AltWeeklies Wire
Protesters to Pay for Own Arrest?
After a local city council called in approximately 60 police officers to evict six peaceful protesters, that same city council is now considering suing the protesters for the policing costs.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-27-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Blowing Smoke
How the federal government's Marihuana Medical Access Division fails Canada's sick and dying.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-27-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
In the War on Meth, It's the Civilians Who Losenew
Before I stepped into the home, I thought I'd seen it all. I've seen the war on drugs. I've seen the stupid things people will do on crack or cocaine. But meth is the most addictive substance known to man.
Metro Spirit |
Alan Tanner |
02-27-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Judge & Wife Allege Harassment by Minneapolis Policenew
James and Lois Cannon seek apology from cops.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
02-27-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Kiva's Microloans Underwriting Cockfighting in Perunew
One entrepreneur who hit the Kiva block on Feb. 15 has gotten some people squawking: Sara Alva Vasquez Rodriguez was asking for a $700 loan to buy a freezer for her cockfighting ring in the Peruvian jungle.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
02-27-2008 |
International
Tags: kiva, international
Brian Nichols and Georgia's Indigent Defense Crisisnew
Stalled death-penalty cases across the state await infusion of money.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
02-27-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Safe Housenew
Surrea Oglesby has saved 40 child prostitutes from the streets. But nothing could prepare her for a girl named Katelyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Christine Van Dusen |
02-27-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
The Bureaucrats' Revengenew
Why are school officials so afraid of providing equal funding to charter school students?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-27-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Tooth and Consequencesnew
Some Americans can't afford dental care, so they're fleeing to risky clinics across the border.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Juul |
02-27-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Professor Defends Domestic Government Spyingnew
"We ought to be more concerned if Bin Laden is calling someone in Peoria than if he's calling someone in Pakistan," Robert Turner says, arguing for an expansion of FISA.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
02-27-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Grappling With the Border Wallnew
A major policy shift is underway on the Texas border. Following the failure of Congress and the Bush administration to forge new immigration policies, those looking north have only the face of Homeland Security to judge us by. That face is the Wall.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-27-2008 |
Immigration
The War on Drugs is Insane, but There's No End in Sightnew
Another casualty of the war on drugs came to my attention recently when I opened my email to find a message from Skip Johnson, announcing that South Carolinians for Drug Law Reform was shutting down.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
02-27-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
A Casino in Chicago May be a Sucker's Movenew
It's just a matter of time before there's a casino downtown -- the proposal for a land-based casino has already passed through the state senate and is waiting on house approval. Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) speculates that could happen sometime this year.
Chicago Newcity |
Clay Champlin |
02-27-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: casinos, public policy issues
Why Are We Still Smothered in Paper?new
We were promised a paperless office, a workplace devoid of the scattered, cluttered clumps of paper humpbacking everyone's desk. So what happened?
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-27-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Philly's Prison Problemnew
Why didn't Mayor Nutter mention prison costs in his first budget address?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
02-26-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
