AltWeeklies Wire
Free Wi-Fi Turns Austin into an Internet Access Hot Spotnew
Richard MacKinnon set out to create his own reality, one in which Internet access would be free for all and open to anyone. That was the impetus for the Austin Wireless City Project.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-16-2004 |
Science
Tags: Starbucks, Ana Sisnett of Austin Free-Net, Austin Electronic Frontier Foundation President and Polycot Consulting CEO Jon Lebkowsky, downloadable format, Hyde Park hipster landmark Quack's 43rd Street Bakery, keyboard, Leslie Martin, owner Bouldin Creek Coffee House, Schlotzky's, wireless groups, Zane McCarthy of Austin Unleashed, Health & Science
The Faith of Journalismnew
A heathen editor confronts his own ‘religion.’
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-15-2004 |
Media
Torturing the Truth
National news analysis explains the synergy between the Bush administration and the media that keeps America in the dark about the recent revelations of prisoner abuse in Iraq.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-15-2004 |
International
Tags: international
I Was a Federal Informantnew
After the wrong type of tenant moves in, a Philadelphia landlord finds himself mixed up with seven government agencies, a Jamaican drug ring and a North Philadelphia community center.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Amy L. Webb |
06-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Waiting to Inhalenew
San Francisco cops keep busting medical marijuana growers. One prosecutor is trying to develop less arbitrary guidelines. So where are the city's political leaders on an issue they claim to support?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ann Harrison |
06-11-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Under Pressure: Depression and the Black Mannew
Black men, who've generally been reluctant to admit they suffer from depression, are committing suicide in increasing numbers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Victor A. Patton |
06-11-2004 |
Science
Tags: depression, Health & Science
Family Court Judge Orders Couple Not to Reproducenew
In a move that seems to revive the practice of eugenics, Monroe County Judge Marilyn O'Connor deemed two Rochester, N.Y., parents too inferior to reproduce and ordered them not to do so unless they could prove to the judge's satisfaction that they were able to raise and support children.
City Newspaper |
Richard Wexler |
06-11-2004 |
Children & Families
Soldiers Think Iraqis Have No Hope, Returned Infantryman Saysnew
The carnage of war 23-year-old Steve Michanowicz witnessed during a long, sleep-deprived year in Iraq has left him confused and distracted. He's seen civilians die, and he knows how one's view of the world changes when bullets start carving your profile in the sand.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
06-11-2004 |
War
Tags: Civil War, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Michigan, post-traumatic stress disorder, Kentucky, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade infantry, Central Lake, civilian deaths, Clarksville, dictator, Fort Campbell, interrogators, mass graves, peacekeeping operations, prison torture, Public Affairs Office, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Tennessee. Fort Campbell, Zumar, war & peace
Former Espionage Base Lets Public See Outer Spacenew
High in the mountains of Transylvania County, N.C., a former top-secret, high-tech spy base is now an astronomical education center.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
06-10-2004 |
Science
An Anti-War Father Honors His Fallen Sonnew
Bill Mitchell, a Vietnam vet who lost his son, Sgt. Michael Mitchell, to the war in Iraq, speaks out against the conflict. His interview is accompanied on the San Luis Obispo New Times Web site by two other interviews of fathers who've lost sons to the war. One of them complains that recruiters are going into Mexico with promises of U.S. citizenship in return for enlistment.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Paul Rockwell |
06-10-2004 |
Children & Families
Charges Dropped against Student Protesting Torturenew
Charges were dismissed against a Boston College student who was arrested after he protested at a military recruitment center by dressing up like the victim in a famous Abu Ghraib torture photo. This story is a follow-up to "If Only He’d Put Women’s Underwear on His Head Instead ..."
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-10-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Gay Marriage Gets Stopped at State's Bordersnew
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and state Attorney General Tom Reilly have sealed the borders against out-of-state same-sex couples who want to marry with a 91-year-old statute that’s sure to have its day in court.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
06-10-2004 |
LGBT
A Trip Down Peyote Waynew
This Southern Arizona church flouts federal law by offering peyote to all -- for a price.
Tucson Weekly |
Glenn Weyant |
06-09-2004 |
Religion
Sins of Past Haunt a Father
A California-based group that exposes sexual misconduct by Orthodox priests and monks ousts a New Mexico monk with a dark past.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Brendan L Smith |
06-09-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Pastor's Lesbian Relationship Conflicts with Church Lawnew
The departure of Rev. Susie Smith from North Anderson Community Church Presbyterian broke the hearts of a dedicated minister and many of those she served. But church law said she had to go because of her love for another woman.
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
