AltWeeklies Wire
Superfund, or Superfraud?new
The EPA wants you to look at the Milltown Dam and see Superfund restoration at work. Look further and see the costly truth.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick M. Klemz |
06-26-2008 |
Environment
Happytown Deals with Legal Weed and a Giant Ferris Wheelnew
In an online video explaining the Orlando Sentinel’s new redesign, editor Charlotte Hall insisted that they weren’t dumbing the paper down; rather, they were telling stories “more smartly.” And we totally believed her, until we saw the ludicrously vacuous “news” that filled the new Sentinel’s first few editions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman | Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
06-26-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Orlando Police Beatnew
(2008-255783) 12:53 p.m.: Sucks to be this guy. Two guys walked up to him on the street, forced him into his car at gunpoint, and made him drive to the bank and withdraw a bunch of money. The police report lists him as a missing person, which may well mean his day went from shitty to FUBAR, fast.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-26-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Why is Homeland Security Watching Eugene's Activists?new
The Department of Homeland Security's monitoring of a peaceful anti-pesticide group led to the arrest and violent Tasering of a 19-year-old university student by local police.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Sacramento's Newest Newlyweds Take a Spin on Our Pink Couchnew
Gays and lesbians all over California married their partners last week. But if you're going to get your picture in the paper for getting married, shouldn't it be a good picture? And if you're thinking of rejecting marriage equality for your neighbors in November, shouldn't you meet them first?
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin, David Jayne, Jeremy Sykes, Kel Munger, Nick Miller, Andrew Nilsen, Kimberly Brown and Shoka |
06-26-2008 |
LGBT
The 2008 Muzzles: Collegiate Divisionnew
In reality, college campuses are home to some of the most outrageous cases of censorship.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The 2008 Phoenix Muzzle Awardsnew
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution, but it's an idea we have to fight for every day. We round up the past year's most conspicuous enemies.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Is Anybody Paying Attention to McClatchy's Powerful Guantanamo Expose?new
With this past week's publication of a series on the Kafka-esque detention of thousands of foreign nationals following 9/11, the hybrid McClatchy–Knight Ridder DC operation is enjoying its biggest achievement to date.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-26-2008 |
Media
How One Ginseng Farmer is Rolling Back America's Trade Deficit with Chinanew
At a time when the Chinese are getting rich exporting to Americans, Larry Harding is a countertrender: an American getting rich exporting to the Chinese. In the world's most populous country, ginseng is like coffee, Viagra, and Prozac all rolled into one, with a dollop of quasi-religious mysticism on top.
Washington City Paper |
Franklin Schneider |
06-26-2008 |
International
Debating the High-School 'Pregnancy Pact' Won't Make Teen Pregnancy Surge Disappearnew
There are limits to what social programs and education can accomplish. Teen pregnancies -- desired or not -- will never disappear. But, as the nation's 15-year successful track record indicates, they can be controlled.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
06-26-2008 |
Sex
Is Being Naked in the Public Square a Crime?new
In the finest Puritan tradition, Middlesex District Attorney Gerald Leone is crusading to save Harvard Square from the shock and awe of the nude human form. The next act of this absurd political-theater production will return to Cambridge District Court this Friday, at considerable expense to taxpayers.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and James F. Tierney |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
One of Our Drummers Is Missingnew
Musician Vicente Lebron, born in the Dominican Republic, but has lived in the US for 38 years. During that time, he's traveled freely with his band, the Either/Orchestra. He has a Green Card. But now he's detained and held incommunicado by Homeland Security.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Don't Bet Against Rupert Murdoch's Success with 'The Wall Street Journal'new
The real question in the "war" between the Times Co. and Dow Jones is which entity is better equipped in the next decade to both make money and publish, in whatever form, a quality product. My money is on the Murdoch family.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
06-26-2008 |
Media
Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Legalize Medical Marijuananew
Now almost 75, this sharecroppers' daughter from Arkansas continues to lecture across the country on sex education, universal health care and public health approaches to dealing with illegal drugs.
They Shoot Gays, Don't They?new
Despite recent advances, the LGBT community must realize that our collective work is far from done, not only on the marriage issue, but also when it comes to fairness and equality for LGBT people in so many other areas: custody cases, employment discrimination, school protections, asylum cases, as well as anti-bullying protections and hate crimes.
