AltWeeklies Wire
Prisoners of Warnew
The war on drugs isn't over. Still in the feds' crosshairs: medical marijuana growers across eastern Washington.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
10-31-2014 |
Features
The Car Thiefnew
Reynaldo Nazario knew how to do one thing really well: steal cars.
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
10-31-2014 |
Features
Tags: longform
Identification Issuesnew
How can we get the homeless off the streets if they don't have the identification needed to receive services?
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
10-30-2014 |
Homelessness
Video Shows Philly Guard Beat Prisoner, but Prisoner is Chargednew
Prisoner John Steckley looks like he might have been mouthing off as he walked out of the visitors' room at Philadelphia's Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, but he appeared to be posing no physical threat to the guard standing at the door. Even so, the corrections officer coldcocked Steckley in the face and then, along with another guard, proceeded to beat him.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
10-30-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: prison abuse
Here Without Fearnew
Six years after giving birth in shackles, in a case with historic implications, Juana Villegas has legal standing to live and work in the U.S. Other new mothers may not be so lucky.
Nashville Scene |
Heather Lyn Wood |
10-30-2014 |
Immigration
The Fire Next Timenew
What's behind 8,000 fires & how Detroit's arson investigators & prosecutor are extinguishing the flames.
Metro Times |
Valerie Vande Panne |
10-29-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Trouble on the Battleship Iowanew
Who are the officers and head honchos steering the USS Iowa in Southern California?
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
10-29-2014 |
Features
When wild game is on a restaurant menunew
Before you order those pricy venison medallions, consider where they may, or may not, have come from.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
10-29-2014 |
Food+Drink
Get Witch or Die Tryin'new
Surveying Salem's crass and surreal tourism gauntlet.
Dig Boston |
Ryan Walsh |
10-29-2014 |
Culture
Tags: Salem Massachusetts
Why the African-American Cultural Scene Struggles to Thrive in Charlottenew
After CIAA and other major events, the crowds fade from black. Why is that?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jarvis Holliday |
10-29-2014 |
Culture
Tags: Charlotte
Jad Abumrad Reveals the Inner Workings of Radiolabnew
Jad Abumrad reveals the inner workings of Radiolab—and his own creative dark side.
Behold Old Yeller: Chatting with Lewis Blacknew
America’s favorite hot-tempered comedian and social critic Lewis Black yells about everything from voter suppression and being a socialist to Oregon’s efforts to legalize recreational marijuana and the downfalls of the 21st century. Under Black’s flame, no topic, politician or village idiot walks away unscathed.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
10-29-2014 |
Comedy
Some Progress on Indigent Defensenew
New York State has settled a lawsuit that accused it of systematically depriving poor criminal defendants of their right to counsel. And in doing so it has recognized, for the first time, that it is responsible for providing legal representation for those defendants.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
10-29-2014 |
Policy Issues
Vampire Culture: Jake Gyllenhaal Goes Dark
Social satire doesn’t get much blacker than it does in “Nightcrawler.”
Attorneys: Darren Wilson Indictment Unlikelynew
Darren Wilson will not be charged with first-degree murder, and there's a good chance he won't be indicted for any crime, say attorneys who are following -- but are not directly involved -- in the grand-jury investigation of the Ferguson police officer.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-28-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Darren Wilson
