- Going to jail
- Bloomington Recycles: Fact or Fiction?
- How public is our library?
- Interstate 69
- The Insider's Guide to the Outdoors
- Who owns downtown?

Who owns Kirkwood?
-- The story
-- The list
Who owns the Square?
-- The story
-- The list
Alternative Features






Chef Daniel Orr trots around the kitchen of FARM restaurant with ease, dabbing each plate with his culinary touch. Whatever the order, whatever the day, Orr knows "real food."
And from experiences on his family's farm in Columbus and his eatery in Bloomington, he can attest to the significance of supporting local farmers and buying local food.
"FARM is community-driven, where we support local farmers," he says. "We do sustainability projects, such as composting and recycling. We try to give back to the community, and, hopefully, we will earn the trust of our locals and people that come in from IU."
A much-needed recovery period from knee surgery, coupled with the holiday season, left little time for working anywhere but on the computer these past two weeks. No interviews, few e-mails, mostly surfing government Web pages. And the effort produced an alarming deja vu.
While researching a story for NUVO readers in Indianapolis on the connection between autism and toxic chemicals, I returned to territory familiar from my stint as an environmental writer at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) from 1996-2000. I spent hours analyzing Indiana's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), a gauge for how polluted Indiana or any other state is.
This Community-Right-to-Know tool is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) database through which polluters quantify their annual releases of "nearly" 650 chemicals into the nation's air, water and land, according to the TRI Program Fact Sheet.
This latest post is a statement made by a young Israeli refusing to serve in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It is a bold and powerful statement. I was moved by his courage and wanted to pass it on. Also, there is a movement happening right now trying to get some Israeli youth out of prison for their conscientious objection to what the Israeli military and associated authorities are doing in the Palestinian Territories. -- Deema
Name: Raz Bar-David Varon Age: 18
In a brief statement made on the day of her arrest, Nov. 3, Raz said:
I have witnessed this army demolishing, shooting and humiliating people whom I did not know, but have learned to respect their ability to go on dealing with these horrors on a daily basis. There’s supposed to be a good reason for all of this. This reason is supposed to be my defense. I feel like screaming: “This does not defend me! It hurts me!”
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her ancestral home by Deema Dabis Click here |
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In This Edition
December 28, 2008
News & Opinion
* Local food supports community, environment by Amy Frye
* Indiana: Still toxic after all these years by Steven Higgs
* 100 words for 100 days by Kevin Howley
* The fire of resistance by Deema Dabis
* Capital punishment in Indiana by Linda Greene
Arts & Culture
* Chess Records' story on the big screen by George Fish
Editorial Cartoons Archive
See them all -- Brian Garvey, Tom Tomorrow, Keith Knight
In Past Editions
December 14, 2008
News & Opinion
* Special-needs adult stays active in community by Lauren Gores
* CIVITAS: Shooting themselves in the foot by Gregory Travis
* On the trail -- belated introduction by Steven Higgs
* The age of impunity by Kevin Howley
* EFCA a fearful fix for some by Tom Szymanski
* Tips to reduce holiday waste by Elisa Pokral
Arts & Culture
* Odetta: Clarion voice of freedom by George Fish
November 30, 2008
News & Opinion
* Living on food stamps a financial, psychological challenge by Audree Notoras
* Autism research 'ominous but inconclusive' by Steven Higgs
* Bullets to bubbles by Deema Dabis
* Red State Rebels a broad spectrum of voices by Ben Terrall
Arts & Culture
* BLUES & MORE: Blues in two flavors by George Fish
November 16, 2008
News & Opinion
* Health care at another crossroads by Steven Higgs
* CIVITAS: Expertly nonsense by Gregory Travis
* Sheathing the frigid digit by James Alexander Thom
* Letter to a young Obama Supporter by Kevin Howley
* Social service agencies see busy times ahead by Audree Notoras
* Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week by Audree Notoras
* OUT IN BLOOMINGTON: A few steps forward, a couple back by Helen Harrell with Carol Fischer
* Songs of freedom by Deema Dabis
* Feasting in the olive groves by Deema Dabis
* Consensus policy statement on industrial scale livestock production
Arts & Culture
* BLUES & MORE: Solid acoustic blues (with a dash of electric as well) by George Fish
November 2, 2008
News & Opinion
* The ugliest Americans by Steven Higgs
* CIVITAS: Districting distractions by Gregory Travis
* No Arabs Allowed!! by Deema Dabis
* A border passage by Deema Dabis
* America Recycles Day Nov. 15 by Elisa Pokral
October 19, 2008
News & Opinion
* Bigger jail or more prevention? by Steven Higgs
* CIVITAS: Indiana's warehouse economy -- revisited by Gregory Travis
* 'The landlord is out to make a profit' by Audree Notoras
* 'Palin around' with terrorists by James Alexander Thom
* MEDIAlternative: Anger management by Kevin Howley
* OUT IN BLOOMINGTON: Progress not pervasive by Helen Harrell with Carol Fischer
Arts & Culture
* BLUES AND MORE: FreeWorld: Powerful creativity out of Memphis by George Fish
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