AltWeeklies Wire
Glossy Mags Distort Image of Food as Much as Womennew
Everyone knows how fashion photographers and their set designers and airbrushers cause bodily harm by distorting the image of women, but few think about how the same people cause similar problems with their framing of food.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
08-31-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Escape From Domestic Violencenew
After years of domestic violence, a woman and her child fled to Raleigh to start a new life -- one without fear.
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
08-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Critics Battle Over Power Plantnew
Controversy continues over a patch of desert that the Navajo Nation has set aside for a new coal-fired power plant.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
08-30-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Report, Don't Speculatenew
The commentator is refreshed when one reporter refused to speculate about the news.
Tags: media
In Georgia, Global Warming is Still Up for Debatenew
While 24 other states have enacted policy aimed at reducing the carbon emissions, the state's politicians are still unsure whether all this global-warming talk is simply a lot of hot air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
08-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
CSI: Silicon Valleynew
Santa Clara County is spending nearly $71 million to build a cutting-edge crime lab that is expected to fine-tune criminal investigations and open the doors for top-notch technologies to come.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
08-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Let's Foreclose on the Gold Domenew
Legislators created the misery for thousands of Georgians who are losing their homes -- it's time to throw the bastards out!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-30-2007 |
Economy
Why Aren't More of Us Commuting on Two Wheels?new
A number of videos on YouTube and a recent article in the Wall Street Journal have featured a subject that obviously captivates Americans: People riding bicycles in Amsterdam.
Illinois Times |
Jeanne Townsend Handy |
08-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?new
Even staunch allies of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are critical of his latest healthcare initiative.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Under the Radarnew
Air travel is back to pre-9/11 levels, but air-traffic controllers say their salaries and numbers are crashing.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jonah Owen Lamb |
08-30-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Typenew
Three former military linguists discuss DOD policy on gays in the military and how it affected their service to the country.
Metro Spirit |
Angel Cleary |
08-30-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
FCC Threaten PBS, Ken Burns With Big Finesnew
Filmmaker Ken Burns's The War, a 14-hour documentary about World War II, features four controversial words -- two "fucks," one "shit," and an "asshole" -- stations who air the uncensored versions face up to $1.3 million in fines per broadcast.
Boston Phoenix |
Staff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Tufts University Reverses Ban on Unsigned Editorialsnew
President Lawrence Bacow and dean of undergraduate college James Glaser choose to uphold First Amendment after a conservative school newspaper published two articles that some considered racist.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Animal Activist Freednew
Danae Kelley, the 23-year-old animal-rights activist who was jailed after an Aug. 18 protest of Huntingdon Life Sciences, was released from custody last Wednesday after the District Attorney's Office chose not to file charges against her.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
08-30-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
San Diegans Protest Clear Channel's Elimination of Progessive Talk Radionew
Protesters show support for KLSD 1360-AM as top execs consider a change to an all-sports format.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
