AltWeeklies Wire
The rents in Raleigh are too damn highnew
Can this affordable housing crisis be fixed?
INDY Week |
Jane Porter |
05-21-2015 |
Housing & Development
Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mattersnew
It's a very serious assertion that the country needs to value the lives of non-white people as highly as it values those of whites. Likewise, it needs to value the lives of those who live in poverty and work to improve the situation for all Americans.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-21-2015 |
Civil Liberties
The Steep Price of Summer Slidenew
Research from summerlearning.org suggests that unequal access to summer learning opportunities accounts for more than half of the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income students.
Jackson Free Press |
Robert Langford |
05-21-2015 |
Education
Bias Bitesnew
Pit bull bans blasted as biased, without merit.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
05-21-2015 |
Animal Issues
Less Water Being Taken From the Great Lakesnew
A US-Canada treaty that greatly restricts large-scale water withdrawals from the Great Lakes is working.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
05-21-2015 |
Environment
North Carolina sues FCC over municipal broadbandnew
Lawsuit says federal government overstepped its authority
INDY Week |
Jeffrey Billman |
05-21-2015 |
Policy Issues
Duke Energy: Guilty of Violating the Clean Water Actnew
Penalty is $102 million in fines, five years’ probation; individuals could still be charged.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
05-21-2015 |
Environment
Atlanta Heroin Growing More Dangerousnew
Heroin cut with fentanyl, a potent opiate, is on the rise in metro Atlanta with lethal results.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Maggie Lee |
05-21-2015 |
Drugs
Where the Sidewalk Endsnew
D.C.'s law against blocking the sidewalk makes for an easy arrest.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
05-21-2015 |
Race & Class
Tags: Institutional racism
I Was an Undercover Uber Drivernew
I drove a hundred rides for UberX to fact-check whether a middle-of-the-pack driver can make $90,000 a year. This is what I learned.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Emily Guendelsberger |
05-15-2015 |
Business & Labor
Despite Evidence, Police Had the Wrong Mannew
Police insisted Cornell McKay was to blame for a robbery -- it cost him nearly three years.
Riverfront Times |
Danny Wicentowski |
05-15-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Cornell McKay
Iowa Landowner Offers Details on Bakken Pipeline Prostitution Allegationsnew
Hughie Tweedy says an agent representing Dakota Access LLC has offered to buy him sex in exchange for access to his land. Tweedy’s property, located in Lee County Iowa, falls within the path of the proposed Bakken pipeline.
Little Village |
Drew Bulman |
05-14-2015 |
Business & Labor
Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Hang-Upnew
Twenty years after Atlanta began razing its public housing, the city needs stronger policies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
05-08-2015 |
Housing & Development
Battling Rape On Campusnew
Compassionate response to victims gives them confidence to report.
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
05-08-2015 |
Crime & Justice
High Stress at EMSnew
ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs.
Austin Chronicle |
Staff |
05-08-2015 |
Features
Tags: ATCEMS
