AltWeeklies Wire
Enter the Trashy Vortexnew
Five reasons why you need a Pacific Gyre getaway.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
01-30-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Politics of Addictionnew
Methadone is the "gold standard" for getting addicts off heroin -- just not in San Diego County.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
01-30-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
The Damage Donenew
While a Texas pilot program languishes in legal limbo, Bexar County is prosecuting needle-exchange volunteers.
San Antonio Current |
Cary Cardwell |
01-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Waiting For Lovenew
Like breaking up, calculating the costs of delaying Oregon’s domestic partnership law is hard to do.
Willamette Week |
Stephen Marc Beaudoin |
01-30-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Green Milenew
As state transportation officials forge ahead with plans to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River, critics charge that the billion-dollar project doesn’t go far enough to reflect Portland’s fight against climate change.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-30-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Pee-Town Revisitednew
In an effort to provide homeless people a place to relieve themselves, Portland kept its City Hall bathrooms open overnight. So far, that's cost the city $46,500 in its first five months.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Rescue Menew
A Portland cop is targeting foreclosure vultures. Next week, the Legislature will, too.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
01-30-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Law Schools Take Services & Students to Clientsnew
This RV with "University of Detroit Mercy" printed on its side could be considered just a PR gimmick, as it travels the state carrying law students and their faculty advisers who work with clients as part of the school's free legal services. But it's part of the growing national trend of law schools providing -- and sometimes requiring -- more clinical experiences for students.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
01-29-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
How Philly Worksnew
An informal survey of the ways we earn our daily bread.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Inside a Cinco de Mayo Car Crashnew
Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison -- the drunk, rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hush, Moneynew
Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
01-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&Mnew
Thanks to the university and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hungry For Respect's Dirty Tricksnew
In its war for new members, a labor union is using dirty tricks to turn Hispanics against a grocery chain.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Maryland Takes Another Look At Video-Interrogations Billnew
A bill sponsored by Del. Curt Anderson that would require police to videotape confessions of violent-crime suspects is getting a third shot in the house of delegates this session.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Can Anything Be Done to Bring Baltimore's Homicide Rate Down?new
Ray Alston, Michael Simms, and John Morris were just three of 282 people murdered in Baltimore in 2007, making it the most murderous year the city has seen since 1999. How does a city get to the point where mothers lose multiple sons to street crime, and how can it change?
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
