AltWeeklies Wire
With Friends Like These . . .
A local B.C. politician looking to change federal policy receives an unintential (and unwanted) endorsement from white supremacist group.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-06-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Trans Tribulations: Acceptance Elusive for Transgendered Community
After reading about a women's-only self-defense class in a local alt-weekly, a transgendered woman is refused entry into the class — because she has yet to complete her gender reassignment surgery. Meanwhile, she's supposed to be living her life as a woman . . . but how can you do that when the world still treats you as a man?
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-06-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Anti-Crime Groups Reflect New Orleans' Diversitynew
During the past year, citizen outrage, often voiced through these post-Katrina groups, has helped trigger huge changes in the criminal justice system while bolstering community involvement.
Gambit |
Ariane Wiltse |
02-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Economics vs. Environment in the Gorge.new
The Columbia River Gorge Commission is deliberating whether to let a lumber company build a 250-unit resort in violation of existing rules against a large-scale development.
Willamette Week |
Jeremy Gillick |
02-06-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Debt Effectnew
One of Oregon’s biggest collection lawyers faces new troubles from the debtors he’s sued.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
OHSU Pits Saving Money Against Saving Livesnew
The crucial services Russell Street Dental Clinic has provided HIV-positive Portlanders and other high-needs and low-income residents for 30 years are now threatened by Oregon Health&Science University’s reaction to a Dec. 28 decision by the Oregon Supreme Court.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-06-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Get Fit Without Getting Borednew
As January comes to a close, you’ve probably broken a lot of your New Year’s resolutions already, particularly the perennial ones about going to the gym at least three times a week or running five miles a day. Maybe the reason you can’t stick to a routine is because the routine you have in mind is just that – routine.
Birmingham Weekly |
Carrie Rollwagen |
02-05-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Is Our Future in the Oil Patch?new
Tecton Energy of Houston won’t say what it’s found after six months of exploration. But the company is punching more wells into the ground to pursue its hunch that the area holds valuable quantities of natural gas.
Weekly Alibi |
Jim Scarantino |
02-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
There are Alternatives to Desert Rock Power Plantnew
Navajo grassroots organizations continue to chip away at a Desert Rock coal-fired plant. Meanwhile, supporters maintain the proposed power plant will provide much-needed revenue for the Navajo Nation.
Weekly Alibi |
Kyra Gurney |
02-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Immigration Can Make College Complicatednew
Without a way to work or prove residency, undocumented children are trying to pass an unsurmountable hurdle: college.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
02-05-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Her Aim is Truenew
Pennsylvania's lone female rep in D.C. works to stimulate the economy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Paul Fain |
02-05-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
A View from the Dumpnew
It's a Bizarro image of the consumer cornucopia that comes from new Wal-Marts and CostCos along the shore.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Bruce Schimmel |
02-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Terrorist and the Baby-Killernew
They met outside a Pennsylvania abortion clinic. What happened next took everyone by surprise.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
02-05-2008 |
Sex
State Changes Make It Harder for Familiesnew
Last year, to help plug a $70 million budget gap, the state froze its subsidies to child-care providers at 2005 levels. It doesn't plan to raise the rates again until 2009.
Isthmus |
Vikki Kratz |
02-04-2008 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Tackling the Diversity Issuenew
Sometimes a summit allows people to cooperate to find solutions to racial profiling and violence.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ali McNally |
02-04-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
