AltWeeklies Wire
Peddling Smart Growthnew
Call your project "smart" -- even when it isn't -- and get millions in public funds.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Smart Growth's Biggest Boosters Love Suburban Livingnew
If any one principle provides the underpinning for smart growth, it's density -- so why are so many smart-growth advocates avoiding density in their own lives?
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Weird Scenes Inside the Goldminenew
How slumlord siblings trashed the iconic Morrison Hotel and how tenants fought back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Real Winners of 2010 Olympics: Developersnew
A former developer himself, Premier Gordon Campbell holds the purse strings to an Olympic-size sweepstakes payout in Vancouver.
The Georgia Straight |
Donald Gutstein |
06-01-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Showdown at Lusk Creek Wildernessnew
Illinois Audubon acts to protect an ecological treasure, but there's much more to do.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
06-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Redefining Terrornew
Federal judge rules environmental "monkeywrenchers" can be sentenced as "terrorists."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-01-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Run for the Bordernew
Is the Kennedy-Kyl plan the last, best hope for comprehensive immigration reform?
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
05-31-2007 |
Immigration
Marching Ordersnew
Documents seemingly prove that politics, not science, is determining endangered-species listings.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
05-31-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rebecca and Terry Solomon Took the Money and Rannew
The couple faces charges of fleecing almost $20 million from investors, but not even the feds know where they're hiding.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
05-31-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Super Lawyers Unmaskednew
The small Minneapolis start-up has become a certified nationwide blockbuster -- can it survive success?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
What's Hate Got to Do With It?new
Almost 10 years after Matthew Shepard's murder, that's still the question.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-31-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Old Time: When Gay Goes Straightnew
In honor of Boston's Pride Week, we look at 10 moments when the mainstream assimilated gay culture and made it its own.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
05-31-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Dredging Up the Past: Why Mississippians Must Tell Our Own Storiesnew
As the federal kidnapping trial of alleged klansman James Ford Seale begins, we look at how we got here, how the media gets the story wrong and why Mississippians must tell the full story of past crimes.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-31-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Jackson's Budget Crisis Deepensnew
City Council voted to reduce the salaries of two rejected department heads; meanwhile, the state auditor has asked for budget documents.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson and Adam Lynch |
05-31-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
No Arrest Yet in L5P Shootingnew
While some neighbors call incident a tragic fluke, others cite spike in muggings.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
05-31-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
