AltWeeklies Wire
The City College Shell Gamenew
How city college plays fast and loose with $130 million in bond money.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
07-05-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Bulb Beliefsnew
The truth behind the legend of compact fluorescent lamps.
Tucson Weekly |
Randy Serraglio |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Social Warfarenew
Conservative lawmakers make a pre-emptive strike against HPV vaccines in the name of abstinence.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
07-05-2007 |
Sex
Grapes of Cashnew
Lewis & Clark College owns thousands of acres in Eastern Oregon. If you think that's odd, read what the school might do with them.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hold the Linenew
Randy Leonard wants no 911 calls on hold. A WW records review finds that's a tall order.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
There Goes the Neighborhoodnew
Race, real estate and gentrification on my block.
Willamette Week |
Nancy Rommelmann |
07-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Comprehending Einsteinnew
In the wake of administrative upheaval and claims of wrongdoing at Einstein Charter Elementary in Katrina-ravaged eastern New Orleans, parents wonder if their neighborhood school can be saved.
Tags: Education
Memory Servednew
Groundbreaking Alzheimer's program at the Morris Museum of Art gives back to patients what the disease so cruelly took -- their past.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-03-2007 |
Science
Live Earth Side Tripsnew
There's a (relatively) nearby place to each Live Earth concert where you can actually see the effects of global warming, and we have links to webcams where you can see the real effects of human innovation on our big blue marble.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
07-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A FairTax Analysisnew
The FairTax is a plan to eliminate every form of federal taxes and institute a national sales tax -- though it's sold as a populist measure, the FairTax would represent a massive transfer of wealth from the America's middle class to its billionaires.
Metro Spirit |
Corey Pein |
07-03-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Commoners Have Arrivednew
The David Broders and the Richard Cohens of the mass media are dinosaurs, and they are starting to realize it -- the Third Estate is asleep no more.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Kurdistan on the Brinknew
Iraq's bloody civil war is creeping north, into the last refuge of a civilized society.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
07-03-2007 |
International
A Texas Town is Poisoned, But No One is Responsiblenew
A pesticide-processing plant that operated in South Mission from 1950 to 1972 is believed to be the cause of cancer and birth defects -- but since the facility closed, attempts to remove toxic residues and compensate residents have repeatedly foundered.
The Texas Observer |
Jesse Boga |
07-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Iraq War Vets Feel They're Being Cast Asidenew
In their own voices, three veterans speak of the inadequacy of what the military calls reintegration counseling, of the immediacy of their worst memories, of their helplessness in battle, of the struggle to rejoin a society that seems unwilling or unable to comprehend the price of their service.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
07-03-2007 |
War
Investigation Launched into Fort Carson's Medical Carenew
The Evans Army Community Hospital prescribed methadone to Staff Sgt. Mark Waltz, which was added to his morphine prescription -- combining the two drugs caused an overdose.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
07-03-2007 |
War
