AltWeeklies Wire
Two Years Later, Asa Sullivan's Death Remains a Mysterynew
The San Francisco Police Department doesn't want people to know about Asa B. Sullivan, a case that illustrates how difficult it is to get even basic information about law enforcement, which leaves the public in the dark about a public agency that makes life-and-death decisions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
03-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
America's New Gilded Agenew
The United States heads into a deep recession, but for a new generation of multibillionaires, it's all good.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
03-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Eco-Construction Blooms in New Orleansnew
More and more contractors and do-it-yourselfers are learning the advantages of green building techniques in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Portland's New Tent Citynew
The city's day labor site on MLK Boulevard still has fences to climb.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Thin Gray Linenew
The 25-year police officers' retirement has gone the way of the golden watch in the corporate world. Deputies now stay on the force up to age 65.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
03-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ire on I-20new
GDOT brushes off claims of vindictive behavior, but charges of illogical decision making in constructing sound barriers are becoming harder to deny.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tumbling Downnew
Officials fear the Appleby Branch Library's outbuilding will soon crumble. But they don't have the money to make the much-needed repairs.
Metro Spirit |
Amy Christian |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fight Against Nukesnew
Environmentalists and nuclear activists challenge the Savannah River Site plans to take part in a controversial new "Bombplex 2030" program.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
03-12-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Battleship Metadatanew
California legislation on mapping software would create an expensive new category of public records.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-12-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Walling Off the Rio Grande Will Claim Many Victimsnew
The Great River is now considered one of the world's most endangered waterways, but Texans may not have to watch this serpent expire from overuse. Homeland Security, empowered by the Secure Fence Act of 2006, is rushing to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico. In so doing, the River herself -- and thousands of our wildest acres -- stands forfeit.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Bay Area Beatdownnew
Looking for the soap-operatic significance of the Bay Guardian-Village Voice Media battle.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
03-11-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Why the Huge Gender Gap in the Building Trades?new
Nationally, women comprise about 13 percent of construction workers. In Philadelphia, according to the demographics submitted to City Council, that number is just 1.5 percent.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Dana Henry |
03-11-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Philly's Homeless Services Grassrootsnew
Behind the big shelters and agencies, tiny do-gooder groups keep people alive.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeff Deeney |
03-11-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tennessee Keeps Exonerated Inmate Locked Upnew
Suffering from advanced multiple sclerosis, the 46-year-old Paul House remains on the state's death row nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared "no reasonable juror" would convict him given the evidence now available.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
03-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Michigan Gives Big Pharma Immunity from Prosecutionnew
Its the only state where you have no right to sue big pharmaceutical companies, no matter what their products do to you.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
03-11-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
