AltWeeklies Wire
Invasion of the Media Snatchersnew
Any independent new media outlet that begins to garner a reasonable audience will almost certainly get overtaken by traditional media conglomerates.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
07-15-2004 |
Media
Rethinking the Media Monopoly: Ben Bagdikian Misses the Targetnew
Two decades after publishing "The Media Monopoly," Ben Bagdikian is arguing that the new media monopoly has "played a central role" in pushing the country's politics to the nutty right. The trouble is, he doesn't come close to proving that point.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
07-15-2004 |
Media
Removable Alien: Ansar Mahmood Suffers Setbacknew
Ansar Mahmood, picked up in post-9/11 sweeps and convinced by a public defender to plead guilty to harboring illegals, has become a cause celebre across the country -- but that hasn't saved him from deportation.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-15-2004 |
Immigration
Owners of Abandoned Hazardous Waste Left Warning Signsnew
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcer Bob Rosen was dumbfounded that a now-defunct company left 13,000 drums, most of them filled with hazardous waste, in an open-air shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. Then he spotted a stream of fluid spouting from a cracked barrel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-15-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bringing Back the Salmon: Gail Norton Claims Credit for Bushnew
Interior Secretary Gail Norton jetted into Oregon to claim credit for returning salmon and steelhead to the Deschutes River "for the first time since 1968" on Tuesday. The Pelton Round Butte Dam complex has been the biggest stumbling block to healthy anadromous salmon fisheries in the high desert rivers for the last 50 years.
The Source Weekly |
Lacey Phillabaum |
07-14-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Government's War on Soldiersnew
They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-14-2004 |
War
Michael Moore Is Rubber, His Critics Are Glue
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" is an indictment of the elite national media as much as the Bush Administration. That same media has, unsurprisingly, turned its guns against Moore.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg, Senior News Editor |
07-12-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Plugging the Memory Holenew
A Tucson-based cyber journalist fights government secrecy, one Freedom of Information request at a time
Weekly Alibi |
Tim McGivern |
07-12-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Ruby Bridges and Ruby Hallnew
In 1960, the nation watched 6-year-old Ruby Bridges integrate William Frantz Elementary School. Today, Ruby Hall lives quietly in New Orleans and rents a storage facility just to keep the mail she receives from schoolkids across the country.
Gambit |
Katy Reckdahl |
07-12-2004 |
Race & Class
After 25-Year Career, Prostitute Quits the Businessnew
Oral history of an anonymous woman who spent nearly her entire adult life as a high-class call girl, recently left the lifestyle and is struggling to build a future without it.
From Fighters to Victims
Just 60 years ago our war heroes were fighter aces and gungho infantrymen. Now our heroes are former prisoners of war and friendly-fire victims. What changed?
Columbia Free Times |
David Axe |
07-12-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Cake Out in the Rain: Tanker Leaks Liquid Uraniumnew
While the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies was convened in San AANtonio, a truckload of liquified uranium was dripping on the highway in Asheville, N.C. -- and daily shipments of uranyl nitrate are routine.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-09-2004 |
Environment
The Supreme Court Shines Some Light into the Bush's Gulagnew
The enemy within: in a trio of cases, the Supreme Court shines some light into the Bush administration’s gulag. But for "enemy combatants" both here and in Guantánamo, it’s not yet time to celebrate.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
07-08-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Nigerian Email Scams Can Be Costly, Lethal
Nigerian email scams are a growing problem in the United States, but there are simple steps you can take to protect yourself.
Columbia Free Times |
David Axe |
07-08-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mom Squadnew
Single mothers are stepping up to take over care of their handicapped kids. If only the state of Arizona would help them over more of the hurdles.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
07-07-2004 |
Children & Families
