AltWeeklies Wire
On Pesticides and Potnew
Should there be concern about medical marijuana that has been treated with pesticides?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
07-12-2013 |
Drugs
On the Offensivenew
Is it right for sports teams to use Native American imagery?
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
07-12-2013 |
Race & Class
Coming to Americanew
Happy and heartbreaking stories of four Charlotte immigrants.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen Arreaza |
07-11-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: immigration
Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Landnew
A look at a new book, by Gary Paul Nabhan, that explores agricultural techniques gleaned from the world's deserts that could help farmers and gardeners deal with the new normal of climate uncertainty.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
07-11-2013 |
Gardening
Anti-Abortion Bill Debate Waging on Texas House Floornew
A Texas House floor debate among lawmakers is now underway at the Capitol to determine the fate of a controversial bill that would ultimately decimate access to abortion in the state. Mostly Democratic lawmakers are in the process of proposing a flurry of amendments – being shot down one by one by the GOP majority – and will likely continue throughout the day.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
07-10-2013 |
The War on Women
Tom Paine, American Radicalnew
Alaine Lowell lived through the revolutionary ’60s — a young woman born of the counterculture and intent on experiencing the time-honored odyssey of finding one’s self.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
07-09-2013 |
History
Revolution's Family Tree: Franklin and Adams to Manning and Snowdennew
A behind-the-scenes multimedia look inside Bradley Manning's court martial, its ramifications on journalism and civil liberties, and the handful of journalists who've been covering it since the beginning.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski, Rashed Mian and Jed Morey |
07-08-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Western Allegory Pop: How the West Was One
Perhaps more important than what Gore Verbinski’s gleefully postmodern Western isn’t, is what it is.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-08-2013 |
Reviews
In N.C., 40 counties are no longer governed by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Actnew
Voting advocates worry that county and state leaders will now have the leverage to pursue redistricting intended to pack minority voters into districts, marginalizing their voting power.
DOMA decision beginning of the next battlenew
The march for equal rights continues in Georgia
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Raines |
07-05-2013 |
LGBT
Man Faces Deportation for Smoking Weed as a Teenagernew
He smoked some weed as a teenager. Now this Wisconsin father of two is facing deportation.
Tags: Drug Laws
R.I.P., Voting Rights Actnew
Because white, southern Republicans have been victims of discrimination for too long.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jessica Blankenship |
07-05-2013 |
Policy Issues
Target Practicenew
How one free-swinging group helps Colorado conservatives make a splash in politics.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
07-03-2013 |
Politics
Smitten with the Mitten: Michigan's Economic Comeback
After years of economic contraction and brain-drain, Michigan seems to be on its way back according to the latest economic indicators out of Washington.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb |
07-03-2013 |
Economy
