AltWeeklies Wire
The Water Situation in Georgia is Grimnew
We'll be damn lucky to have a drop to drink unless state leaders start acting like adults.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mapping the Bordernew
Retired geosciences prof Ed McCullough scours the desert to document migrant trails -- and save lives.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-04-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Probing Questionsnew
Are national forests rubber-stamping mining exploration permits?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Testing the Reach of Montana's Medical Marijuana Lawnew
A Montana man may be the first in the country to test an employer's right to fire workers who use state-sanctioned medical marijuana.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
10-04-2007 |
Drugs
Keep Your Matrimony -- I've Got Mantrimonynew
I'm getting married to a man, and there's nothing supporters of a Florida constitutional amendment to define marriage as only between a man and woman can do about it.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-04-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
San Jose Weighs a Ban on Smoking in Public Parksnew
Is it an issue of civil liberty or public health?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
10-04-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Scariest News May be the Stuff You Haven't Seen Yetnew
This year's Project Censored articles cover issues so weighty that many observers wonder how they could have slipped through the cracks. "The civil liberties aspect of this year's list is personally troubling for many people," director Peter Phillips says.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
10-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
University of Idaho Program Offers Vets a New Futurenew
Launched last year, Operation Education gives what the university calls comprehensive financial support, which can include everything from the standard tuition and books to child care and physical therapy.
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
10-04-2007 |
War
Cordoning off the Seanew
California's Marine Protected Areas represent a new approach to conservation -- and a potential boon for scientists.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Steve Hahn |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Congressman to Protesters: Go Directly to Jailnew
Maine's First District US Representative Tom Allen, a Democrat, has activists arrested when they demonstrate at his offices; Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, lets them stay.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Prudish Publication Makes Its Debutnew
Eliza is more than just another Cosmo knock-off: it’s a response to today’s female fashion choices, which the Mormon publishers perceives as provocative, skimpy, and tacky.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Cartoon: Blackwater Target Guidenew
For Blackwater's hired guns, it's wall-to-wall bad guys.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Questions for the New York Times Magazine's Questionernew
Did Deborah Solomon break the Times' strict code of ethics? In interviews with Ira Glass and Amy Dickinson, we find a troubling pattern.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
10-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
AltWheels: Not Here to Destroy Americanew
With bikes, solar power, hybrid cars, community living plans and free compact fluorescent light bulbs, Boston's fifth annual AltWheels Festival radiated an unfocused chaos.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
10-03-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Oregon Has a Trio of Investigations into Big Pharmanew
But legislators say the Justice Department blocked a better solution.
Willamette Week |
Miriam Widman |
10-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
