AltWeeklies Wire
A (Lesbian) Condo of Her Ownnew
GLBT-friendly Montreal housing development is designed to build a safe and supportive community.
Montreal Mirror |
Jane Shulman |
05-10-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Limited Movementnew
Medicare policy changes could leave wheelchair users stuck at home.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
05-10-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Clamping Downnew
Georgia's immigration law takes effect in July, but its ripples are already being felt.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz and Alejandro Leal |
05-10-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Drugs, Murder & Deceitnew
The double life of a criminal formerly known as the Atlanta mayor's son-in-law.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Price of Murdernew
In 2005, in one of the most concentrated bursts of deadly violence Boston had seen in years, nine victims were killed in 20 days -- we revisit nine murder cases we reported on two years ago.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Not Surprised You Speak Our Languagenew
On the one hand, it's dos svidania, on the other sallam -- globalization and jihad have language studies in an upheaval.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
05-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Real Judicial Activismnew
If ever there was a time, it's now; if ever there were a place it is Guantanamo Bay, where detainees have been held indefinitely without clearly defined procedures for determining their guilt or innocence of charges that are shadowy and ill-defined -- a situation that makes a joke of the rule of law.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
05-10-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Portland is Paying Millions to Get Out of the Porn Businessnew
The Portland Development Commission will demolish a porn palace to upgrade downtown's low-income housing stock, provide shelter for the chronically homeless and sanitize the increasingly swanky "Cultural District" -- but is it a good deal for taxpayers?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-10-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Waiting Wifenew
Jane Rice talks about life as a wife of a solider in Iraq.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
05-10-2007 |
War
Ducking the Questionnew
Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins don't discriminate against gays, so why are they letting the military get away with it?
Portland Phoenix |
Tony Giampetruzzi |
05-10-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Taste of Sanctimonynew
The true victims of animal cruelty cannot speak for themselves, so the stories of activists carry a special burden in this movement -- but these activists don't so much love animals as disdain the rest of us.
Portland Phoenix |
Brian Duff |
05-10-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Getting Dirty At the Promnew
Cape Elizabeth High School students are riding a bus to their "Green Prom" this Saturday -- those who aren't arriving in stretch Escalades, that is.
Portland Phoenix |
Hannah Jones |
05-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is Time Running Out on Women's Reproductive Freedom?new
On April 18, the US Supreme Court issued a stunning defeat for women's rights advocates and abortion rights supporters -- what does the recent ruling mean for reproductive rights in other arenas?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gwyneth Doland |
05-10-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Are Anti-Bullying Laws Gay?new
Is that a homosexual agenda, or are you just happy to see me?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-10-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Shurd Rice, the Unlikely Soldiernew
This hippie musician turned helicopter pilot in Iraq just wants to come home.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Caleb Schaber |
05-10-2007 |
War
