AltWeeklies Wire
Is Racism Over?new
What the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling means for South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-03-2013 |
Race & Class
Nuclear Islandnew
As the world abandons nuclear plans, South Carolina digs in.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-12-2013 |
Energy
Tags: nuclear energy
Do Bloggers Deserve First Amendment Protection?new
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham pushes media shield law — and questions who should be covered by it.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Lindsey Graham, Media Shield Laws
Don't Med on Menew
Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
Jenny Sanford's Mom Led Handgun Control Efforts in 1970snew
Jenny Sanford is on S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's shortlist to replace Republican Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate. Her mom led one of the first national handgun control efforts in the 1970s.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-17-2012 |
Policy Issues
McClatchy's The State to Charge for Online News Content in Decembernew
Next month, The State newspaper will begin charging readers to view its online news content, erecting what is known in the industry as a digital paywall.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-07-2012 |
Media
Lawyer for S.C. Attorney General Wants Reporter's Notesnew
S.C. GOP Attorney General Alan Wilson is listed as a plaintiff in a broad subpoena that asks a local reporter to turn over her private notes and conversations.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-29-2012 |
Media
More S.C. Papers to Charge for Online Accessnew
A company that owns five newspapers in South Carolina, including The State, announced that it will soon start charging readers to view online news content.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-17-2012 |
Media
Tags: Newspaper Paywalls
Stacking the Decknew
Politicians' ties to South Carolina's seedy video gambling underworld.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-03-2012 |
Crime & Justice
South Carolinians Unite Against 'War on Women'new
For months, a national narrative that there is a war on women has been filling TV broadcasts and leading newspaper headlines. Democrats have blamed Republicans for trying to legislate away women’s reproductive rights; Republicans have accused Democrats of inflating an inflammatory wedge issue to score political points. For some, the Palmetto State is ground zero.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-01-2012 |
The War on Women
S.C. Lawmaker Wants to Repeal State's 'Stand Your Ground' Lawnew
A South Carolina lawmaker believes he's the first in the nation to propose a review of controversial self-defense legislation known as "stand your ground" after the killing of a Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
03-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Missing Millionsnew
Public financial fraud and embezzlement in South Carolina is widespread and hard to track.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Welcome to the Occupationnew
While still in an embryonic stage, the prevailing sentiment of the Occupy Wall Street movement is to reduce income inequality in the U.S. and loosen the perceived control that large corporations have on government and public life.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
10-19-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Pot...or Not?new
Synthetic compound tempts smokers, confounds experts.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-07-2010 |
Drugs
South Carolina's Broadband: How Officials Quietly Privatized a Key State Assetnew
To its supporters, auctioning off the state's broadband spectrum has meant snaring millions of much-needed dollars for the state's ailing coffers. But opponents say the deal privatizes the public trust and will deepen the state's massive digital divide.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-19-2009 |
Media
