AltWeeklies Wire
The Silent Epidemic of Campus Rapenew
Thousands of students returned to colleges and universities this fall, and for the women among them they did so facing this very real and disturbing reality: their chances of being raped or sexually assaulted just rose exponentially.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
11-13-2014 |
Features
Thinking Inside the Boxnew
Linda Jacobs died alone in her apartment in Monterey. Except she wasn't really alone, not in the strictest sense of the word. Nine months later, police still haven't identified the decades-old corpse she kept in a box in her kitchen.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
11-06-2014 |
Features
A Horseshoe Up My Ass: 24 Hours at Baltimore's Shiny New Casinonew
Since it is open 24 hours, I proposed to The Editors of Baltimore City Paper that I would occupy the new Horseshoe Casino for 24 hours straight as a paying customer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-05-2014 |
Features
Tags: Horseshoe casino
Prisoners of Warnew
The war on drugs isn't over. Still in the feds' crosshairs: medical marijuana growers across eastern Washington.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
10-31-2014 |
Features
The Car Thiefnew
Reynaldo Nazario knew how to do one thing really well: steal cars.
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
10-31-2014 |
Features
Tags: longform
Trouble on the Battleship Iowanew
Who are the officers and head honchos steering the USS Iowa in Southern California?
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
10-29-2014 |
Features
Jason Molina's Long Dark Bluesnew
The Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
Chicago Reader |
Max Blau |
10-03-2014 |
Features
Robert Roche and the Origins of American Indian Activism in Clevelandnew
"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty." — Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Credo of the American Indian Movement.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
10-02-2014 |
Features
Haven Is for Realnew
How D.C. churches defied the Reagan administration and helped Central American refugees flee repression in the '80s.
Washington City Paper |
Siddhartha Mahanta |
09-17-2014 |
Features
Tags: El Salvador, Ronald Reagan
The House That Mencken Builtnew
With Mencken Day approaching and a new edition of his Days Trilogy to ponder, we stop to reflect on the legacy of the sage of Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
09-10-2014 |
Features
Tags: H.L. Mencken
Emptiest Catch?new
The quest for local fish and lake-to-table dining in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Lee Chilcote |
09-10-2014 |
Features
Tags: Cleveland, Lake-to-Table
On Bigfoot's Trailnew
How do you believe in something that — to the rest of the world — doesn't exist?
The Inlander |
Deanna Pan |
09-04-2014 |
Features
A Broken Family System Leads to a Kidnappingnew
Photos of a baby with Confederate flags and guns couldn't persuade a court to prevent a kidnapping.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kyle Swenson |
08-15-2014 |
Features
Tags: Megan Everett, Robert Baumann
Just Business?new
Ken Watford faces years in prison for identity theft, but in the brave new world of corporate personhood, what does that even mean?
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
08-15-2014 |
Features
Dead or Deanimated?new
Inside Metro Detroit's Cryonics Institute, where the dead (both human and pets) are frozen with hopes of a future life.
Metro Times |
Jesse Hicks |
07-30-2014 |
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