AltWeeklies Wire
Kansas City's Uneasy Ridersnew
To be a bicyclist in the city is to face fear, loathing -- and death.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
11-14-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Can the Motor City Become a Green Giant?new
An ecologically progressive vision for Detroit's future.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
11-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Watching the Inspectorsnew
Hilton Green is highly qualified to investigate Baltimore's Department of Housing -- so why isn't he?
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
11-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Check is Not In the Mailnew
A program designed to replace thousands of affordable rental units destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has not rebuilt a single one.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
11-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Opt Outnew
Rookie cop Tara Borders was nothing like Renatta Frazier -- so why did Springfield drive her away too?
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
11-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Illinois May Debate Medical Marijuana Again Next Yearnew
John Walker, director of the Illinois Compassion Action Network, concedes that passing a medical-cannabis law will be difficult during an important election year, but he says that his aim is to teach people about the medical benefits of marijuana.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
11-13-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Tourette's Syndrome is Not What You Thinknew
The truth is, as little as 10 percent of Tourette's cases include the compulsive swearing, an extreme vocal tic known as coprolalia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
R. Bradley Maule |
11-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Crossing Over: The Life of a Transman
In the past year, college student L.J. Ebner acknowledged -- first to himself and then to family, friends and employer -- that he is transsexual.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
11-13-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Unseen Peace Prize Winnersnew
Overshadowed by Al Gore, Madison scientists played quiet part in Nobel endeavor.
Isthmus |
Bill Lueders |
11-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Why a Medical Growth Industry Won't Bloom in Michigannew
Only four small, backward states have stem cell laws as restrictive as ours.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
11-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
YouSue.comnew
WHAS-TV goes after Louisville bloggers for posting its video. How far will the station go?
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
11-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Activists Team Up Against Mining Giant Goldcorp Inc.new
A Vancouver Anglican priest and a Mexican-born photojournalist are claiming that the Vancouver-based mining company is "up to no good" in Guatemala.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
11-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Parkinson's Controllednew
Learning to live with electrodes in your head.
The Georgia Straight |
Rex Moore |
11-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A State of Emergency in Philadelphianew
City residents speak out soberly about the city's spreading crime epidemic.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
11-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tracking HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tapenew
The AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the Washington state Board of Health.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: AIDS, Health & Science
