AltWeeklies Wire
New Orleans Had Long Begged for Help, Unheedednew
The "war on terror" sucked up so much funding previously allocated to disaster preparedness that the country risked losing New Orleans, says a writer who proposed a book on the topic months before Hurricane Katrina.
Arkansas Times |
Mara Leveritt |
09-13-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: oil, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, evacuation, Louisiana, Port, Asa Hutchinson, body bags, Borders and Transportation Security, breach levees, deaths toll, governor candidate Arkansas, haz-mat suits, Mark Davis, Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, Port Fourchon, the director of emergency management for New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish, Walter Maestri
Houston Gets Hit With Its Own Hurricane Surgenew
The people who found refuge from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in Houston's Astrodome brought with them countless stories.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Ray Hafner and Todd Spivak |
09-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Biting the Hand That Poisoned Themnew
California chipmaker AXT exposed its workers to toxic levels of arsenic, then fired them. Now ex-workers are finally organizing to demand some long-term health care.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Documents for the Undocumentednew
Immigrants could buy a driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Oakland, Calif. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-12-2005 |
Immigration
The Breaking Pointnew
Far from being beset by anarchy, most of those left behind in New Orleans were victimized by its exact opposite -- the rigid, entrenched hierarchy of the dollar, which has centralized control of land and lives over the years.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-12-2005 |
Disasters
Hang On, There's Morenew
The reality yet to be confronted by emergency planners anywhere is that almost all modern post-industrial humans are helpless and incompetent when it comes to looking after themselves.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-12-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
When Princes Kissnew
A university librarian spars with North Carolina Congressman Walter "Freedom Fries" Jones over a gay-positive book.
Mountain Xpress |
Nelda Holder |
09-12-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Termites' Guts Could Yield Alternative Fuel Sourcenew
Scientists looking for a clean source of hydrogen fuel may have found it in the bacteria that live inside the reviled pest.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-12-2005 |
Science
Payday Loan Centers Charge Whopping Interest Ratesnew
Payday loan centers have partnerships with out-of-state banks to evade state usury laws, and as a result get away with charging interest rates that can surpass an annual 700 percent.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
09-12-2005 |
Economy
Our Man in Spacenew
Steve Robinson, recently returned from the shuttle mission, explains why humans go exploring, how there’s probably life on other planets, and what his home ground of Sacramento looks like from outer space.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
09-09-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A View of New Orleans From Touro Infirmarynew
Gambit Weekly writer Katy Reckdahl describes giving birth during Katrina, and the worsening conditions in her New Orleans hospital in the aftermath.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
09-09-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Divorce Ends in Loss of a Coffee Companynew
When she was getting divorced, Angela Caruso hired a lawyer to protect her coffee company. Instead, she claims, he helped his father take it over.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-09-2005 |
Business & Labor
The New News: A Reporter Returns to Journalism -- On the Webnew
Stand-alone hyperlocal journalists on the web are invigorated and optimistic in contrast to their depressed counterparts in print media. A former alt-weekly reporter tells why he became part of the next revolution and started a non-profit to help other web journalists.
New Haven Advocate |
Paul Bass |
09-08-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Uncle Sam REALLY Wants Younew
A young man, fresh out of college and delivering pizzas for a living, poses as a recruit to find out just how far the various brances of the military will go to sign him up.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
09-08-2005 |
War
Tags: recruiting
