AltWeeklies Wire
Ring of Firenew
The deadbeat FBI fails to pay its phone bills and jeopardizes its wiretapping program.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
01-24-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Iron Men of North Texasnew
High-steel workers view the region's building boom from a dizzying perch.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
01-24-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Debate Over Electric Shocks Rocks the Mass. Statehousenew
"This is a war," Eddie Sanchez said last week during a Statehouse hearing on the controversial Judge Rotenberg Center. The residential school for the autistic, mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed, uses electrical shocks to change its students' unruly behavior, and is the only center of its kind in the country.
Dig Boston |
Melissa Jeltsen |
01-24-2008 |
Education
Tags: education
Never-Never Landnew
Can Gov. Patrick's Readiness Project bring funding equality to Massachusetts public schools?
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
01-24-2008 |
Education
When It Comes to the Economy, the People Get Itnew
Increased productivity and a robust GDP look magnificent from up there, but at the middle and the bottom it feels like a lot of pain. People sense the truth, that there are now two economies in the United States, one for the rich and one for everyone else.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-24-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Synthetic Pheromone Cocktails Attract More than Apple Mothsnew
In response to public concerns about the aerial spraying of synthetic pheromone products last fall, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has stated that that the products used are "highly specific" and won't affect monarch butterflies. But they appear to attract at least five other "leafroller" moths of the tortricid family.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
01-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Only One Texas Inmate Has a Standing Execution Datenew
Across the country, death-row inmates have filed for, and uniformly received, stays of execution as the US Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the three-chemical lethal injection method employed in 37 states. Yet, no lawyer has so far filed for a stay for Karl Chamberlain.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
01-24-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Time of The Immigrantnew
Perceptions of The Immigrant vary, to say the least. But all agree that The Immigrant is numerous and growing in number, and that in one way or another, he's changing the face of Arkansas.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
01-24-2008 |
Immigration
Using Biodiesel is Win-Win Situationnew
The newly established SFGreasecycle picks up used fats, oils, and grease at no charge from wherever people are willing to spare them. The list currently comprises mostly eateries, but also households, high schools, a synagogue, and museums. By the beginning of 2010 it aims to collect 100,000 gallons of grease per month.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biodiesel
Maybe All Clones Should be Labelednew
Some are debating whether they will eat cloned meat, but do they know a fertility researcher and a biotech company investor are busy cloning themselves?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-23-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
An Epidemic of Violence Against SF Day Laborersnew
While criminals are bludgeoning and shooting workers who line up to hail building contractors who might give them work, neither the police nor any other government agency or nonprofit seems motivated to see the crimes reported, and the assailants tracked down and jailed.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-23-2008 |
Immigration
Minneapolis Civil Rights Dept. Being Decimatednew
In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Oops, They Did it Againnew
Atlanta faces budget shortfall as large as $100 million.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Killing Time: Dead Men Waiting on Oregon's Death Rownew
The state's machinery of death is clearly in place. But since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions in 1976, Oregon has killed only two men. Meanwhile, 35 men sit alone this week in their cells on death row.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The East Bay's Buses From Hellnew
After AC Transit purchased costly foreign buses that drivers hate and many riders fear, its service and finances took a wrong turn.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-23-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
