AltWeeklies Wire
The Suit Behind the Chicago Reader's Salenew
The old owners of the Reader weren't just out of ideas -- they were facing an ugly lawsuit from one of their own.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
08-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Pot Issuenew
The local baddies when it comes to cannabis are the feds, the schools, the governor, bad musicians and the voters who overwhelmingly passed our medical-marijuana law but have not demanded teeth be put into it.
Sacramento News & Review |
Matt Coker, Nick Miller, Cosmo Garvin, R.V. Scheide, Kel Munger, Geoff Johnson and Estee Lee |
08-24-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Are Organics Worth the Price?new
The question itself is part of our anti-planet narcissism.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hybrid Manufacturers Target the Mainstreamnew
When a conservative company like General Motors puts a genuine hybrid-powered sedan on the market, you know these alternate-power vehicles have arrived.
The Georgia Straight |
Ted Laturnus |
08-24-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation, hybrids
Canada Deports to Tyrannynew
Human-rights advocates are calling on the federal government to increase the number of countries where it won't send failed refugee claimants.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
08-24-2007 |
International
Tags: international
In Canada, Pap Tests Are Free: Why Must the Prostate Pay?new
When men like Laurence Armstrong get a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to screen for cancer, they have to pay -- and Armstrong says this smacks of sexual discrimination.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
08-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Metro Vancouver Downplays Location-efficient Mortgagesnew
Despite the gravity of the issue, Metro Vancouver has not aggressively advanced one potential solution for working families who don't own motor vehicles: location-efficient mortgages, otherwise known as transportation-based mortgages.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
08-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
In Buffalo, it's Apparently Not Easy Being Greennew
The city has struggled in vain to engrain environmental awareness and the positive economics of recycling on its residents.
Artvoice |
Peter Koch |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, environment
Deep Watersnew
Haltom City's getting the floods, but Fort Worth's getting the money.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
08-24-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Children of the Revolutionarynew
Former black revolutionary Watani Stiner turned himself in to San Quentin so his children could come to America -- was it worth it?
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleishcher |
08-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Is Paul Reid Sane Enough to be Executed?new
Tennessee's prosecutors are trying to prove just that, despite it only being one year after their own expert determined he was delusional and incompetent.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
08-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Battling Mittal, the Steel Baronnew
Sleeping regulators, the world's fifth-richest man, and some very sick kids -- this won't be an easy fight.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
08-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
In Nashville, a Lap Dance is Illegal, but Not Group Sexnew
Under Nashville's Sexually Oriented Business ordinance -- which began being enforced last year -- any strip club or cabaret must comply with a rigorous set of guidelines that limit everything from a dancer's proximity to a client to the required height of a stage.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
08-24-2007 |
Sex
Tipping Point for Hybrids?new
Citizens are finally demanding electricity-powered cars -- many years after David Suzuki bought Canada's first hybrid.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
08-24-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation, hybrids
Ms. Morgan's $5 Billion Ridenew
Where's your outrage over our blasted space program?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
08-24-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: NASA, public policy issues
