AltWeeklies Wire
Big Media's Attack on Younew
Cox buries the news about its stake in Federal Communications Commission power grab.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-08-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Attorney at Blahnew
The temp life without a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $10 an hour. The temp life with a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $35 an hour.
Washington City Paper |
Arin Greenwood |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Warning: Guarding Nuclear Plants May Cause Drowsinessnew
In a society where millions swallow Ambien to get a decent night's sleep, an unusually large number of security guards at nuclear power plants appear to have no trouble at all.
New York Press |
Becca Turner |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Crossing Bordersnew
The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
11-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fighting Global Warming With High-Risesnew
Mayor Gavin Newsom could become an environmental star by raising, and broadening, San Francisco's skyline more aggressively than anything we've seen before.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-08-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Water Waysnew
Is it time the feds cleaned up their act? A new report indicates they need to.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A New Lifeline for Iraqi Interpretersnew
An army captain's new nonprofit foundation pressures the U.S. government to do more for Iraqi interpreters who have worked with Americans in the war-torn nation.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-07-2007 |
War
Young Iraq War Vets Share Their Experiencesnew
To get an idea of what it's like to return to the U.S. after being in a war zone, we spent an evening at a VFW Hall, where several young vets shared their stories over wings and beers.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-07-2007 |
War
A Major Polluter Could Cash Innew
Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to give Mirant Corp. $2 million to shut down its power plant.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
11-07-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rifts in Church Reveal Plight of Christian Homosexualsnew
Peter Mitchell has "suffered from same-sex attraction" all his life and still feels tempted in "really insecure moments when life is particularly hard," but he's as convinced as anyone that homosexual behavior is a sin.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-07-2007 |
Religion
Carbon Indulgencesnew
Carbon offset fees may be new, but the underlying notion goes back to the Middle Ages, when the Catholic Church sold wealthy people indulgences to offset the spiritual cost of their sins and assure a place for them in heaven. And yet at least the kids in 1380 knew that indulgences were bullshit.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rent Control Under Attack in San Francisconew
Eminent domain reform measure on June ballot could kill the city's rent-control and affordable-housing laws.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Sarah Phelan |
11-07-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Bay-Delta Connectionnew
Scientists predict that rising sea levels and levee failures could have profound consequences for both ecosystems.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
11-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
San Fran Hosts a Halloween Suitable for the 'Burbsnew
The mayor's plan worked: two decades of fun in the Castro on Halloween died in 2007.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
11-07-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Rutherford Institute Fights for Religious Pot Usenew
Since the early '70s, Carl Eric Olsen has been a member of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church, a religious group that holds that marijuana is a sacrament, and whose members smoke it all day, every day.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
11-07-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
