AltWeeklies Wire
The Wounds of Warnew
Thousands of veterans are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with permanent and debilitating injuries. Here are some of their stories.
Rick Reilly, Loving Limbonew
The sports journo on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.
Tags: media
Gentrification Welcomed by Some Dallas Artistsnew
To keep the Deep Ellum neighborhood alive, artists say change is necessary.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
01-22-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Homenew
Betrayed by the U.S. government and their own country, they want to be remembered.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
01-22-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Over the (Capitol) Hillnew
The soul of Seattle's gayest neighborhood is being chipped away by high-priced condos. Does that signal the beginning of diaspora away from an older, richer, more hetero Capitol Hill?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-22-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
There Goes the Gayborhoodnew
As gay couples flee Seattle's Capitol Hill and its drift toward overpriced sterility, an unlikely South County suburb helps fill the void.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
01-22-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Sour CREEMnew
The life, death and strange resurrection of America's only rock 'n' roll magazine: the first of two parts.
Metro Times |
Bill Holdship |
01-22-2008 |
Music
Hugh Masekela: The Horn of Africanew
The trumpeter plays the people's music.
Isthmus |
Susan Kepecs |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hugh Masekela
Barack Obama for Presidentnew
The primary on Feb. 5 is the first chance Californians will have to help set the nation on the right path. The Independent rarely endorses in party primaries, but this year we endorse with confidence one candidate who is uniquely qualified to be president: Barack Obama.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Marianne Partridge |
01-22-2008 |
Commentary
Somebody Please Snitch!new
New Haven's no-snitch culture left 138 shootings unsolved last year. One suspect's trial exposes the intel gap hampering local cops.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Don't Cry for Me, Hillarynew
You won't win me over with tears, lady.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
01-22-2008 |
Commentary
American Giga-lonew
The illicit erotic thrill of digital file sharing.
New Haven Advocate |
E. Thomas Johnson |
01-22-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Percentage Dealnew
Hey! It's time to run a whole year of my every-other-weekly "column" through the "AutoSummarize" tool on Microsoft Word. This year it's 20,684 words, boiled down to 4 percent of original size. Fun!
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-22-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Election 2008: Did Ron Paul Break Fox News?new
Indeed he may have -- if the South Carolina GOP debate was any indication.
New Haven Advocate |
Phil Maymin |
01-22-2008 |
Commentary
One Newspaper Is Like One Horsenew
Can a town without competing dailies really be a global city?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
01-22-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
