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Shoulder Pads, Pom-Poms, and the Angry Inchnew
Washington's high-school sports regulators find themselves in a transgender bind.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
10-22-2007 |
Sex
Will Louisville's Voters Take the Bait?new
The library tax haggle gets weird.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle and Rick Redding |
10-22-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
What You Should Know About Breast Cancernew
Dr. Johnetta Blakely talks about the deadly disease.
The Memphis Flyer |
Karen Milam |
10-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
On the Letter of the Lawnew
Watch your step: the nation's courts are in a literal mood.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Fair Trade: Hipster Label or Way of Life?new
For a group of Peruvian women who have lived through years of terrorism and now face a stumbling economy that is once again inciting violence, our willingness to understand and embrace fair trade can mean the difference between their struggle and success.
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
10-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Canadian Troops Set for Lengthy Stay in Afghanistannew
The minority Conservative government has stated that Canadian troops should remain until 2011.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
10-22-2007 |
War
This Faith-Based Sex Ed Doesn't Leave Teens in the Darknew
The Our Whole Lives curriculum, developed nationally by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ, provides young people with the most powerful tool at their disposal: age-appropriate and fact-based information.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
10-19-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Ohio's Losing Gamblenew
The state voted against slot machines, but we got them anyway.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
10-19-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Case of the Dogged Detectivesnew
Two hard-boiled murder investigators get their man -- a fellow cop -- 16 years later.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
10-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The New McCarthyismnew
An Ohio professor is caught in the feds' weird web of paranoia and incompetence.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
10-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Trucking Buffalonew
Truck traffic on the Peace Bridge is up as a result of NAFTA and it is expected to increase in decades to come, making the border ever less friendly to people, and more friendly to raw materials and manufactured goods.
Artvoice |
Bruce Jackson |
10-19-2007 |
Business & Labor
River Ragenew
The bizarre story of a 2006 summer melee on the Mississippi will soon unfold in a St. Charles County courthouse.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
10-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'We Massacred Them'new
Armenian genocide bill in U.S. has Turks threatening to block military supply line to Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-19-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Reclaiming the California Coastnew
How the Coastal Commission allowed a nuclear power company to fence off public land, and how the public got some of it back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
10-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Are Chinese Spies at Work in Montreal?new
Potential Beijing 2008 protesters worry about information gathered in Canada.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
10-19-2007 |
International
