AltWeeklies Wire
Vets Share their (Anti) War Storiesnew
Among the Iraq War's most vocal and knowledgeable critics are some of the veterans who have served in it, like these three from Vermont.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-25-2007 |
War
Public Access' Public Axisnew
Now that the City Council has approved the testing of AT&T's U-Verse, it's a waiting game for public-access producers, and in the meantime they're gearing up for a battle.
San Antonio Current |
Dave Maass |
04-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Urban Prospectors Strike the Mother Lode -- In Your Basementnew
Massachusetts residents aren't standing on a gold mine, but with the price of copper nearly quintupling over the past three years, any Bay State degenerate with wire cutters, brass stones and a lookout can make a lucrative dishonest living.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
04-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gay Mexican Immigrants Find Freedom in Santa Fenew
While Santa Fe is well known for its gay-friendly attitude, these men are part of a marginalized community that is so underrecognized, no one even knows how many gay Mexican immigrants live in the city.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
04-25-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: New Mexico, santa fe
Students Respond to Campus Killings Onlinenew
When tragedy struck Virginia Tech's campus last week, Facebook and other online forums became a primary method for students to ask questions, express reactions and grieve.
C-Ville Weekly |
Meg McEvoy |
04-25-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
To Burn or Not to Burnnew
How you can harm the environment when you're dead.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
04-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Should Docs Serve as Their Own Guinea Pigs?new
Lots of experts think they should: "Self-experimentation is an expression of the biblical 'golden rule,'" Dr. Lawrence Altman says.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Francesca Heintz |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Former Inmates Call for Capital Punishment Moratoriumnew
At the largest gathering of cleared death-row inmates, Harold Wilson was a living testament to the need for a moratorium debate in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Schoolhouse Locksnew
Detroit school closures complicate education and the city's revival.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
04-24-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Earthships Have Landed -- Might More Be On the Way?new
These avant-garde, adobe-style dwellings aren't just homes of hippies anymore.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ashley Boudreaux |
04-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
School Funding is Eating Away at Colorado's Budgetnew
Legislation to fix that -- billed as the linchpin to Gov. Bill Ritter's 10-year education improvement plan -- could be killed before it reaches the House Education Committee.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
04-24-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
One Baltimore Family's Life on the Streetnew
Nowhere to go but out, nowhere to come but back.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
04-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
An Outrageous Fortunenew
Private lawyers in Maricopa County child-dependency cases are soaking us for unbelievable bucks.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Playing Footsie With a Controversial Land Baronnew
District leaders in Florida are set to waste tens of millions of dollars on a bad land deal involving an extremely wealthy political contributor.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
04-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Immigrant Workers Left Unpaid and Abandoned in Alabamanew
About 25 men say Varela failed to pay them for two weeks of work, leaving them stranded in Birmingham without food or supplies. The Mexican Consulate connected them with an attorney who last week filed a lawsuit against the contractor.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-24-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, day labor
