AltWeeklies Wire
"Playing With the Passion," "Attachment Disorder," "Going Down in History in Flames"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Net Neutrality: World War Webnew
The era of an open, egalitarian and transparent internet could soon come to a screeching halt in America -- unless we fight back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
04-21-2008 |
Media
As Natural Resources Dwindle, Vermont's Scrap Yards Find Business Boomingnew
If you bring a ton of No. 1 Steel to a scrap yard today, you'll get a check for $210; last year you might have taken home only $130 for the same weight. The booming market has even spun off its own cottage industry of thieves.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
04-21-2008 |
Economy
Denver's Rent-a-Copsnew
The city's finest protect and serve, whether they're being paid by the city or the corner bar.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on 'Defense of Marriage' Lawnew
Opponents and allies of a bill that proposes amending Pennsylvania's state constitution to define marriage as one man and one woman got a chance to tell lawmakers how they felt April 10.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Adam Fleming |
04-21-2008 |
LGBT
Miami's Catholic Leaders Covered for a Priest Who Drugged and Sodomized at Least 12 Boysnew
By overlooking reports that Rev. Neil Doherty was a sexual predator, the archdiocese, it is claimed, made it possible for him to strike again. And again.
Miami New Times |
Thomas Francis |
04-21-2008 |
Religion
News Corp Dumps Fox Affiliatesnew
Two Denver Fox affiliates recently sold off by Rupert Murdoch are now enjoying their greatest success to date.
The War Vet Generation Gapnew
Camaraderie is in short supply between Iraq returnees and older veterans.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
04-21-2008 |
War
Cracking the Gangbangers' Code of Silencenew
Informants are blowing Seattle murder cases wide open.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Childrennew
Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-21-2008 |
Sex
Inmates Have No Right to Starve to Deathnew
Washington's State Supreme Court won't allow convict to "let nature take its course."
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Development-Mad Orlando Ignores Flailing Economynew
The $1.8 billion plan to build two new downtown venues and renovate a third that almost never gets used is rock-solid. Yes, it's based on rising property values, increasing tourism and people snapping up downtown condos, but it's rock-solid nonetheless. And that's all you need to know.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
04-21-2008 |
Economy
Have a Green Daynew
Twenty-four ways you can help the planet, from how you wake yourself up in the morning to how you get drunk at night.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
04-21-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Earth Day
Matzo Maven: Pondering the Passover Paradoxnew
To my mind, the point of Passover isn't deprivation but difference -- not just between this week and every other week but, more importantly, between oppression and liberation. What makes the holiday all the more powerful is that we observe it so personally, in the minutiae of our daily lives.
Seven Days |
Ruth Horowitz |
04-21-2008 |
Religion
California Shows Us How Not to Fight Global Warmingnew
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are moving forward with new ways of forcing significantly more density upon L.A. and other cities. But the debate is being dominated by the smart-growth movement, unsettling several top global-warming scientists and researchers, who say the sweeping land-use proposals being considered have little basis in science.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
