AltWeeklies Wire
Justice Delayed for Inmates in Need of Medicationnew
For the crime of driving with a suspended license, a 45-year-old woman with lupus lost the ability to walk.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Super-Hyped Infection Stirs Fearnew
Sensational headlines coupled with fearmongering public health reports have HIV-positive men in San Francisco running scared. But the existence of an HIV superinfection is yet to be explicitly proven.
A Teacher Suspected of Preying on Students Disappearsnew
A teacher at a Cleveland high school has been charged with sexual battery, but he never showed up for his arraignment.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Angel Montanez, Michael Gonzalez
Selling Kabbalahnew
An Orthodox rabbi wants to bring mysticism to the masses, but other rabbis say his new book on the Kabbalah may reveal secrets not meant for the outside world.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-20-2005 |
Religion
Shot Like an Animalnew
Americans cared about Rigoberto Alpizar, the man who federal air marshals shot on a jetway in the Miami International Airport, for about a day. But Alpizar's family and the citizens of his native Costa Rica still grieve. Leland Baxter-Neal reports for Eugene Weekly.
Eugene Weekly |
Leland Baxter-Neal |
12-20-2005 |
International
Beers for a Racist
The man behind one of Florida's most notorious hate crimes has spent years dodging the media -- but he's relatively easy to find.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Activist's Criminal Past Divides St. Louis Gay Communitynew
When Pride St. Louis committee members elected Chad Saenz as their vice president last August, few knew he was a convicted felon.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-20-2005 |
LGBT
Pray the Gay Awaynew
Pastor Jim Venice, who was once gay himself, says he can turn homos into heteros. Credit cards are welcome.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-20-2005 |
Religion
Merry Xmas From the Dead Mallsnew
Once kings of the retail jungle, malls have lost customers to the Internet and big-box retailers. But malls can't slink off into a cave and die. They just stand there, huge and vacant.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
12-20-2005 |
Housing & Development
The Littlest Felonsnew
"Superpredators" under the age of 12, armed with pebbles and raw eggs, get zero tolerance in Palm Beach County schools.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A Vietnamese 'Village' Works to Fit Into Houstonnew
Catholic priest John Chinh Tran re-created Vietnam's Thai Xuan Village in Houston with an iron hand. These days his control is slipping away.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
12-19-2005 |
Immigration
A Somber Occupationnew
Maine’s anti-war activists have come up with a plan to make our congressional delegates listen. And they’re marketing it to other states.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
12-17-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
They're Tracking Younew
Big business thinks Radio Frequency Identification tags are great, but privacy-rights advocates fear the tiny chips will invite corporations and the government into our personal lives.
Sacramento News & Review |
Devanie Angel |
12-16-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Torture Airnew
The trail of a secret spy plane leads to a mysterious outfit in Reno with ties to a prominent Nevada politico.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen |
12-15-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Clean-Energy Frenzynew
As the Pacific Northwest struggles with soaring fuel and electricity prices, corporate executives and entrepreneurs are joining politicians and activists to develop cleaner, smarter, and self-reliant energy sources.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howlamd Jr. |
12-15-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
