AltWeeklies Wire
Gone with Windnew
Portland starts from scratch on green energy.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
10-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Crowded Courthousenew
Four anti-cop claims in one day.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
10-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Duck and Covernew
Portland responds to an unnatural disaster.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
10-18-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Overlooking Overlooknew
Complaint filed over interstate meeting.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
10-18-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Death in the Public Interestnew
Media wants you to see Chasse files.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
10-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Start Seeing Bikesnew
After cyclist's death, activists and Portland aim for safety.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
10-18-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Preparing for Oregon's Two New Gay Rights Lawsnew
The laws outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and creating domestic partnerships for same-sex couples are no longer in limbo, and will go into effect on January 1.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
10-18-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
It's Turning Out to Be a Big Year for the Mormonsnew
Coincidentally, Mitt Romney's presidential race is contemporaneous with the release of a movie dramatizing the darkest moment in Mormon history, the massacre of some 120 non-Mormons in a Utah meadow 150 years ago.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
10-18-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Growth, Growth Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drinknew
Business and political leaders know who to blame for the water crisis -- and it's not us.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley; Ken Edelstein |
10-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Deceit of Capital Punishmentnew
What I learned when I witnessed the brutality of an execution.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
10-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Stop the Presses: The Paperless Newspapernew
It's hard to dispute that the newspaper is doomed in the long run, as an inefficient and wasteful medium that technology can easily improve upon -- but while the newspaper is expendable, the tradition it represents and the information it supplies are not.
Tags: media
The Greening of Europenew
Europe's most stern rebuke of Bush and the American Right is the popularization of energy and environmental conservation in a mature culture that is just as accustomed to luxury as Americans.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
10-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Chainsaw Resurrectionnew
How Friends of the Sangamon Valley bring forests
back to life.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
10-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Deal or No Deal for GateHouse Medianew
Springfield, Ill., daily offers buyouts while its parent company launches contest to boost profits.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A New Kind of Wage Slavenew
Corporations are getting rich using federal prisoners as captive labor pools.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink |
10-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
