AltWeeklies Wire
Priestly Talesnew
The stories of a dying breed: clerics who left Ireland to serve in the United States.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
03-16-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Never-Ending Sentencenew
When have felons finally paid their dues?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Too Many and Countingnew
The rationale shifts, but the body count is constant -- take a look at the war in Iraq by the numbers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Rachel Gregg and Cosmo Garvin |
03-16-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Health Care Roadblocknew
Mario and Laura -- illegal Mexican immigrants who live in Georgia -- learned last month that getting state medical care for their child, who is a U.S. citizen, might not be as easy as it once seemed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
03-16-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
A Ripple Effect?new
North Carolina isn't likely to join other states in banning abortion, but all bets are off if Roe is overturned.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
03-16-2006 |
Sex
Insecurity Systems Ride the Railsnew
The anti-terror programs being tested in New York City's subways won't make you feel any safer.
New York Press |
Jim Knipfel |
03-16-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Holy Warriornew
A mellower Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, finds new ways to fight the godless.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
03-16-2006 |
Sex
The High Price Of Thrift?new
An ex-employee sues Oregon's Multnomah County, claiming she was fired for trying to spotlight financial misdeeds.
Willamette Week |
Iam Demsky |
03-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Life in Hellnew
In California prisons, an unconventional gender identity can be like an added sentence.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
03-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: transgender
Rich Man, Poor Mannew
Who are the people behind Oregon's hottest growth industry -- payday-loan stores?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-15-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Transjoblessnew
Imagine trying to find a job without a shred of work history -- welcome to the transgender job hunt.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
03-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
End of Their Scopenew
The success and failure of owner-occupant neighborhood renewal play out on one Baltimore city block.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
03-15-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Shield Bill's Demisenew
A bill that would have protected journalists from having to disclose confidential sources mysteriously dies in the Washington state Senate.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-15-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
McClatchy Moves Innew
Now in four cities, McClatchy is the most widespread newspaper chain in Washington state -- so what happens to its minority Seattle Times stake?
Seattle Weekly |
Bill Richards |
03-15-2006 |
Media
"Anarchy in the UK," "The New Disaster Movie," "Mel Gibson is Responsible for All the Wars in the World"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-15-2006 |
Media
