AltWeeklies Wire
The Fight to Correct Batman's Legacynew

Batman's true creator never got credit, and now his granddaughter fights to correct history.
Miami New Times |
Kyle Swenson |
01-21-2015 |
Features
Tags: batman
How Listening to Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemonew

A year with stage IV cancer.
The Stranger |
Trisha Ready |
01-21-2015 |
Features
Dr. Huxtable and Mr. Cosbynew

The comedian and the accused rapist go together like mustard and milk.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
01-21-2015 |
Culture
Two Murders, Two Murderers, and Our Peculiar Justice Systemnew

Death row is full of people who have committed heinous crimes, but some people who have committed heinous crimes are not scheduled for execution.
Nashville Scene |
Steven Hale |
01-20-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Law & Order: C.L.E.new
What happens when the police need prosecuting?
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
01-20-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Running the Marriage-Equality Gauntletnew

In a small, gothic New Orleans courtroom that could have been a set from the TV series "Game of Thrones," judges and attorneys discussed the legality of marriage equality in the Deep South.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
01-20-2015 |
LGBT
Rural Schools See a Financial Cliffnew

New York's public schools are among the most racially and economically segregated in the country.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
01-20-2015 |
Education
The Pen Respondsnew

In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack, we asked local cartoonists if they'd like to respond by taking their pen to paper.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
01-20-2015 |
Civil Liberties
To Be or Not to Be Charlienew

Pushing the borderlines of free expression.
Eugene Weekly |
Laeitita Béraud and Andy Singer |
01-20-2015 |
Civil Liberties
The Never-Ending Scrutinynew

Two years after Arizona banned Mexican-American studies, new curriculum is under attack.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
01-15-2015 |
Education
Reclaiming the Lives of Undocumented Queersnew

Local artist and activist Julio Salgado uses bold imagery and humor to document the undocumented.
East Bay Express |
Sarah Burke |
01-15-2015 |
Art
Do You See This Man?new

With the recent focus on homelessness in Syracuse, some media organizations asked people what they thought of panhandlers. New Times reporter Michelle Malia van Dalen asked homeless people about their lives in Syracuse.
Syracuse New Times |
Michelle van Dalen |
01-12-2015 |
Homelessness
Did a Prosecutor and Police Send an Innocent Teenager to Prison for Murder?new

Derrick McRae, 35, is serving a life sentence for a murder he insists he didn't commit. New evidence suggests that McRae could be innocent.
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
01-10-2015 |
Crime & Justice
A Mind of His Ownnew

Dr. Walt Peschel may have found the biggest medical breakthrough since penicillin, but chances are good his discovery will never see the light of day.
Missoula Independent |
Erika Fredrickson |
01-09-2015 |
Science
Rebranding Detroitnew

Welcome to 'Springwells Village'--a Southwest Detroit neighborhood most of its own residents have never heard of.
Metro Times |
Lee DeVito |
01-08-2015 |
Housing & Development