AltWeeklies Wire
No End in Sight for California Capital Punishment Fightnew
For now, capital punishment in California resembles an M. C. Escher drawing—a Möbius strip going endlessly nowhere.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Tom Gogola |
08-05-2015 |
Crime & Justice
The Iconographernew
How one artist and one building went from punk to piety in the heart of an anarchist neighborhood.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
08-05-2015 |
Culture
The Podcast Invasionnew
Podcasting's blowing up-more than a decade after its low-key debut. What took so long?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Nick Veronin |
08-05-2015 |
Culture
Swim Safelynew
As we swim in the hot Mississippi summer, it’s important to remember safety.
Jackson Free Press |
Timothy Quinn |
07-31-2015 |
Advice
"No More! No More!"new
Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo battered his wife for 28 years. She shot him the day he turned on their son.
L.A. Weekly |
Hillel Aron |
07-30-2015 |
Features
Family Spokesman: Rexdale Henry's Fines Shouldn't Have Led to Deathnew
John Steele, a spokesman for the family of Rexdale Henry, who was found dead inside the Neshoba County Jail on July 14, said the family is awaiting the results of two autopsies to know more about how the 53-year-old Choctaw man died.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
07-30-2015 |
Crime & Justice
‘Hand-in-hand’: Poverty + Education Keep State in Last Placenew
Dr. Margaret Hagerman, a sociology professor at Mississippi State University, has researched how children perceive and understand wealth and inequality, and the results are insightful. The largest outcome of her study? Kids are aware that race, class and inequality exist.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Poverty
Overdue Foster Care Reform Coming Soonnew
Gov. Phil Bryant has started advocating for a Children’s Cabinet to help run the state’s foster-care system since his administration was forced to act on a seven-year lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Children & Families
Full-Court Press for Mississippi Third Graders in Summer School Has Disappointing Resultsnew
Ever since Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed legislation two years ago declaring that third-graders could not be promoted without passing a test to prove they are adequate readers, parents, educators and advocates have debated the appropriateness of high stakes testing for eight and nine-year-olds.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Chiles and The Hechinger Report |
07-30-2015 |
Education
About Those Racist Friendsnew
You can't help but notice the unbelievably high number of comments on social media concerning the issue of what we should do about our "friends" who are racists.
Jackson Free Press |
Deirdre Jackson |
07-30-2015 |
Race & Class
Club Dreadnew
The feuds, money, and violence behind D.C.'s most notorious megaclub.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
07-30-2015 |
Features
The Corvette Thiefnew
78-year-old Dan Ott has stolen more than 1,000 cars in his life. And left plenty of damage along the way
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
07-30-2015 |
Features
Dick Dale Plays Through the Painnew
At 78 and in poor health Dick Dale is literally touring for his life.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-30-2015 |
Music
Tags: Dick Dale
Medical Marijuana in Louisiana: When?new
The state approves medical marijuana for some illnesses — but prescriptions are years away.
Big Food's Big cover-upnew
a new report details the ways that food companies are influencing nutrition policy.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
07-24-2015 |
Food+Drink
