AltWeeklies Wire
"The Perfect Drug"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
12-13-2005 |
Media
Getting Treatment for Meth Addictionnew
Meth addiction isn't impossible to beat -- but the treatment's not cheap, and it's difficult to find.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
12-13-2005 |
Science
Wigging Outnew
Stressed, depressed and drinking more, the people of New Orleans are behaving pretty much as they should.
Tags: disasters
Justice Delayed Becomes Justice Deniednew
For more than a decade, Lisa Weisser pursued a claim against the state of Illinois, arguing the state should have protected her from a known sex offender who raped her. On Saturday, Dec. 3, she gave up.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
12-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A Predator on the Loosenew
Michael Redpath is a danger to women and children, so why does he keep getting breaks?
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
12-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Environmentalists Try to Free Fish Trapped in Reservoirsnew
Getting home is an uphill swim for the East Bay's steelhead trout, even without San Francisco's water agency and George W. Bush teamed up against them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Environment
The Case Against Tenurenew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to reform California's archaic and burdensome tenure rules for K-12 teachers was far from being too radical. It wasn't radical enough.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Education
Tags: No Child Left Behind, a longtime teacher and track coach at Thomas Olaeta Elementary School in Atwater, Albert G. Truitt Jr., California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California Teachers Association, Michael E. Smith, partner of the Fresno-based law firm Lozano Smith, Union attorney John Kohn Attorney Thomas Driscoll
Wisdom of the Ancestorsnew
A Hopi leader fought a lonely battle to stop a mining company from stealing water that helped build Phoenix. He succeeded--finally.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
12-09-2005 |
Race & Class
Founder of Program for Catholic Teens Bustednew
Monsignor Dale Fushek faces 10 misdemeanor counts of sexual misconduct with boys and young men.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
12-09-2005 |
Religion
A Judge Takes a Standnew
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office declared war on a respected judge after he called a prosecutor's actions racist.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Locked Outnew
As the nation debates voting rights for ex-offenders, the Colorado ACLU initiates a class-action lawsuit that would expand rights to felons on parole.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
12-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Gospel According to Aslannew
Fortunately for Narnia scribe C.S. Lewis, the authors of the Bible couldn't sue for plagiarism.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
12-08-2005 |
Media
Jamming With the Supremesnew
Here's a glimpse of the first two abortion-related cases heard by the Supreme Court in five years, and the first ever to be presided over by new chief justice John Roberts.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-08-2005 |
Sex
It's Gotta Be the Shirtsnew
Boston mayor Tom Menino's attempt to win the confidence of kids in the 'hood will have the opposite effect.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-08-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Shirting the Issuenew
Boston mayor Tom Menino wants to bolster the cops' campaign against violent crime by stopping the sale of "Stop Snitching" T-shirts.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
12-08-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
