AltWeeklies Wire
The Anonymous Author of "Imperial Hubris" is Revealednew
The previously unnamed CIA figure who wrote the upcoming negative critique of U.S. politics and the Muslim world says he's more afraid for his job than for his life.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
06-30-2004 |
International
Till Death Do They Part?new
While there’s been tons of attention on the first controversial bursts of weddings and related court maneuverings, few have looked at what makes gay and lesbian relationships work—or falter.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Secular Case Against Gay Marriagenew
Gay marriage is less about an inalienable right and more about a choice society has to make, a change with far-ranging consequences for law and culture. Our society may or may not be ready to change its mind.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Racing Down the Slippery Slopenew
What’s after gay marriage? Polygamy? Bring it on.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Marriage and the Perils of Being ‘Normal’new
Gay unions are fleeting? The divorce rate will skyrocket? So? Gays and lesbians have every human right to be as messy, ill-advised, unprepared, offensive, and just generally stupid as everybody else—and reap the same legal benefits for said stupid behavior.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Space: A Billionaire's Starry-Eyed Enterprisenew
Maybe it’s another eccentric indulgence, but what if Paul Allen’s little space program really takes off?
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
06-22-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Mental Health Reform Would Work in N.C.—with Enough Moneynew
First the state ordered mental health reform. Then they took away the money to do it. Now programs proven to help people—and save money—will suffer along with their patients.
Photos Are Souvenirs of Torture in Vietnamnew
A former UPI correspondent in Vietnam comes across some pictures taken by a young—and naive—Sean Flynn, son of Errol Flynn, showing typical torture of Viet Cong prisoners in Vietnam.
The Gayby Boom: Gay Families with Kids on the Risenew
The number of gay and lesbian couples with children is growing rapidly, but parents must create a legal patchwork to protect their children. Luckily, studies say, the kids are all right.
Objector or 'Deserter'?
Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, who served in the Florida Army National Guard, faces a conscientious objector hearing in Oklahoma. Why did he abandon his unit in Iraq? Fort Sill officials are denying interview requests, citing military regulations.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
06-18-2004 |
War
Tags: Iraq, war & peace
Accused Sex Slave Operator Claims He Was Just Taking Ordersnew
Prasad Lakireddy was charged with involvement in an operation that brought young girls from India to Berkeley to be used for cheap labor and sex. But he got off easy, claiming he didn't know his restaurant employees were his daddy's imported sex slaves.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-17-2004 |
Immigration
Art School Shuts Down Student Papernew
At San Francisco's Academy of Art, the biggest art school in the country, the administration has expelled two students for edgy writing, let go two professors who complained, and shut down the school paper that tried to cover the controversy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Brahinsky |
06-16-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Welfare-to-Work Employees Cheated out of Minimum Wagenew
Faced with a requirement to pay San Francisco's new minimum wage of $8.50 an hour to its welfare-to-work program participants, the cash-strapped city opted to make seven of the required 31 hours pay-free, but still mandatory.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sitara Nieves |
06-16-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: welfare, business & labor
Road Rules: The Cloudy Constitutionality of Police Drug Roadblocksnew
At face value, it would appear that the "K-9 Drug Checkpoint One Mile Ahead" sign operated near Interstate 55/70's Black Lane exit in Collinsville, Ill., is baldly unconstitutional. But looks can be deceiving, and in the still-emerging field of law-enforcement-checkpoint constitutionality, deception can often be better than playing it straight.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
06-16-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Day Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Diednew
This detailed narrative describes how three young civil rights workers lost ther lives in Mississippi on Father's Day (June 21), 1964.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
06-16-2004 |
Race & Class
