AltWeeklies Wire
Colleges Cutting Carbonnew

Students take the grassroots divestment movement to university administrations at colleges and universities across Indiana.
NUVO |
Jaclyn Goldsborough |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
The Firing of Lane Kiffin, a Screenplaynew

USC becomes another employer who has a hard time being satisfied with the coaching savvy of Lane Kiffin.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
10-02-2013 |
Sports
Everything you need to know about the Affordable Care Act in Californianew

Obamacare arrives in the Golden State this week.
Sacramento News & Review |
Daniel Weintraub |
10-01-2013 |
Health
Your Guide to Obamacarenew

Confused about the new health marketplace? Here's the lowdown.
Tags: obamacare facts
Obamacare 101new

So, what is Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act rolls out October 1 – here's your first day's syllabus.
Austin Chronicle |
Michael King |
09-30-2013 |
Health
Tags: Obamacare
The Bluest Eyes and Obama's legacynew

Toni Morrison's fiction shows there might be more to Washington dysfunction that straight politics.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
09-30-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Obama Will Go Down In History As One of Our Greatest Presidentsnew
In my mind, there's little doubt that Barack Obama will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents. He is presiding over a country almost as torn by divisions as it was in the civil war. Our greatest presidents come out of troubled times.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-30-2013 |
Commentary
Top 6 Fountains the Federal Government Shutdown Will Shut Downnew

One tell-tale sign that the feds are closed for business? D.C.'s fountains, many of which are operated by the federal agencies that run the land they sit on.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer |
09-30-2013 |
Politics
Who's Afraid of the GMO?new

Washington state becomes the latest battleground over genetically modified organisms.
The Inlander |
Deanna Pan and Lisa Waananen |
09-30-2013 |
Food+Drink
Dispatches from Killadelphianew

Despite the efforts of thousands of pastors, cops, reformed gangsters, concerned parents and politicians, Philadelphia is consistently among the most violent big cities in a country with the highest murder rate of any wealthy nation on earth.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir, Samantha Melamed and Eric Schneider |
09-30-2013 |
Features
Don Jon: Porn in the U.S.A.new

Rating: ***1/2
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-30-2013 |
Reviews
The Ire of the Tiger: Wayne Morse and Free Speech Plazanew

The "Tiger of the Senate" the late Sen. Wayne Morse's namesake "free speech plaza" has been given time limits, but protesters say that free speech doesn't have a curfew.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-30-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Sitting Down with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniaknew

On privacy, the digital divide and the real Steve Jobs.
Sacramento News & Review |
Rachel Leibrock |
09-30-2013 |
Tech
How South Carolina Continues to Thwart Solar Powernew

For years, sun-soaked South Carolina has been one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to harnessing the power of solar energy.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
09-26-2013 |
Energy