AltWeeklies Wire
Priced Into Povertynew
Helping families paying unfairly high rents would go miles toward ending homelessness.
Pasadena Weekly |
Gisselle Acevedo and Paul Freese |
03-31-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Racing for the Bottom in Californianew
The state's public schools simply cannot tolerate governor's proposed budget cuts.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ed Honowitz |
03-31-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
A Life on the Edgenew
When life kept kicking her in the teeth, Mary O'Connor finally bit back.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
03-31-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Let the Chickens Roostnew
Now is a good a time as any to exorcise the prejudices on both sides. The question is: Who will have the grapefruits to do it first?
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
03-28-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Missoulian Code Caper?new
Newspaper faces claims of website design theft.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick Klemz |
03-28-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Ecoholic: My Life, Unpluggednew
Forget Earth Hour's 60 minutes -- how 'bout six days without power to shower, sauté or switch on the tube?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Taking On the New Empirenew
Tibet backers at China's Consulate show protest focus has shifted from once-mighty U.S.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
03-28-2008 |
International
Tags: Tibet, international
An Irreversible Five Years for Iraqnew
Can Iraq emerge from the ordeal of George W. Bush's invasion as a place where people lead reasonably safe and happy lives?
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-28-2008 |
International
Why L.A. Is Park Poornew
A "broke" City Council and befuddled downtown bureaucrats sit on $130 million.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
03-28-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tenn. Bill Would Allow Transgendered to Revise Birth Certificatesnew
Since 1977, state law has prohibited sex-change recipients from retroactively revising the sex designation on their birth certificates to correspond with their new gender identity. It is the only state with such a law.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-28-2008 |
Sex
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
In Montreal, the World is Your Sidewalknew
Plan to make some streets car-free is good news for pedestrians, though not everyone is happy.
Montreal Mirror |
Tracey Lindeman |
03-28-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Against the War? Shun the Democrats & Push Peace Dealnew
Many of the most prominent antiwar voices say that if activists want to end the war, they should simply pick a candidate who is not John McCain and help them win. They can sort out the details after the Republicans are evicted from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This is a serious strategic mistake.
NOW Magazine |
Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill |
03-28-2008 |
War
Mission Not Accomplishednew
On Sunday night, the 4,000th person died for a mistake.
Donna Shalala: Veterans Benefits System is Brokennew
The former secretary of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services says veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars won't get proper health care until the U.S. government updates and simplifies the bureaucracy strangling benefits and outpatient care.
