AltWeeklies Wire
Fighting for Suffragenew
The Mississippi ACLU has filed a suit challenging the disenfranchisement of convicted felons, including soldiers who fought overseas.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-19-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Home, Bitter Homenew
Mississippi has the second highest rate of domestic violence in the country -- what are we going to do about it?
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
10-19-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Hunger Strike at Supermaxnew
A spate of attempted and threatened suicides at the notorious maximum-security state prison in Warren, Maine prompted restrictions on inmates that have provoked a hunger strike.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
10-19-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cola Warsnew
In Mexico, Coke and Pepsi battle for peasants' souls.
Monterey County Weekly |
Beverly Bell |
10-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Out of the Closet, Into the Futurenew
Two years after Mississippi passed an amendment against gay marriage by a whopping 86 percent, Jackson's gay community is flourishing.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-18-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Anatomy Of A Wolf Attacknew
The Lords have adopted an attitude of pragmatic acceptance: The wolves are here, and now it's time to learn how to live with them.
Boise Weekly |
Carissa Wolf |
10-18-2006 |
Animal Issues
One Toke Over The Linenew
A mistake by the Oregon Legislature makes selling pot the "king" of drug crimes.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
10-18-2006 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
The Unkindest Cutnew
Industrial processors have trimmed the ranks of grocery store butchers -- and redefined "fresh meat."
Illinois Times |
Am Spies Karhliker |
10-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hardcore for the Lordnew
Reverend Hank Peirce went from a punk-rock roadie to a man of God.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
10-18-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
A Tough Pill to Swallownew
A drug-data publisher owned by media giant Hearst has inflated the cost of medicine.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
10-18-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Mr. Snyder's Opusnew
A police beating can't hold back the Hallandale band director and his irrepressible student musicians.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
10-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
See Ya in Courtnew
Registered same-sex partners can't marry, but now face divorce court if they break up -- and the new law is retroactive.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-17-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Made for Each Othernew
The Karr fiasco is over, but Michael Tracey's quest for unlikely suspects in the JonBenet Ramsey case goes on and on.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
10-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Love Thy Neighbor?new
Federal law may let a religious school circumvent local zoning rules in Alameda County.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
10-17-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
