their 50s and 60s. Yes, Grandma has AIDS.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kellie C. Murphy |
11-17-2008 |
Science
Dallas' Letot Center Helps to Stop the Sex Tradenew
Every week, the Center takes in girls as young as 13 who are part of a thriving underground sex trade that stretches from Miami to Los Angeles.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-17-2008 |
Sex
Prop. 8's Passage Tempers the Euphoria Over Obama's Victorynew
Proposition 8 has passed and with it, the hope that we can just go about our lives with the most fundamental right of all: to be left alone to enjoy our own lives as we see fit.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
11-17-2008 |
LGBT
Will Obama Give Us the Right Kind of Stimulus?new
Let's hope that the outgoing Bush administration, the incoming Obama administration, the permanent mandarins of the think tanks, and the Congressional majorities all come together so that we get an adequate stimulus package -- so that we shall still have the choice to purchase a GM, Ford, or Chrysler product in the coming years, preferably the plug-in hybrid that Obama wants them to make.
Seattle's Foreclosure Vulturesnew
A crashing housing market is just another profit opportunity for some scavengers.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-17-2008 |
Economy
Truckin' with Jesus: Searching for Redemption on Hardscrabble Highwaysnew
Transport for Christ runs 33 truck-stop chapels nationwide, part of a web of more than 100 chapels across the continent. People of the road need churches that take their circumstances into account and ministers who won't judge them, chaplain Dave Quignon says.
Pasadena Weekly |
S. Howard Bransford |
11-17-2008 |
Religion
Obama's Green Jobs Program Could Leave Canadian Entrepreneurs Out of the Loopnew
If Barack Obama actually does use the financial crisis to sink cash into eco industries, Canada will have squandered a golden opportunity to share the gains.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
11-17-2008 |
Economy
From Bank Crisis to Food Crisisnew
According to former agricultural banker Ben Gisin, whose magazine Touch the Soil is chronicling the local foods movement across the nation, the housing-cum-banking crisis foreshadows and ever deeper, looming global catastrophe: massive food shortages.
Boise Weekly |
Tim Andreae |
11-14-2008 |
Economy
The Blame Game Erupts Over Prop. 8new
With one exit poll showing 70 percent of blacks and 53 percent of Latinos supporting California's same-sex marriage ban, blacks and Latinos are being blamed for helping put Prop. 8 over the top. Only the Mormon Church has been slammed harder, by loud and passionate crowds.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
11-14-2008 |
LGBT
Why Does Orlando's City Grant Money Go to Already Rich Neighborhoods?new
The Main Street project, a convoluted revitalization program -- the National Trust for Historic Preservation sets the ground rules, but cities pay the bills -- is ultimately a marketing machine, akin to a homeowners' association for businesses.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-14-2008 |
Economy
Supreme Court Watch: FOX to FCC -- WTF?new
In the case before the Court on Election Day, FCC v. Fox Television Stations, five different networks stood up to the Federal Communications Commission, whose tightening of profanity regulations in recent years has been compared to "a Victorian crusade" by former officials of the FCC itself.
San Antonio Current |
Martha B. Lackritz |
11-14-2008 |
Media
Is the Ocean a Victim of Global Warming?new
Scientists are finally in consensus about the reality of global warming, but the common ground ends at the ocean’s edge. I've spoken with some of the best marine scientists on this coast of the Pacific, chased CO2 through three countries, but the disagreement among researchers has only left my mental waters murkier.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
11-14-2008 |
Environment
How I Spent Election Night in a Baltimore Jailnew
Why was I, a 42-year-old husband and father of two young daughters, a senior employee of Johns Hopkins, a freelance journalist, and a law-abiding, civic-minded guy, sitting in my piss-soaked underwear in the back of a paddy wagon outside the Northern District police station?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael M. Hughes |
11-14-2008 |
Civil Liberties
John Hagee Recovers from Surgery and Finds Himself in Barack Obama's Americanew
When Hagee returns to the helm at the Cornerstone Church on Nov. 16, he will deliver his first sermon as a citizen of Barack Obama's America, and it's safe to say he won't be one of the new administration's most ardent boosters. But has his brand of Armageddon fear-mongering run its course?
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-14-2008 |
Religion
What's the Fuss Over the Fairness Doctrine Really About?new
The conviction that Obama's win and Democratic gains in Congress mean the impending resurrection of Fairness Doctrine, a defunct policy aimed at creating a balance in broadcasting -- is tormenting both the wing nuts and conservatism's grownups.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-13-2008 |
Media
