AltWeeklies Wire
Green Divide That Isn'tnew
From terrific Greenbelt to terrible ethanol subsidies, there's an odd consensus among Canadian political parties heading into elections.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Liars in the Pulpitnew
It's hard to sit here and listen to the Rev. Ed Bacon and not think that the Pharisees have entered the temple again. The sophistry, spinning, and sheer avoidance of truth rivals anything uttered in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
09-28-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Fabian's Power Movesnew
How the battle over California term limits made affordable housing a casualty.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
09-28-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Reefer Madness Threatens L.A. Portnew
Some environmentalists and now some regulators worry that excessively high stacks of refrigerator containers -- called reefers -- are hissing chemicals into the air that can cause skin cancer and global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Could the 1984 Olympics Solve L.A.'s Congestion?new
In 1984, residents and policy makers were petrified the event would freeze the city in a two-week traffic jam. Some 6 million spectators were coming to Los Angeles and would be traveling between 24 different venues. But then the traffic plans worked.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Are L.A. City Councilmembers Too Good For Public Transportation?new
See the commuting habits of the councilmembers for 15 districts and what, if anything, they would change.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Staff |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Who Can Get Los Angeles Moving Again?new
L.A.'s problem isn't a shortage of ideas for solving the chaotic commute -- today's problem is lack of consensus and inadequate leadership to enlist support across the board, from winning over residents wary of paying higher taxes to tight-fisted lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Federal Grants Go to Groups with Shaky Pastnew
When Atlanta's old Empowerment Zone finally imploded in late 2001, the end came amid a spectacular flurry of federal audits, indictments and guilty pleas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Two Women Killed In Two Weeks: Where Does It End?new
We look at the lives and deaths of two very different women involved in very similar fatally abusive relationships.
Jackson Free Press |
Candy Hagwood, Donna Ladd and Ronni Mott |
09-27-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Report from Jena: 'No Justice, No Peace'new
Young people were the majority on Sept. 20 in Jena, La., showing their disapproval of the treatment of six black teenagers.
Jackson Free Press |
Maggie Burks |
09-27-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Neo-China Restaurant Accused of 'Human Trafficking'new
A former employee says the chain restaurant brought him and his family members from China to work 90 hours a week at less than minimum wage and then fired them after one was injured on the job.
INDY Week |
Charles Duncan |
09-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The DEA's Bad-Faith War on Pain Doctorsnew
Drug-enforcement authorities have offer physicians little guidance, yet every year, the feds prosecute a handful of pain specialists for over-prescribing.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
09-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Gary's Mistakenew
You'd think today's kids would know better, but in the last five years, HIV diagnoses among gay New York City teenagers has doubled -- we talk to a recently infected 19-year-old boy.
New York Press |
Colby Brin |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Dark Behind the Lightnew
Electrically speaking, Eastern Massachusetts hums along comfortably on Colombian coal, but the mines that provide it are devastating land and lives on that country's Guajira Peninsula.
Boston Phoenix |
Aviva Chomsky |
09-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Not in My Black Yardnew
An upscale African-American neighborhood reacts badly when Habitat for Humanity moves in.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-27-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
