AltWeeklies Wire
Robin Hood in Reversenew
How universities force working-class students to pay thousands of dollars in hidden fees to athletic departments awash in red ink.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
University of Cincinnati Journalism Students |
05-08-2015 |
Education
Cops On Drugs? No Problemnew
A cop under fire for illegal steroid use keeps his job after ratting out the rest of the department, including the police chief. Other officers kept their jobs after drunk driving, spousal abuse, prostitution, falsifying federal gun records and more.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
05-08-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Abused … Then Evictednew
Victims of domestic violence in Louisiana often deal with eviction as well. A new law aims to help them
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
05-06-2015 |
The War on Women
Oakland Has a Transparency Problemnew
Numerous boards and commissions in Oakland — and elsewhere in the East Bay — routinely violate local and state open meeting laws.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
05-06-2015 |
Policy Issues
Small Parklets Spawn Big Debate in Greensboronew
Many of Greensboro’s highest ranking officials were involved in the conversation, including the assistant city manager, at least two members of the city attorney’s office, the top two officials at GDOT, and a handful of other staffers either working on the regulations or discussing the concept at hand.
YES! Weekly |
Jeff Sykes |
05-06-2015 |
Features
Rochester Marches for Baltimorenew
Members of several Rochester activist groups are marching through the city this afternoon to show support for people in Baltimore protesting the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Marches and other events are taking place nationwide in what is being called the Black Spring movement.
City Newspaper |
Christine Carrie Fien |
05-01-2015 |
Race & Class
The Silent Partnernew
An (unsuccessful) attempt to find the eastern Idaho farm boy who became a contract 'torturer.'
Boise Weekly |
Zach Hagadone |
05-01-2015 |
Features
Is Yoga a Religion?new
Two courts rule that yoga is a religion and can't be taught in Encinitas schools, but the schools have scrubbed their yoga programs clean of it.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
05-01-2015 |
Religion
The Fight for Freddie Graynew
Freddie Gray has become not just a man who was killed in police custody, but a symbol of all of the injustice endured by African-Americans in poor, drug-ravaged Baltimore. City Paper reporters have been on the streets throughout. Here are our dispatches.
Baltimore City Paper |
Evan Serpick, Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg and Caitlin Goldblatt |
04-28-2015 |
Features
Tags: baltimore
Partial Freedomnew
Supporters of an initial bill to help trafficking victims say the end result continues to punish victims.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
04-24-2015 |
Immigration
The Bitterest Pillnew
Did a shift in medication help cause Daniel Cantrell to kill his father?
Nashville Scene |
Steve Cavendish |
04-24-2015 |
Features
A Violent Sex Offender Is Released Into the Public Spotlightnew
One week after completing a 23-year prison sentence for a violent sexual assault, Richard Laws walked through downtown Burlington on a sun-drenched afternoon — a "free" man.
Seven Days |
Mark Davis |
04-23-2015 |
Crime & Justice
The Teaching Poornew
Twenty-two percent of part-time faculty in Oregon are below the poverty line. That’s higher than the 16.2 percent of Oregonians in general that the U.S. Census says are below poverty.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-23-2015 |
Education
Las Colinas is something to Yelp aboutnew
Yelpers review Las Colinas women's prison in Santee, California
San Diego Reader |
Moss Gropen |
04-22-2015 |
Crime & Justice
A Killing in Pocahontasnew
A witness murdered, a drug ring exposed, a snake in a box.
Arkansas Times |
Will Stephenson |
04-22-2015 |
Crime & Justice
