AltWeeklies Wire
The Cowboy Way: Horse Training Goes Naturalnew
Move over Monty Roberts, Oregon has its own "horse whisperer."
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Animal Issues
The Bums of 'Bumfights'new
How 'stunt bums' Rufus Hannah and Donald Brennan turned their lives around.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Silva |
01-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Domestic Partnership Isn't All That's at Stake Herenew
Gay-rights advocates have blasted a U.S. District Court Judge's decision to put a hold on domestic partnerships for same-sex couples in Oregon until a Feb. 1 court hearing. But the temporary injunction issued last month hinges less on gay rights and more on a technical issue that could drastically alter the state's voter-initiative system by changing how the state treats petition signatures.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-09-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Rebel Women in Chiapasnew
A report from the Zapatista Women's Encounter.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Ross |
01-09-2008 |
International
Tags: international
SF Zoo Tiger Fiasco Was a Tragedy Waiting to Happennew
When I look at this story through the lens of a behaviorist, I think about the traits of various human subspecies -- politicians, bureaucrats, managers, spin doctors, journalists, self-proclaimed experts, and supposed guardians of health and safety. Frankly, I am not impressed.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Craig McLaughlin |
01-09-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Union Workers Push a Boycott of Their Own Hotelnew
A majority of the unionized Portland Hilton workers voted to support a boycott of their downtown hotel employer after bargaining without reaching agreement on a new contract.
Willamette Week |
Don McIntosh |
01-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Trial By Facebooknew
When Lewis&Clark students decided to warn others about Morgan Shaw-Fox, they didn't go to the authorities -- they went to their computers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
01-09-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Slot in Every Potnew
Indian compacts would allow largest casinos in the country -- so what?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
01-09-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Who Said Building a Railroad Was Easy?new
This could be the make-or-break year for California's proposed high-speed rail system.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
01-09-2008 |
Transportation
Profs Study Hipster Migration & Other Urban Phenomenanew
Dan Silver, Lawrence Rothfield and Terry Nichols Clark have recently completed a groundbreaking study on just what it takes to create a "scene," whether it be bohemian or otherwise.
Chicago Newcity |
Sean Redmond |
01-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
White History Week Resets the Defaultnew
"How would you feel if you had just a month for your history? It's kind of a silly notion. We have the whole year for white people."
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
01-08-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Tow Jobnew
It's like magic -- in the blink of an eye, your car vanishes.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell and John Linn |
01-08-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The DA So Tough on Crime, a Suspect Goes Freenew
Chuck Rosenthal doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
01-08-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Kansas City's Tax Dollars Not at Worknew
The Citadel Plaza shopping center was supposed to revive the inner city. Instead, it has leveled a neighborhood and left a contaminated mess. Now the developer wants more of our money.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
01-08-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Spare Any Change?new
Kansas City's big-money donors fund art museums and symphony halls but not a homeless center.
Tags: Economic Issues
