AltWeeklies Wire
Who Wants to Be a Socially Responsible Millionaire?new
Jeff Reifman left Microsoft with $5 million. He's trying to invest that wealth virtuously. It's not easy.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
01-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
New York's Last Executioner Kept His Work Secretnew
Deputy sheriff and electrician Dow B. Hover served as New York's executioner in the 1950s and 1960s, lowering the lever that operated the electric chair. He earned $150 per execution, but the work took a toll, his children say.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
01-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Dogs Have Right to Comforts but No Public Sexnew
A blue law in San Francisco's Health Code says it's illegal for animals to "breed on public property." There's apparently no place for pets in this Mecca of free sexual expression.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-26-2005 |
Animal Issues
Biologist and Environmentalists Clash Over a Mouse's Statusnew
Rob Ramey found that the Preble's jumping mouse, classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1998, is no different from a lot of other mice running around. Environmentalists worry about the consequences if his finding prevails.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
01-26-2005 |
Environment
Everything You Know About Taxes is Wrongnew
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston, author of Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else, discusses the damage our reverse Robin Hood tax scheme is doing to 99 percent of Americans, and about the perils posed to democracy by the growing inequalities of the system.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
01-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Lesbian Student Shut Out of Tradition
She's a senior in high school. She's a lesbian. And because she isn't girlie enough for her principal, she's been banned from the yearbook.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Clark Armstrong |
01-25-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: Kelli Davis, tuxedo
Refereeing California's Next Big Boom: Stem-Cell Researchnew
The $3 billion pot of public money California voters approved for stem-cell research has unleashed enormous interest. Critics say the way funding decisions are being made is too secretive.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
01-25-2005 |
Science
Anorexia Is Not Just About Looking Thinnew
Watching someone starve herself and fade away into nothing is a nightmare for friends and family, but there's no easy solution. Anorexia is a complex illness can require years of treatment.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
01-25-2005 |
Science
We Are Not Barbienew
We carry the Barbie doll image with us, ruining a a good workout or an excursion to the beach when the image in the mirror doesn't match the ideal in our mind.
Monterey County Weekly |
Brett Wilbur |
01-25-2005 |
Science
Catholic Church Tries to Keep Court Documents Zipped Upnew
San Francisco Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
01-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Justice Surprises Critics by Reversing Andrea Yates' Verdictnew
The errors in Andrea Yates' trial presented First Court of Appeals Justice Sam Nuchia with a golden opportunity to demonstrate that he could indeed overturn a guilty verdict.
Houston Press |
George Flynn |
01-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Acquittal of Murderous Mom Inspires Debate Over Insanity Defensenew
Lisa Diaz drowned her "precious babies" to save them from an evil world. Her acquittal, and the overturning of the conviction of Andrea Yates on similar charges, have prompted reexamination of the Texas insanity defense statute.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
01-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Bringing Down a Damnew
It was 1923 when engineers flooded Yosemite's magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley. If building the O'Shaughnessy Dam can be seen as a glorious accomplishment of the 20th century, would tearing it down be a worthy testament to the 21st?
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
01-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Illinois Makes History With Gay-Rights Legislationnew
The lame-duck legislature of blue-state Illinois approved landmark legislation protecting gays from discrimination. The bill was signed into law Jan. 21.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
01-24-2005 |
LGBT
Deaf Man Duped by 'Misleading' Brokernew
Lester Wimbley was only trying to refinance his home in Decatur, Ga. But within months of contacting a broker, a lawsuit claims, he had unwittingly sold his home and was forced to pay thousands of unnecessary dollars to the broker and the home's buyer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
