AltWeeklies Wire
Homes & Businesses to be Demolished for Highwaynew
The East End Connector may speed up a trip between Durham and Raleigh -- it will also rip apart a neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Sex & Murdernew
Joe Konopka was an anti-drug crusader ... Terry Frazier was a bondage escort with a drug habit -- two months ago, their lives collided.
SF Weekly |
Mary Spicuzza |
09-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Wal-Mart 'R' Usnew
Does "sustainability" mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Why Are So Many Workers Leaving the Burlington Free Press?new
In the past year, the Gannett-owned paper has started publishing five free weeklies and is enlarging its freestanding weekend section and jazzing up its website with video and interactive elements. At the same time, it has been losing reporters and editors -- lots of them.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
09-20-2007 |
Media
All Not Quiet On the Beltline's Southwestern Frontnew
Some are concerned that project overlooks low-income and elderly residents.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
09-20-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Cold Cuts in Illinoisnew
Residents line up to testify on the impact of the governor's vetoes.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-20-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Jena and Peoria Aren't All That Differentnew
Incidents in Illinois, much like the more high-profile case in Louisiana, show the criminal justice system still isn't colorblind, a civil rights leader says.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Tunnels Under Atlanta Would Produce a Lot of Hot Airnew
State officials consider a proposal to ease metro Atlanta's traffic woes with tunnel network.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Joe Winter |
09-20-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Public Housing On the Chopping Block in ATLnew
As the Atlanta Housing Authority moves to demolish another wave of public housing, what does that mean for the city's poor?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Poor, Polluted -- and Deadnew
So a Texas power company can make a few dollars, Georgia officials will endanger our children.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sallie Mae Buyout is Another Blow to Student Borrowersnew
If Sallie Mae changes its status from a publicly traded company to a private one, it will no longer be as susceptible to scrutiny.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer C. O'Donnell |
09-20-2007 |
Education
Beyond the Box: Orlando's War on Panhandlingnew
The latest in a long history of the city's attempts to curtail panhandling in Orlando, efforts that landed the city on the National Coalition for the Homeless' list of the 20 meanest cities in America in 2003.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-20-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Silly Fetishists, Sex Isn't for Feetnew
An incident in Cambridge last month illuminates the fact that Massachusetts law makes it nearly impossible for anyone without vanilla sexual tastes to commit sexual assault.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
09-20-2007 |
Sex
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.new
Three weeks of local TV news demonstrates one thing: you are in grave danger.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-20-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Three-Point Plan to Save San Francisconew
A radical new approach to affordable housing isn't just an option anymore -- it's imperative.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan and Tim Redmon |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
