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What Lies Beneathnew

Brain and stomach cancer ... asthma and bronchitis ... miscarriages and stillbirths -- all are health problems suffered by residents of a Bay Area housing project. So why won't authorities close it down?

SF Weekly | Martin Kuz | 12-22-2006 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Something Fishynew

A sushi restaurant raises discrimination concerns.

The Portland Mercury | Matt Davis | 12-21-2006 | Race & Class

Tags: race relations

Un-SAFE At Any Speed?new

Portland rushes forward on a new sit-lie rule.

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 12-21-2006 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Buried In Claimsnew

Two cemetery owners have filed claims to develop their land -- or force Portland to pay them for a loss in property value due to land regulations under Measure 37.

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 12-21-2006 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Stretching the Lawnew

The "Three Condoms Rule" has Portland's prostitutes scared to carry protection.

The Portland Mercury | Matt Davis | 12-21-2006 | Sex

Tags: sex & reproductive issues

School Vouchers for Special Needsnew

That's what the GOP wants, in the form of the "Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program."

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Max Pizarro | 12-21-2006 | Education

Tags: Education

Longtime Lesbian Bar Closesnew

My Sister's Room in Decatur will scout for a new location.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 12-21-2006 | LGBT

Tags: gay & lesbian issues

Hip-Hop's Shadowy Empirenew

In the summer of 2005, the party would get out of hand for Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and the Black Mafia Family -- and the feds would be ready to make their move.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mara Shalhoup | 12-21-2006 | Drugs

Tags: Drugs

2006: The Year Women Got Beat Upnew

Over the past 12 months you have been bombarded with stories of brutalized women -- chances are, you didn't notice.

Boston Phoenix | David S. Bernstein | 12-21-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Race Revelationsnew

By the end of a Cleveland student's rant on MySpace, she'd spit forth 600 words of outrage, dropped the N-bomb nine times, and claimed "98 percent of blacks were ignorant."

Cleveland Scene | Denise Grollmus | 12-21-2006 | Race & Class

Tags: race relations