AltWeeklies Wire
Banning Desmond Tutunew
Put off by his controversial words on Israel, the University of St. Thomas snubs a Nobel Laureate.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
10-03-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Faith Takes On Reason in Latest Anti-Meth Media Blitznew
Television stations in Portland, Eugene and Medford are donating airtime to a documentary, called Crystal Darkness, which echoes the current federal line on meth -- a message that's faith-based, in-your-face and, according to independent studies, ineffective at best.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-03-2007 |
Drugs
James Benney, the Indian Hunternew
Benney is so inspired by the East Bay's dozens of Native American sites that he published his own guidebook about them -- so why do all the experts wish he hadn't?
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
10-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Father David Roney's Taste for Children Went Unpunishednew
The mountain of documents constituting Roney's personnel file paints a deeply disturbing picture of a pedophile priest who went unchecked and unpunished for decades -- and it doesn't end in Minnesota.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
10-03-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Maimed Brothers Flee San Francisco Violencenew
A family tale of brain trauma and gang drama.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
10-03-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mission of Burmanew
Far from Myanmar, refugees try to tell us what's going on in their former home.
Willamette Week |
Jonah Sandford |
10-03-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Hammerskin Nation Celebrates its 20th Anniversarynew
If you've never heard of Hammerskin Nation, it's fair to say the group coming to Portland this weekend for a three-day music festival is about as racist as they get.
Willamette Week |
Krista Stryker |
10-03-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
South Texas Uranium Revival Puts One County on a Powder Kegnew
Uranium Energy Corp has a pending application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to mine uranium from within the freshwater aquifer beneath Goliad County, but some residents are fighting back.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-03-2007 |
Environment
Who Watches the Higher-Ed Watchdog?new
In the shadow of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, Chapman University is accused of being a bit too close to its accrediting agency.
Tags: Education
Polar Oppositesnew
As oil and gas rig counts continue to rise in north Louisiana, Gulf drilling and inshore activity in the state's southern reaches are mired in a slump.
Tags: Economic Issues
The Catholic Diocese of Orange County's Bad Movesnew
The bishop broke his covenant, the former chancellor broke down -- but the truth about the Diocese of Orange's sex-abuse scandal is emerging in court anyway.
Tags: religion
New Mexico Loses $4.3 Million in Children's Vaccinesnew
The state's Department of Health is trying to keep its cool after a refrigerator malfunction in July that compromised $4.3 million worth of children's vaccines.
Weekly Alibi |
Kate Trainor and Joshua Liberles |
10-02-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
My Secret Life in the Klannew
A voyage into hate groups reveals a lonely existence for those who support all things white.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
10-02-2007 |
Race & Class
The King and Queen of Mexican Jumping Beansnew
Joseph and Soledad Hindi's Albuquerque business exports close to 3 million jumping beans every year.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
What's Art Got to Do With Massachusetts' Casino Gamble?new
Casinos do add jobs and tourism, but they also stomp on industry elsewhere -- Connecticut concert halls and stadiums have seen all the best touring acts get sucked up by the deep-pocketed Mohegan Sun.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
