On AlterNet: boston

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What's Wrong with Cities' Fight Against Sex Shops, Strip Clubs, and Sleaze?

Will Doig, Salon. February 12, 2012.

We lead R-rated lives. So why are so many cities -- even New York -- declaring war on adult entertainment?

Car-Share: How to Keep Cars Off the Road and Even Break Our Destructive Consumption Habits

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 1, 2011.

Innovative new car-sharing businesses are changing the way we think about driving--and owning cars.

When the FBI Captured Whitey Bulger, the Idealistic Crime Family Myth Finally Died

Leah Berkenwald, AlterNet. June 28, 2011.

To South Boston, Whitey Bulger was more than a man... he was a tentpost to the familiar.

Fighting on Frontlines of the Foreclosure Crisis: Citizens Take on the Monster Banks

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

Combining grassroots organizing, legal action, pressure on the banks and eviction-day sit-ins, activists in East Boston are winning the fight to keep people in their homes.

The Stimulus Delivers: Boston's Revitalization

William Rivers Pitt, TruthOut.org. July 23, 2009.

Stimulus-funded infrastructure projects are patching together beantown's crumbling facade.

(Nothing Better to Do?) Cops Arrest 'Hope' Artist Shepard Fairey

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. February 8, 2009.

He was charged with two counts of damage to property, i.e. graffiti--the art form for which he is best known.

A Pattern of Republicans Stealing Music from Bands Who Don't Like Them

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!. February 18, 2008.

The latest GOP thief is Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee, who's been stealing music from the popular rock band Boston.

Boston Herald duo take swipe at Jill Carroll

Lindsay Beyerstein, November 30, 2006.

Reporter called stuck up for declining FOX TV interview.