AltWeeklies Wire
Anxious Times: Big Pharma Clouds What It Means to be Sick
Disease mongering is big pharma's not-so-subtle way of increasing their grip on a scared and anxious populace. What's a worried person to do?
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-01-2008 |
Drugs
The Price Is Rightsizenew
D.C. parents rant about the costs of Mayor Adrian Fenty administration's school-closing plan.
Washington City Paper |
Staff |
02-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
It's Time for Honest Talk About Afghanistannew
When the blame game starts, you know the situation has turned from bad to worse in Afghanistan. But the fact that the Taliban are getting stronger is now undeniable to all except the most willfully ignorant, and accusations have started to fly.
The Georgia Straight |
Jared Ferrie |
02-01-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Value of a Degreenew
Many adults have no postsecondary credentials, making it tough for them to achieve their goals.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
02-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Danger Zone at the Atlanta Detention Centernew
Guards complain about short staffing, low pay and scary incidents.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
02-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Border Standoffnew
Public-land managers fight the feds over fences.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Growing Painsnew
In the face of growth and other challenges, national parks are set for expansion--but Congress refuses to pay up.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Eating Up Autismnew
Can autistic people munch their way out of their neurological difficulties?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-31-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Advocates Debate Domestic Partnerships vs. Marriagenew
While the Legislature ponders whether to pass the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act, New Mexico’s gay community is having its own internal debate over domestic partnerships versus marriage.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
01-31-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
No Security in Muslim Americans' Homelandnew
Almost five years after Iyad Hindi passed the test to become a U. S. citizen, he's still waiting to be "cleared" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-31-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
CHEKing In: Will Local TV News Survive the Digital Revolution?
As part of CanWest's ongoing Canadian media conglomeration, Victoria's CHEK-TV newscasts will be produced and packaged in another city by fall 2008. What does this latest round of convergence mean for local news coverage?
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
01-31-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Life After Turcotnew
The grandiose swoop and curves of Montreal’s most iconic interchange will make way for an entirely new structure, its layers of flyovers and elevated highways replaced by a new structure that hugs the ground, surrounded by berms and embankments.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher DeWolf |
01-31-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Blackwater Trial, Reduxnew
Steve Baggarly and the six other protestors arrested at Blackwater USA’s Moyock headquarters finally got what they had been denied after a judge abruptly closed the courtroom during their hearing in October: a public forum.
Port Folio Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
01-31-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Music Geneticists Mine Individual Tastesnew
The medium changes and the musical tides may briefly ebb, but demand for recorded music never wanes. And competition remains heated to win the dollars that come from sound delivery.
East Bay Express |
Chris Parker |
01-30-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
UVA Professor Talks Credit Crisisnew
Commerce School Professor Robert Webb, who specializes in the study of speculative markets, points out that last year, the European Central Bank and the Fed made rate cuts that analysts thought would be a shorter involvement than it has turned out to be.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
01-30-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
