AltWeeklies Wire
Here’s How Seven Votes Changed on the Confederate Flag Billnew
Fourteen minutes passed between the second and third House readings of the bill that called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds. In that time, the vote count changed from 93-27 to 94-20.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-13-2015 |
Politics
Idaho's New Prison Scandalnew
Two years after the Idaho state prison was found to have been falsifying documents to conceal understaffing, a new scandal is breaking alleging the systematic tampering with and/or destruction of prisoner medical records to exclude diagnoses of gender identity disorder.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Mississippi’s Only Aborton Clinic Safe for Nownew
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has again staved off closure, but the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide its fate.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-10-2015 |
The War on Women
Tags: Mississippi abortion
13 Ways of Looking at a Flagnew
A post-mortem of “The Confederate Flag: A Belated Burial in Florida.”
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2015 |
Culture
Same-Sex Marriage Comes to Louisiananew
After the U.S. Supreme Court decision, New Orleans saw its first gay weddings.
Confederate Flag Divides Mississippi Politiciansnew
In the wake of the Charleston massacre, the nation is questioning South Carolina's Confederate flag, and in turn, looking to Mississippi's state flag that features the symbol.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-02-2015 |
Race & Class
Popeye's Little Helpernew
As spinach season is upon us, here are some ways to eat it that you probably haven't grown sick of.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
07-02-2015 |
Food+Drink
Not Your Mascotnew
Students lead push to ban Native American sports team imagery.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
07-02-2015 |
Culture
Transgender Man Sues Tower Loannew
Tristan Broussard and his lawyers are locked in a legal battle over whether employers can force employees to dress based on a stereotype of birth gender.
Jackson Free Press |
Zachary Oren Smith |
07-02-2015 |
LGBT
The Next LGBTQ Battleground: The Workplacenew
Cary woman sues General Services Corporation over alleged discrimination.
N.Y. Schools Are No Haven for Transgender Youthnew
A recent report from the New York Civil Liberties Union says that discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming youth is pervasive in the state's public schools.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
07-01-2015 |
LGBT
Dirty Medicinenew
Butane hash oil, illegal pesticides, unregulated labs and a looming public health threat.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
06-29-2015 |
Drugs
In Illinois Prisons, Getting Sick Can be a Death Sentencenew
Health care in Illinois prisons is so poor that it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, a court-appointed panel of experts has found.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
06-25-2015 |
Health
Death in Detentionnew
The autopsy shows that while undocumented immigrant Jose de Jesus Deniz-Sahagun was being housed in a privately run Eloy prison in May, he shoved a sock down his throat and choked on it.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
06-25-2015 |
Immigration
Time Slips A Cognew
I’m beginning this piece by chipping away at a giant writer’s block.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
06-23-2015 |
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