AltWeeklies Wire
Army Strong: A Gay Soldier's Life of Servicenew
Lt. Col. Steve Loomis was discharged from the Army five days before he was eligible for his 20-year retirement. He reflects on his fight to get his due, his life in the military and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
11-11-2010 |
War
It Gets Betternew
Orlando's take on the national project to save gay youth
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes, Jeff Gore and Erin Sullivan |
11-11-2010 |
LGBT
Serving Those Who Servednew
Veterans make up eight percent of the U.S. population, but 20 percent of the homeless population. What's being done to help them?
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
11-11-2010 |
Homelessness
Top Ramen For Life: The Student Loan Crisisnew
With more than two-thirds of students borrowing money for their educations, student loans are now the largest type of consumer debt. Is this another crisis in the making?
East Bay Express |
Charlie Mintz |
11-10-2010 |
Education
Soldier’s Pay?new
Chapook Dizayee is a hero of the War on Terror. His family is its latest victim.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
11-10-2010 |
Immigration
Class Strugglenew
The rise and fall--and rise?--of Baltimore's community schools movement
Baltimore City Paper |
Andrea Appleton |
11-09-2010 |
Education
Poverty Living at Luxury Pricesnew
Stimulus funds should not be used to bankroll a private project that has already displaced poor and elderly people while promising poverty-level jobs.
Pasadena Weekly |
Peter Dreier |
11-08-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Pasadena Manor
City Hall East a Necessary Compromisenew
The relaxed affordable housing requirements reveal changes at the city's negotiation table.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
11-08-2010 |
Policy Issues
Violent Truthnew
What's wrong with Oregon that domestic violence is on the rise?
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
11-05-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Domestic Violence
Hot-button Issues at AFAnew
The Air Force Academy releases its climate survey and acknowledges plenty of work to do.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
11-05-2010 |
Environment
Sweet Reliefnew
Slathered on toast or a wound, medical-grade honey can be magic.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-05-2010 |
Science
The Tule Elk Hunt of 2010new
California officials allowed East Bay's tule elk herd to be hunted even though some environmentalist says the number of animals is in decline.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-04-2010 |
Environment
21st Century Situationists
Framed inaccurately by the press, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear is best understood as a contemporary extension of the French Situationist movement of the ’60s, a mass inversion of rhetorical logic, meant to break the spectator’s passivity toward the spectacle and turn the obscuring force of mass media back on itself. Using pop cultural references and superficial Internet memes like the double-rainbow guy and “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife...” in the context of a once-powerful political forum was a Dadaist attempt to wipe the slate clean, to rise above the fruitless tit-for-tat schoolyard shouting match to which our political discourse has been reduced by the 24-hour news cycle and corporate spin-doctoring.
What the GOP Sweep Means for Immigration Reformnew
In hindsight, it seems appropriate that Dia de los Muertos and the mid-term election fell on the same day. The national Republican sweep means that any meaningful effort for immigration reform is probably dead.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
11-03-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, GOP
Blinders On, Immigrants Outnew
Georgia lawmakers' revive their anti-immigrant obsession.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
CL Editorial Board |
11-03-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
