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Flannel grafting the unsuspecting burgs
San Diego Reader |
Staff |
09-03-2015 |
Advice
Tags: hipsters
San Diego Universities Botch Sexual Assault Investigationsnew

Campus police impotence — just the tip of the iceberg.
San Diego Reader |
Dorian Hargrove |
09-03-2015 |
Features
The Rep plays Violet fast and loose and the Globe plays a thin Comedy of Errorsnew

Bus ride to salvation
San Diego Reader |
Staff |
09-02-2015 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Rat Talenew

Portland cops hired a snitch. But he was already working for somebody else.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-02-2015 |
Drugs
How Metro Spun the January Smoke Deathnew

Documents obtained through an open records request show the agency and its consultants scrambling to respond to the January smoke incident—and, for some reason, keeping tabs on a critical Twitter account along the way.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
09-02-2015 |
Transportation
The cocktail that makes you look goodnew

Steer clear of the low-proof rye
San Diego Reader |
Staff |
09-02-2015 |
Food+Drink
Journalism Groups Challenge Government Press Restrictionsnew

The 49th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act arrived this summer with dozens of newspaper groups challenging policies and orders keeping government affairs out of the sunshine and shielded from public review.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
09-02-2015 |
Media
Shot in the Parknew

A Sacramento cop guns down a schizophrenic man. Police say it's justified. Witnesses tell a different story. Whatever the truth, it's a tragic reminder of the region's ongoing mental-health crisis.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
09-02-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Eagles of Death Metal: Stayin' Hornynew

Palm Desert's Eagles of Death Metal, at Long Last, Release a New Album.
Coachella Valley Independent |
Brian Blueskye |
08-28-2015 |
Music
Tags: Eagles of Death Metal
New twist on traditional music takes Mipso farnew

Chapel Hill's Mipso has roots in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
Triad City Beat |
Jordan Green |
08-25-2015 |
Music
Carolina Kennel Club's dogs on paradenew

The Carolina Kennel Club's annual conformation is not for every dog...
Triad City Beat |
Brian Clarey |
08-25-2015 |
Sports
Write and Wrongnew
David Foster Wallace, The End of the Tour and the perils of biographical drama.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-24-2015 |
Reviews
A Long Journey from Brighton Beachnew

Terminal Island—Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-21-2015 |
Commentary
Housing First?new

Has Salt Lake City solved "the homeless problem"? No, despite a flurry of excited stories, it has not. But the Housing First model and the collaboration and commitment from local groups and the government on all levels in combination with Housing First are a huge step in the right direction that other cities can follow.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-20-2015 |
Homelessness
Attacks on Planned Parenthood are attacks on public healthnew

Address the root problem and not a bogeyman
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
08-20-2015 |
Policy Issues