AltWeeklies Wire
The Dirty Fight for Farmland in Latin Americanew
 
    
    Even though much of the world's food supply still comes from small farmers, those same farmers from Honduras to the Philippines increasingly cannot feed their own families, and they're fighting for survival.
  
    City Newspaper  |  
    Tim Louis Macaluso  |  
    10-02-2015  | 
    International
  
  OC to China: We Want Your Pregnant!new
 
    
    You Win Yankee Vacation Baby Today!
  
    OC Weekly  |  
    Charles Lam  |  
    05-28-2015  | 
    International
  
  No one can prevent us from dreamingnew
 
    
    Peace activist Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish lost three daughters to war, but no one can destroy his hope
  
    VUE Weekly  |  
    Malcolm Azania  |  
    12-10-2014  | 
    International
  
  See the people, not Hamasnew
 
    
    Civilian lives in the Gaza Strip are counted as nothing in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
  
    VUE Weekly  |  
    Rebecca Medel  |  
    08-22-2014  | 
    International
  
  Remembering Nelson Mandelanew
By reading Mandela's story, I saw what the best of humanity looked like. I saw that no matter how much oppression and humiliation one group may inflict upon another, the human spirit is oak-tree strong, and we can rise above it.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    jehrod rose-alain  |  
    12-13-2013  | 
    International
  
  Narco Twitternew
 
    
    Baja's TV networks can't keep up with its social networks.
  
    San Diego Reader  |  
    K. Mennem  |  
    09-04-2013  | 
    International
  
  
  
    
  Bloody Tide: How Puerto Rico Affects the U.S.new
 
    
    As Puerto Rico is battered by a wave of drugs and brazen murders, Houston and other continental U.S. cities feel the blowback.
  
    Houston Press  |  
    Casey Michel and Michael E. Miller  |  
    03-21-2013  | 
    International
  
  What Happened in Gazanew
 
    
    Parents of deceased activist Rachel Corrie to keynote Israeli Apartheid Week.
  
    VUE Weekly  |  
    Rebecca Medel  |  
    02-28-2013  | 
    International
  
  
  
    Tags: Rachel Corrie
  Hugo Chávez: A fictional character in real lifenew
 
    
    News from the mother country leaves Charlotte's Venezuelan community with more questions than answers
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Ailen Arreaza  |  
    02-27-2013  | 
    International
  
  
  
    
  The Nuclear Optionnew
An international trade group doesn’t believe Mississippi should pass a law that would require the Public Employee Retirement System to pull certain investments that have ties with Iran.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    R.L. Nave  |  
    02-21-2013  | 
    International
  
  Inside Kurdish Syrianew
 
    
    A journalist goes inside a little known revolution.
  
    Santa Barbara Independent  |  
    Kevin McKiernan  |  
    12-14-2012  | 
    International
  
  
  
    
  Sonoran Squeezenew
 
    
    Border security and bad press continue to squeeze Mexico's Nogales.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Tim Vanderpool  |  
    11-07-2012  | 
    International
  
  
  
    Tags: border issues
  Fallen Heronew
 
    
    Santa Rosa's Matt Reynolds remembers his cousin Chris Stevens, the Libyan ambassador killed in Benghazi.
  
    North Bay Bohemian  |  
    Juliane Poirier  |  
    10-24-2012  | 
    International
  
  
  
    Tags: Benghazi
  Al-Shabaab cases takes a turnnew
 
    
    Four Somali men hope testimony collected in East Africa will prove they didn’t send money to a terrorist group.
  
    San Diego CityBeat  |  
    Dave Maass  |  
    09-19-2012  | 
    International
  
  
  
    Tags: government
  Mexican President-Elect Peña Nieto vs. #yosoy132new
 
    
    Mexico's president-elect may not look like he's got problems, but he does.
  
    San Diego Reader  |  
    Lorena Mancilla  |  
    08-16-2012  | 
    International