AltWeeklies Wire
Homeless Techie Launches Janitorial Startupnew
British ex-pat Simon Brooks stumbled into the cleaning business after a failed tech venture left him broke and homeless in Silicon Valley.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
02-25-2016 |
Business & Labor
The Lost World of Arabia Mountainnew
Monks, an animal ER, and 400 million years of history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley and Joeff Davis |
02-25-2016 |
Features
No Vagrancy?new
In Salt Lake City's budget no-tell motels, hustling to survive is the name of the game.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Stephen Dark |
02-22-2016 |
Features
Balancing the Digital Dividenew
With Santa Fe Public Schools' Digital Learning Plan funded to move forward, some question whether that means kids need to learn how to power-down, too.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Elizabeth Miller |
02-19-2016 |
Education
Opposite of Americanew
Asylum seekers fearing death at home find only prison and discrimination in the U.S.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
02-19-2016 |
Immigration
The Dodgy Politics Behind the Levi's Stadium Dealnew
A civil grand jury has been quietly investigating the oversight body of Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, while billionaire developers play chess for Santa Clara’s future.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Josh Koehn |
02-05-2016 |
Housing & Development
Roe's End?new
After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Austin Chronicle |
Mary Tuma |
02-05-2016 |
The War on Women
End Gamenew
Obama’s new education act may give conservative school reform advocates a way to finally take over public education.
Boulder Weekly |
Matt Cortina |
02-05-2016 |
Education
Reckoningnew
As regulators put a price tag — $1.32 billion — on what Scott Tucker's payday-lending enterprises have squeezed out of poor people, a grand jury convenes.
Inside Springfield’s First Medical Pot Shopnew
We toured one of the state's first medical marijuana dispensaries, slated to open soon. Can this industry survive in the face of strict regulations?
Illinois Times |
Brittany Hilderbrand and Patrick Yeagle |
02-03-2016 |
Drugs
When Landlords Lienew
Last year, Charles Oshinuga’s landlord lied in court while trying to evict him and his neighbors. Yet despite winning a jury trial, Oshinuga still lost his Oakland home.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
02-03-2016 |
Housing & Development
Tourists Flocking to Avalanche Wreckage Leaves Some Residents Coldnew
Espen Rotevatn is grateful he can still go to his undamaged home, just below 11 others destroyed by last month’s avalanche, at the end of the day. He just wishes visitors weren’t there with cameras expecting him to play the role of tour guide.
Is Ted Cruz eligible to run in Illinois?new
Objections filed with Illinois election board raise questions.
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
01-28-2016 |
Elections
