AltWeeklies Wire
Sit and Spinnew
Street kids speak out against proposed sit-lie ordinance.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy Jenniges |
03-22-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
APD, City Council: Lateral Movesnew
Police say legislation doesn't reach the crux of problem.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
03-22-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
AIDS: The Forgotten Killernew
A deadly disease gets new life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
03-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Deadly Forcenew
Searching for facts in Jeremiah Chass' death at the hands of Sonoma County deputies.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fighting the Warnew
In the wake of the fourth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, an Army deserter maintains he did "the right and moral thing."
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
03-22-2007 |
War
Taking a 'Paige' from the Bush Administrationnew
Portland Public Schools agreed to pay $4,000 to a local writer to pen good-news articles and place them in regional and national publications.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-22-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Tre Arrow Turns to Maher Ararnew
The environmental activist's effort to raise bail money for his release from a Canadian prison has taken him to Maher Arar, someone who knows about the dangers of being labeled a "terrorist."
Willamette Week |
Andrew MacLeod |
03-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Anti-Protesternew
We test the limits of Portland's tolerance by sending a reporter posed as a war supporter to last week's antiwar rally.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-22-2007 |
War
Prairie Homophobic Companionnew
Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Corey Anderson |
03-22-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
What's the Seattle Times Co. Hiding?new
A former Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter, now a practicing attorney, aims to open up the closed-door negotiations that could close her former paper.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Useful Talking Point, but Are the Numbers Reliable?new
A Minnesota professor rides the Gonzales Eight to fame, but there are holes in the research.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
03-22-2007 |
Education
Caltrans: Take It, or Leavenew
Oakland's workers for the state transportation agency say they were punished for reporting sexual harassment and race discrimination.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Chronic Bus Mastubator Shuns Internet for Newsprintnew
The case of Michael Williamson proves that MacBooks can never replace a standard broadsheet when it comes to perviness on public transit.
Seattle Weekly |
John Metcalfe |
03-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
John Delmonico: The Human Shieldnew
He defends those who serve and protect -- whether they deserve it or not.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
03-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Swan Songs at the Star Tribunenew
Will the departure of several prominent bylines hurt the Minneapolis paper's relationship with its readers?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
03-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
