AltWeeklies Wire
Bond Proposal Triumphsnew
Voters approved a desperately needed school bond issue for Jackson Public Schools by an overwhelming 81 percent.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-18-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Calling for Indepedent Attorneynew
After being duped by City Attorney Sarah O'Reilly-Evans, some council members are calling for an attorney independent of the mayor.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-18-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Farish Street Rebornnew
Construction on Farish Street -- and its transformation into an entertainment mecca -- has finally begun.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-18-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Remembrance of Streams Pastnew
Is it safe, or even possible, to recover L.A.'s wet and wild ecological history?
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
11-17-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Asphalt Junglenew
Parkers are prey in the new Hollywood.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
11-17-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Echoes of the Revolutionnew
The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
11-17-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Amazonian Quagmirenew
Big Oil, the rainforest and sticky legal issues are mired in a San Francisco courtroom.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
11-17-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Feds Raid Pacifist Organizationnew
If you'd like to enliven your dull party, federal agents appear to be eager to conduct raids or searches, especially if the location is a known hangout for people of the left-wing, pacifist, resource-sharing persuasion.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
11-17-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Raising Joshuanew
Parents bet on an improbable cure for one of childhood's most mysterious plagues.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
11-16-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Foul Playnew
Diana Bourisaw asks her staff to blow the whistle on ineligible basketball players.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Berkeley's Underground Railroadnew
Will the city's school district finally crack down on all of the hundreds of students who illegally come from out of town?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Unmaking of a Justice Systemnew
Juvenile arrests and detentions are down across the state -- but don't assume that's because youth crime has been reduced.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
11-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The AIDS Evangelistsnew
World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians by focusing on widows and orphans.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-16-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Lost in Translationnew
Police say cop 'accidentally fell' on Chasse, witnesses say otherwise.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis and Erin LaCour |
11-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Amateur M.D.new
Local romance novelist wants to help women with AIDS -- never mind about her troubles with the Maryland Board of Physicians.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
11-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
