AltWeeklies Wire
War Tax Resistancenew
Your money is paying for a bloody war -- theirs isn't.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
04-11-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Minnesota's Dems: Unelected Sexnew
After squawking about sex ed for years, Democrats turned prude once they took power.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
04-11-2007 |
Sex
Home, Suite Homenew
After buying defective units from Wareham Development, some displaced condo-dwellers have spent nearly three years in an Emeryville hotel -- it's no vacation.
East Bay Express |
Lauren Gard |
04-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
How California's Probation System Can Skew Criminal Justicenew
The story of a hammer, a pizza guy and $60.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
04-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Law School of Their Ownnew
Social justice programs are changing the legal landscape.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sam Devine |
04-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
The SEIU's Union Disunitynew
The secret deal worked out between Service Employees International Union bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
04-11-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Help Them Help Younew
Job search advice from expert recruiters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cara Cutter |
04-11-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Free Speech Cut Downnew
A full report on the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression's 2007 Muzzle Awards.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
04-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Moving the Race Discussion Beyond Blamenew
Five years ago, a group of Virginia community activists started bringing people together to talk about race -- now they're taking the conversation to a new level.
Port Folio Weekly |
Tom Robotham |
04-11-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Why Was Josh Wolf Freed, Anyway?new
Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf has been free for more than a week, but the debate over why the federal government released him after 226 days in jail is only getting murkier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
04-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Internet Kills the Video Store: The Sequelnew
Netflix's streaming movies may spell the end for local video stores.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
04-10-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
From Colombian Assassins to American Drug Smugglersnew
Germain Devia says he came to this country to get an education and start a family. He did both, but last week, the U.S. government shipped him back to Colombia with a gray suitcase, a felony drug conviction and a hole in his skull.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
04-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Anti-Immigrant Fight Clubnew
How I learned self-defense from the California Coalition for Immigration Reform and lived to write about it.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
04-10-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, Minutemen
John Angolia, the Military Widow Shoppernew
A war memorabilia collector hits up widows of vets.
Tags: war & peace
Dining With a Few Reservationsnew
French Quarter restaurants are battling rising costs for food, supplies and insurance as well as staff shortages and a tourism market that hasn't recovered since Katrina.
Gambit |
Troy Gilbert and Stacey Meyer |
04-10-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
