AltWeeklies Wire
Give Peace Protests a Chancenew
With the Democrats failing to offer a clear anti-war alternative, the peace movement is losing traction in squabbles over direction and doctrine.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Greene |
09-02-2004 |
Policy Issues
A Slacker's Guide to Back to Schoolnew
Armed with a few bucks in change found in the seats of their cars, a meal card and a collective 14 semesters of college slacking, NUVO's team of interns transforms a high-maintenance diva into a certified, apathetic, college slacker.
Reach Out and Blog Someonenew
Staying in touch while in college is tough, but blogging makes it easy. Here's an explanation of how to use weblogs, mailing groups and profile networks.
Jackson Free Press |
Robert Williamson |
09-02-2004 |
Science
Bay Area Censored Stories — Bay Guardian Picksnew
In concert with Project Censored, the San Francisco Bay Guardian staff pick the top 10 local stories the local media ignore.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian Staff |
09-01-2004 |
Media
Censored! The Runners Upnew
Runners up to the 10 big news stories the national news media ignore.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian Staff |
09-01-2004 |
Media
Censored! 10 Big Stories the National News Media Ignorenew
Wealth inequality, an attack on a human rights law and the Bush administration's manipulation of science are among the 10 big news stories that Project Censored has identified as not receiving the media attention they deserve.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-01-2004 |
Media
Poor Circulation: Fear and Loathing at the Dallas Morning Newsnew
Bob Johnson says fudging the numbers is time-honored tradition at the Dallas Morning Newspaper, and the practice was costly to independent contractors like him who delivered the paper.
Dallas Observer |
Eric Celeste |
08-30-2004 |
Media
Homeless Encampment Settles In at Dallas City Hallnew
All of the homeless people who used to employ the public library and surrounding blocks as a campground and outdoor toilet are now using the area right behind City Hall instead.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
08-30-2004 |
Economy
Cleared of Charges, Accused Robber Suffers Consequencesnew
To hear Desmond Haye tell it, the police just showed up at his Alief home in January and, for no reason, took him in as the gunman in gaudy hip-hop apparel who had robbed a Handy Stop check-cashing outlet five weeks earlier.
Houston Press |
George Flynn |
08-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Coming to a Convention Near You: Scary Anarchist IInew
Stories in daily papers about anarchists plotting mayhem at the Republican convention are the kind of coverage that sets the stage for brutal treatment of even peaceful activists.
The Village Voice |
Sarah Ferguson |
08-30-2004 |
Media
Technology, Powered by Passion, Makes the Resistance So Coolnew
A loose network of tech-savvy activists has been working a long time to construct intriguingly bizarre electronic contraptions for creative resistance on the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
The Village Voice |
Geeta Dayal |
08-30-2004 |
Science
Infamous Sugar Barons Make Nice with Publicnew
For decades, the Fanjul family and their company, Florida Crystals, have symbolized the harshness of corporate, big-business farming. Now they want to win public favor and push ahead with real estate development plans.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
08-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Some Curves Members Worry About Cofounder's Pro-Life Tiesnew
Gary Heavin, cofounder of Curves, the largest fitness franchise in the world, is a proud pro-lifer who makes charitable donations based on his religious beliefs. Exaggerated reports about those ties spread on the Internet, alarming some pro-choice members.
The Pitch |
Andrew Miller |
08-30-2004 |
The War on Women
Bishop Takes a Queennew
In LaCrosse, Wis., Bishop Raymond Burke was known not only for his neo-conservative eccentricities but for gathering fringe religious orders, including one that a parishioner alleges included a transgendered nun.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
Immaculate Deception: The Archbishop's Dirty Little Secretsnew
Raymond Burke, the new archbishop of St. Louis, seemed to have tended his garden well while bishop of the Diocese of LaCrosse, which reported a low rate of clergy convictions for sexual misconduct. But some members of his former flock say if clergy sex abuse cases were few and far between, it was because Burke was a master at keeping a lid on them.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
