AltWeeklies Wire
Prepare for the Worse: Climate Change Meets Disaster Planningnew
Disaster preparedness experts try to get homeowners and cities prepared for the looming threats of shaking earth and giant waves.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
10-24-2013 |
Environment
And Joysticks For Allnew
It's time to queer up video games, but it's not just about sexual orientation. Rebel game designers and academics in the tech industry's backyard are starting a discussion on representation in video games, calling for more women, more people of color, and more than the usual binary gender roles.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joe Fitzgerald |
10-24-2013 |
Video Games
The birth and future of sprawlnew
A different look at how metro Atlanta became the land of subdivisions - and where it's going
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Basmajian |
10-24-2013 |
Transportation
Putting Atlantans in Harm's waynew
For the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition, the state's only syringe exchange program, funding is harder to come by than a needle in a haystack
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
10-24-2013 |
Drugs
The Mumblegore Revolutionnew
Meet the smart young misfits who are revolutionizing indie horror movies.
L.A. Weekly |
Amy Nicholson |
10-24-2013 |
Features
Tags: Indie Horror Movies
Appetite for Destructionnew
Conceal-carry permit holders in North Carolina can now bring guns into restaurants and bars. What could go wrong?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-24-2013 |
Civil Liberties
10-year-old is seizure-free after one year of cannabis oilnew
News
Colorado Springs Independent |
Joshua Hutton |
10-23-2013 |
Health
The lay of the landnew
With the Affordable Care Act intact (for now), find out where you fit into a new world of health care.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
10-23-2013 |
Health
Tags: health insurance
Planned Parenthood in New Orleansnew
Jeremy Alford and Kelly Connelly on the plans for — and protests against — a new Planned Parenthood facility in New Orleans
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford and Kelly Connelly |
10-22-2013 |
The War on Women
What Does Homeless Look Like?new
I don't use drugs or alcohol. I don't rob, steal or cheat. I am not the beggar holding up homemade placards. I didn't live under the Davidson Street Bridge, but I, too, have been evicted.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
10-22-2013 |
Homelessness
Tags: employment, economics
Errors on Indiana Voter ID casenew
Earlier this month, the U.S. circuit court judge who wrote the majority opinion in the landmark election law case that originated from Indiana, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, confessed that he was wrong.
Jacco Gardner’s Age of Discoverynew
“I had a quite clear visual image when I made that song,” Jacco Gardner says of “Cabinet of Curiosities.” “It’s from a time when dreams and reality came together in a way … like the first [explorers] who saw an elephant, and they made a drawing of it. It looked like a monster."
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
10-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jacco Gardner
Holy Tandemonynew
For some people, exercise is a way to disconnect from the world for a period of time each day. Many enjoy going for long runs or bike rides alone as a way to get away from everyone and everything, and to clear their heads.
Jackson Free Press |
ShaWanda Jacome |
10-17-2013 |
Health
Chance the Purchasenew
Blind-purchasing music can put your preconceived tastes to the test.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
10-17-2013 |
Music
Autumnal I Donew
A make-your-own candy apple bar is a decadent and fun way to bring fall flavors to your wedding reception.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
10-17-2013 |
Advice
