AltWeeklies Wire
The CHIPs Are Downnew
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich joins other governors critical of new federal healthcare rules.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Pro-Casino Arguments Ain't Nothing but a Mathqueradenew
Outside of Dr. Clyde Barrow's papers and studies that casinos have funded, hard numbers for casinos' economic benefits, by and large, don't exist -- and if it's problematic that Gov. Deval Patrick built a major policy decision on one man's research, it's doubly so that that research comes with a warning from the governor's own staff.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel and Paul McMorrow |
09-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
1 in 4 Gay Men in NYC Have HIVnew
So why doesn't anyone seem to care anymore?
New York Press |
John Mikytuck |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Exposing Big Oil's Red Pennew
Whistleblower Rick Piltz exposed the White House Council for Environmental Quality's plot to maximize doubt about climate change by aggressively editing scientific reports on the topic.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mayor Has a Change of Heart on Same-Sex Marriagenew
San Diego's mayor, a Republican who in the past has pledged support for same-sex civil unions but not marriage, changed his position and signed a resolution that allowed San Diego to join 19 other California cities and counties in collectively submitting a legal document known as an amicus curiae brief in a state Supreme Court case.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
09-26-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Critics Question Green Cred of Utility's 'Smart Energy'new
"Portlanders want green energy, but they don't want their energy coming from industrial factory farms," says Kendra Kimbirauskas, a Portland-based consultant for the GRACE Factory Farm Project, a New York-based nonprofit that opposes industrial farming.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Name Check Gamenew
Salt Lake County refugees caught in the maw of national security requirements want citizenship and will sue to get it.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jonah Owen Lamb |
09-26-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Creature Comfortnew
BYU scientists may have dug up a new breed of sauropod.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jonah Owen Lamb |
09-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Carlton Pearson is Preaching the 'Gospel of Inclusion'new
His new gospel cuts against the grain of megachurch Christianity, and might make even mainstream churchgoers a little uneasy -- but others see it as a chance to build a bridge between evangelicals and secular nonbelievers.
Houston Press |
Russell Cobb |
09-26-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Texas Legislature Puts God in Public Schoolsnew
Now two lawsuits are fighting for the church-state divide.
San Antonio Current |
Vince Leibowitz |
09-26-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Secrets and Lies in Alameda Countynew
It's hard to say who'll prevail in two whistleblower lawsuits against the county, but the facts are mighty suspicious.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Nerdwatching: We're Rolling in Greennew
Canadian e-cars come to B-town, invasive trees pegged as a top eco-fuel candidate, and a carbon calculator that multiplies guilt.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Gulf of Indifferencenew
There are good reasons why politicians and special interests are branding a portion of southeast Louisiana as America's Energy Coast. Let's hope the country is listening.
Tags: Economic Issues
Pvt. Brad McCall Heads to Canadanew
Feeling it's his only peaceable option, McCall packed his bags and left Colorado last weekend. In Canada, he'll join hundreds of other asylum-seeking soldiers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
09-25-2007 |
War
New Haven Ignores Open Record Laws in ID Card Casenew
Call it admirable or call it stubborn: The city is refusing to divulge the names of Elm City ID card applicants, which gives city dwellers (including undocumented immigrants) access to New Haven parks and libraries.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
09-25-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
