‘Miscellany’ Archives
Feature alley Articles: Then and Now
Block 5 Needs of news guides what will appear in each alley newspaper. That news takes different forms. One form is Feature articles that are more in depth than a brief news story. Features may be written by people that are part of the story or more objective, but never totally unbiased... Featured articles during 50 years of alley issues have been about the American Indian Movement, Arsenic Pollution, Child Abuse, Brutality by Police, Crime, the Garbage Transfer Station Campaign, Little Earth of United Tribes Housing, Phillips Jr. HS, Phillips Works, Phillips Pool and Gym, Redlining, the Rise & Fall of PNIA, POP, PCDC, PNHT, and SMC, other organizations, and more. The Loss and Light essay on page 12 is a Feature story by a writer who is part of the story.Within that story, Block 5 is mentioned. Block 5 has been a Feature story in several issues. What is Block 5? An agreement was made by two hospitals and Phillips neighbors to define and limit what healthcare expansion [...]
