AltWeeklies Wire
It's not all in the wristnew
Nicki Marder arm-wrestled her cousin the night before in an Asheville diner in preparation for the big meetup.
Triad City Beat |
Brian Clarey |
08-13-2015 |
Sports
#GamerFatenew
How a tiny Portland company got mixed up in gaming’s biggest controversy.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
08-12-2015 |
Features
Exempt from Disclosurenew
Transparency, confidentiality and the police video Eureka doesn't want you to see.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
08-11-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Coffee Cart Startup Creates Jobs for the Formerly Homelessnew
Kartma employs formerly homeless people and equip them with not only the skills to brew gourmet coffee but to staff, stock, market and otherwise run a small business.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
08-10-2015 |
Homelessness
Kamasi Washington: An ‘Epic’ Young Jazz Talentnew
One of jazz’s ascendant virtuosos, saxophonist Kamasi Washington wowed critics with his sprawling, three-disc debut LP, ‘The Epic.’
Metro Silicon Valley |
Brandon Roos |
08-10-2015 |
Performance
Selections From the Maya Angelou Estatenew
Maya Angelou left behind a sizable legacy. She also left behind a lot of stuff. Inside the greatest yard sale on earth.
Triad City Beat |
Eric Ginsburg |
08-10-2015 |
Culture
Tags: maya angelou
Comedian Brian Posehn Is A Total Nerdnew
Now that he's a father, Brian Posehn, has given up pot. But he'll never give up on heavy metal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
John Flynn |
08-10-2015 |
Comedy
The Unbearable Heaviness of Adulthoodnew
According to The Sentencing Project, black youth are twice as likely to be arrested than white youth, something that affected me even as a minor, and though 58 percent of black youth are sent to adult prisons, it's scary to think that being sentenced to a juvenile detention center is no longer an option for me.
Jackson Free Press |
Adria Walker |
08-07-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: the sentencing project
Trail of Tears: The Burial of Rexdale Henrynew
Rexdale Wayne Henry was buried in the Bogue Chitto community near Philadelphia, Miss., on July 28, leaving a cloud of uncertainty over how he died. Police aren’t helping clear up that confusion by not releasing a cause of death.
Jackson Free Press |
Zachary Oren Smith and Imani Khayyam |
08-07-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: trail of tears
This ‘Mississippi’ or That One?new
Education, health, you name it. People will shrug and say, "This is Mississippi," expecting it to be the last in everything good and first at all things bad.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Gordon |
08-07-2015 |
Culture
A Pink Keychain of Macenew
One thing everyone told me before I left for college is to always protect myself. Be aware of my surroundings, travel in packs, walk only in well-lit areas—the same diatribe heard for generations.
Jackson Free Press |
Maya Miller |
08-07-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Crash Coursenew
Austin cabs try to survive in the era of Uber.
Austin Chronicle |
Staff |
08-07-2015 |
Transportation
Spirit in the Skynew
How Greenpeace’s high-wire protesters captured the world’s attention—and how Portland gently let them down.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
08-06-2015 |
Environment
Wasted Generationnew
A young generation of entrepreneurs is tackling food waste in a very different way than what nonprofits like food banks have been using. By making profits. And it's working.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-06-2015 |
Food+Drink
Introducing Philly Weekly's 2015 "Hipster Hunks"new
For years now, we’ve been watching with a potent mélange of curiosity, nerd-scorn and reluctant arousal as our friends at the Philadelphia Daily News have celebrated each summer by publishing their annual photo spread of the city’s so-called Sexy Singles. And so, this week, we’re embracing irony the most ironic way we can: by introducing you to Philly Weekly’s inaugural showcase of “Hipster Hunks.”
Philadelphia Weekly |
Timaree Schmit and Stephen Segal |
08-06-2015 |
Features
