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When Women Are Sentenced to Male Prisonsnew

In The Women of San Quentin, journalist Kristin Schreier Lyseggen offers an in-depth look at the struggles of transgender women who face abuse and trauma inside California's male prisons.

East Bay Express | Sam Levin | 09-30-2015 | Culture

Socialist Party to Convene in Milwaukeenew

The Socialist Party USA is returning to its roots — in Milwaukee The party’s national convention takes place Oct. 16–18 at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, 926 E. Center St., Milwaukee.

Wisconsin Gazette | Lisa Neff | 09-30-2015 | Politics

What Went Wrong: An Addict’s Jail Stay Ends in Deathnew

Addicted to pain pills and pregnant, Jen McCormack landed in jail. 21 days later, she was dead.

Triad City Beat | Jordan Green | 09-30-2015 | Health

Page & Dr. Kennew

Before the movies and the new TV series, Ken Jeong was an overachieving kid from Greensboro.

Triad City Beat | Brian Clarey | 09-30-2015 | Profiles & Interviews

AG rules against Rauner, in favor of Illinois Timesnew

Why did Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner leave a Holocaust remembrance ceremony early? We tried to find out, but Rauner has refused to turn over an unredacted copy of his appointment calendar. Illinois Times has sued the governor, with the Illinois Attorney General backing the paper.

Illinois Times | Bruce Rushton | 09-30-2015 | Politics

Lawmakers brewing up reform to help craft beer industrynew

Raise your mugs, craft beer drinkers and give a hardy “here-here” to the members of the congressional small brewers caucuses, which are not groups of lawmakers who gather for Capitol Hill happy hours. Rather, members of the House Small Brewers Caucus and the Senate Bipartisan Small Brewers Caucus are leading an effort to reform federal regulations to help the craft beverage industry grow and modernize. Members include Wisconsin Democrats Tammy Baldwin and Ron Kind.

Wisconsin Gazette | Lisa Neff | 09-30-2015 | Business & Labor

Out of the Darknessnew

Did people in the Dark Ages suspect they were living in the Dark Ages? It’s tempting, considering recent circumstances — the endless mass shootings, the warehousing of the mentally ill in jails and prisons, the preponderance of the sick, homeless and addicted in Eugene — to tumble into despair over the state of mental health in this society.

Eugene Weekly | Rick Levin | 09-29-2015 | Health

Rolling it outnew

Oregon recreational users can buy pot at medical dispensaries starting Oct. 1, and other cannabis updates

Eugene Weekly | Alex V. Cipolle | 09-29-2015 | Drugs

Nostalgia and Everything Afternew

Talking to Adam Duritz on the phone is like watching nostalgia incarnate walk through the door. The idiosyncratic voice of the Counting Crows frontman is still as raspy and boyish as ever, a key to his charm. That voice helped define a post-Nirvana ’90s.

Eugene Weekly | Alex V. Cipolle | 09-24-2015 | Profiles & Interviews