AltWeeklies Wire
The Green Map System Lets Local Enviros Do the Talkingnew
The neighborhood maps seek to "help residents and tourists make ethical consumer choices during their daily experience of the city," but don't take them at face value. Like all maps, they're complex, extremely condensed, and subjective.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
11-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Aging of the Moorsnew
Eighty years ago a prophet came to Chicago's south side and drew thousands of followers. Today the remaining few face an uncertain future.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
11-19-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Life and Death in a Cold, Lonely Cellnew
Cells like the one I sit in are designed to confine prisoners for extreme terms of isolation in harsh, inhumane, and animalistic conditions.
The Texas Observer |
Sid Hawk Byrd |
11-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Juan Cole Says There Are Chills in Today's Ivory Towernew
Outside pressure groups are making work dangerous for scholars, says the historian and prominent blogger.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
11-16-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
What a Difference a Year Has Made for Ethanolnew
Touted as the solution to global warming and dependency on foreign oil, ethanol was offered up as the fuel of the future by its own industry and numerous politicians. Now skeptics of the biofuel are more vocal now than ever. Their concerns: the corn-based fuel's impact on the economy, the environment, consumer issues and, of course, politics.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer O'Donnell |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Farmers, Activists & Ag Experts Weigh in on Farm Billnew
This year's bill tips the scales at more than 1500 pages, with an estimated price tag of nearly $300 billion. For the next five years, this bill will go a long way toward determining what we grow, what we eat, and whose wallets and waistbands grow the widest.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard and Mike Ives |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Farm Bill
Death Becomes Us?new
Tennessee tries to keep its machinery of death in motion as U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
11-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gassing Animals May be Outlawed in N.C.new
The use of carbon monoxide could be outlawed as a euthanasia method in animal shelters by 2012.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
11-16-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Move Over, Bhuttonew
Corrupt pol thinks she'll save Pakistan, but it's lawyers who hold democracy's fate.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
11-16-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Bump It or Dump Itnew
Council wrestles over budget surplus.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
11-15-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Revisionismnew
"Mistakes were made" in eye-stabbing case.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
11-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
For the Kidsnew
Youth testify on OLCC's all-ages proposal.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
11-15-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
No Raises For Seven Yearsnew
That's just one way FairPoint plans to pay for its buyout of Verizon's Northern New England operations. (Another way? Assuming gasoline prices will stay constant through 2015.)
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The James Chasse Jr. Filesnew
Even though it will be almost two years before a jury is scheduled to sit down and rule on the case, the pre-trial hearings in what could be Portland's most controversial cop lawsuit ever are already heated.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
11-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Portland Shells Out $500,000 for Police Sniper Victimnew
The city is likely to pay that record amount to the family of Raymond Gwerder this week. He was shot in the back without warning by a police sniper while he was on the phone to a hostage negotiator in November 2005.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
11-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
