AltWeeklies Wire
Virginia Prisons Are Hotbeds of HIVnew
But inmates don't know, and we don't ask.
C-Ville Weekly |
Katherine Ludwig |
05-23-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Undocumented Immigrants, Unlicensed Prisonnew
Homeland Security's family-detention center bends the law and escapes scrutiny.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
05-23-2007 |
Immigration
OxyContin Maker Pleads Guiltynew
Purdue Pharma vindicates Fishtown man whose son fatally OD'd.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeff Deeney |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
No Surprises in Fort Carson Visitnew
A two-day fact-finding visit to Fort Carson by legislative delegates to learn more about the treatment of soldiers with mental-health and brain-injury issues ended last week with no surprises and some common-sense approaches.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robin Intemann |
05-22-2007 |
War
In the Pen?new
After ditching a roadside carnival about 35 years ago to raise grandbabies and fight chickens in south Louisiana, Judy Duthu now wonders what will happen to her way of life if the state Legislature bans cockfighting.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
05-22-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
HPV: A Hidden Dangernew
The human papilloma virus is rampant in the sexually active population and can cause cervical cancer and other diseases -- one New Orleans coed tries to get the word out about a life-saving vaccine.
Tags: Health & Science
Schoolhouse Rockersnew
Young reformers are trading cushy jobs in the corporate world for life in the trenches of New Orleans public schools.
Tags: Education
Paper Cutsnew
Heads roll at Gatehouse Media's Springfield, Ill., daily.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
05-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Raising a Stink Over Hogsnew
Plans for a Cargill-backed confined hog operation have some neighbors squealing.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Most Vexing Tenantnew
Peter Muntjan is willing to fight a million-dollar libel suit for his right to call his landlord a crook.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
05-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
White Meat, Pleasenew
District Attorney roasts two seasoned white supremacists.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
05-22-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Yo Quiero Gold Medals!new
Tiny, undisciplined athletes race for glory as PETCO's search for America's fastest Chihuahua begins.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
05-22-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Dude, Where's My Pot?new
Ten years after California legalized medical marijuana, Orange County's war on cannabis continues.
Texas Nurses Get Organizednew
Rose Ann DeMoro, a veteran labor organizer who sparked a nascent movement of nurse activists in California, has turned her attention to Texas.
The Texas Observer |
Kathleen Sharp |
05-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Seattle High Schools Fight Dirty Dancingnew
Getting your freak on just got harder.
Seattle Weekly |
Huan Hsu |
05-21-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
