AltWeeklies Wire
How Cocaine Made Miaminew
By 1980, Miami had become the cocaine capital of the United States. The drug's lasting legacies are evident 25 years later: a thriving international banking industry, an entrenched drug culture and the durable myths of Miami Vice. First in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol, Rebecca Wakefield, Forrest Norman and Sean Rowe |
10-11-2005 |
Science
Alternative Tentaclesnew
District 11's pro-voucher victors are eyeing two more Colorado Springs school districts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna and Dan Wilcock |
10-10-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Normal
For the poor of New Orleans, suffering trauma was normal -- even before the hurricane. The new New Orleans is called upon to do better for them. Sixth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-10-2005 |
Disasters
Drawing Gets Owner Shut Out of Her Condonew
Since she drew a lemon on her window, Heather Mickelson has been barred from her home in Houston's Tremont Tower.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Landfill Makes Its Northeast Houston Neighbors Miserablenew
When a Houston landfill announced that it wanted to take its mountain of trash up from 188 feet up to 316 feet, the Northeast Environmental Justice Association filed suit.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-10-2005 |
Environment
The War Withinnew
At war in Iraq for eleven months, Stephen Sherwood was a "rock-solid" soldier. Back home for nine days, he came undone in a tragic fit of violence, shooting his wife, then turning a gun on himself.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
10-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Cuddle Parties Treat Those in Need of a Hugnew
A phenomenon begun by former Brown University football player Reid Mihalko has adults getting into their pajamas, setting boundaries and spooning with strangers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-10-2005 |
Sex
Anti-Homosexual Editorial Sends B&B Host Over the Edgenew
Already dogged by mental illness, Paul Bear ended his life after a mean-spirited outing by a small-town newspaperman.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
10-10-2005 |
LGBT
Pimping Death
Media experts question Iraq War coverage, and the military investigates itself over American soldiers trading gruesome photos of the dead for Internet porn.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-07-2005 |
War
Out of Energy?
Fuel alternatives abound, but the federal government isn't about to fund them.
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth at Craigslistnew
Craig Newmark -- the man who put the “Craigness” into online classifieds -- may unwittingly impact the future of journalism in America. Does he care? Not really.
Sacramento News & Review |
R. V. Scheide |
10-07-2005 |
Policy Issues
Bad Ballisticsnew
Hundreds of people have gone to prison on the word of Boston's untrained, unqualified, unskilled firearms examiners.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Boilermakers Locked Outnew
Dallas-based Celanese keeps operating its plant in Meredosia, Ill., with replacement workers as locked-out union members accuse the company of
failing to bargain in good faith.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
New Nuclear Reactors May Go to Southnew
A nuclear-power consortium targets Alabama and
Mississippi for the next reactors, suggesting that Clinton, Ill., no longer is a leading site for Exelon Corp.'s next nuke.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-07-2005 |
Environment
Karyn’s Killers?new
For the first time, members of the Slover family -- convicted of murdering and dismembering Karyn Hearn Slover in 1996 -- tell their story.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
