AltWeeklies Wire
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
Have Legislators Thwarted Chance to Bring Funds to Cash-Strapped Mississippi Schools?new
Republican legislators introduced an alternative amendment to Amendment 42 that was passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives in a 64-57 vote on Tuesday. It deleted any reference to making the state responsible for providing funding to schools.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader |
01-18-2015 |
Education
Enabling Employers to Help Disabled Peoplenew
A Mississippi advocacy group wants some state agencies to give closer consideration to people with disabilities when it comes to hiring decisions.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
01-18-2015 |
Business & Labor
The Politics of Park Benchesnew
The Beltline design process offers a chance to rethink Atlanta's approach to homelessness.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Robert Rosenberger |
01-17-2015 |
Policy Issues
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
Old Schoolnew
Dale Watson wants to teach you a lesson about real country music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-15-2015 |
Music
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
Why Protest?new
Reporter Casey Fabris talks drone protesters who come to Hancock Field month after month to object to a technology they say makes the ugliness of war too tolerable.
Syracuse New Times |
Casey Fabris |
01-12-2015 |
War
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
American Justice on Trialnew
When the war comes home.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-09-2015 |
Commentary
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
