AltWeeklies Wire
Can We Keep Kids from Repeating Incarcerated Parents' Mistakes?new
More than 2 million children have a parent in prison, and statistics say they're up to six times more likely to go down that same road than other children.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Francesca Heintz |
04-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
TV News Asks Too Many Questionsnew
You can't turn on a TV anymore without news people asking you questions, which they are supposed to answer but never do.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Advocating -- and Protesting -- For City School Moneynew
Algebra Project holds "die-in" to protest board's refusal to support education rally.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jason Torres |
04-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Pin the Blame on Accenturenew
In a misguided, poorly executed effort to let the private sector bring "efficiency" to Texas government, the state has squandered at least $100 million, and now officials blame the private consulting company that helped them set it up.
The Texas Observer |
Dave Mann |
04-10-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
There's Not Enough Waternew
As the drought saps rural Texas, and lawmakers confront a state that's running out of water, we talk to the people who are most affected.
The Texas Observer |
Steve Satterwhite and Richard Whittaker |
04-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
TB is Back and More Virulent Than Evernew
The development of Extensively Drug-Resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is causing a new global crisis, one that threatens a new pandemic of the disease that most Americans think is a thing of the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
04-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Filling Gaps in Veterans' Carenew
Wisconsin legislators are weighing a few proposals to try to make life easier for the state's veterans.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-09-2007 |
War
Could the FBI Solve the 1969 Murder of Edwin Pratt?new
The Seattle Urban League feels that crime technology advances could help solve the civil rights leader's murder.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Frotestersnew
Miami-Dade Corrections officers think a new uniform code discriminates against black men.
Miami New Times |
Emily Witt |
04-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
CU Makes Nice and Keeps Allegations Quietnew
Robert Schrier took the University of Colorado to court for academic freedom -- the school settled before a jury could hear the tale.
Tags: Education
A Few Gone Mennew
Marine Corporal Lance Hering didn't want to go back to Iraq -- so he decided to disappear.
Tags: war in iraq, AWOL
Swift's Beef Plant: An Equal-opportunity Exploiternew
Lawsuits say the meatpacking company wrongly terminated injured workers to save on worker's compensation costs and systematically replaced workers with illegal Guatemalan immigrants to depress wages.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: industry, meatpacking
In the Majority: More Americans Oppose the Warnew
The peace movement includes more members in unlikely places.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-09-2007 |
War
Neighborhoods Hit Hard By Bad Loans & Foreclosuresnew
The drop in the housing market and subsequent failure of subprime mortgage lenders has caused a near panic on Wall Street -- but it is at streets like 20th and Burleigh in Milwaukee where the changes have hit the hardest.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis Shook |
04-09-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Fighting Against the Defunding of Equalitynew
Prime minister Stephen Harper's government announced it was cutting five million dollars from the Status of Women budget last fall; as Halifax's office closed, protesters were out in full force.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jodie Barnaby |
04-09-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
