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Trade Offnew
What happens to prison job training if voters OK a measure to add even more inmates?
Willamette Week |
Mark Noack |
03-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Surveyor Stakes and Costly Mistakes at the Bordernew
I've been on the road for a week, visiting with residents who make their home on El Rio and considering how U.S. Homeland Security plans to wall the border will change la frontera.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-05-2008 |
Immigration
'Ban the Box' Aims to Reduce Job Barriers for Ex-Consnew
The box is the one that anyone who's filled out a job application might recall: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" Advocates argue that the box deters people with criminal records from applying for jobs, and it promotes discrimination.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
03-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Portland Schools Struggle to Meet Enviro Goals at Lunchnew
Even as the district has cultivated an eco-friendly image with a "green" schools push and a new farm-to-school program to provide local food for its lunches, it has served almost 33,000 meals each school day since 2001 on nonreusable plastic-foam trays.
Willamette Week |
Shefali Kulkarni |
03-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Chemicals and Quarantines in San Francisconew
City officials resist plans to use aerial spraying against a potentially damaging moth.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Soldier in Winternew
A 24-year-old veteran seeks redemption for atrocities committed during the Iraq War.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
03-05-2008 |
War
When Teens Encounter Christ, All Hell Breaks Loosenew
The three-day Christian gala known as Teens Encountering Christ is so secretive, the only way to find out what happens there is to go undercover -- so that's what I did. But unlike the true believers, I had no intention of keeping secrets.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
03-05-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Nuclear CSI: New Deterrence for a New Eranew
David Smith of Lawrence Livermore Lab is helping to develop means of tracing the location of stray nuclear materials.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
03-05-2008 |
Science
Salvia: The Next Casualty in the War on Drugsnew
Let us herald the last legal days of the strong, natural hallucinogen salvia divinorum in Virginia. Raise your hand if you've ever heard of it before.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
03-05-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Arizona's Ill-Prepared to Handle its Most Vulnerablenew
BJ Bolender's struggle to keep her son alive in the state's care highlights the challenges of supporting the developmentally disabled.
Phoenix New Times |
Megan Irwin |
03-04-2008 |
Children & Families
These Colors Don't Wash Feetnew
Little Saigon's Nguoi Viet Daily News earns anti-commie wrath -- again.
Tags: media
Cyclists Hope to Make New Haven a Model Bike Citynew
Is City Hall along for the ride?
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-04-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
You Don't Want to Knownew
Maryland State Ethics Commission rule on financial-disclosure forms casts shadow over access to public information.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jeffrey Anderson |
03-04-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Will Surveillance Cameras Make Pittsburgh Any Safer?new
When security-tech expert Bruce Schneier hears that millions of dollars are coming to Pittsburgh from the federal government to put surveillance cameras on our bridges, buildings and highways, "I just sigh and think, 'More money wasted.'"
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
03-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
'Citizen McCaw': The Wendy Chroniclesnew
The new documentary reports on the trials and tribulations of the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
D.J. Palladino |
03-03-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
