AltWeeklies Wire
ILWU Contract May Hinge on TraPac Automationnew
How far will new technologies go in replacing the workforce?
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
10-03-2014 |
Business & Labor
People of the Moundsnew
If your description of Native Americans includes "primitive" or "savages," listening to retired archeologist and Jackson resident Sam Brookes will blow your mind.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
10-03-2014 |
History
Other Gems of Robin Williamsnew
When actor Robin Williams passed away at age 63, the entertainment world lost one of its sharpest wits and most diverse talents.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
10-03-2014 |
Movies
Trimming the Neo-Southnew
With Mississippi second in the United States for diabetes and obesity rates, we all should take a page from dietician Carolyn O'Neill's book—pun intended. We're one of the unhealthiest states in the nation so something has got to give.
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
10-02-2014 |
Health
Sustaining and Habilitating Mississippinew
When you think of Columbus, Miss., you probably think of the Mississippi University for Women and its extensive nursing program. But did you know that MUW has one of Mississippi's only culinary programs that lead to a Bachelor's of Science in the subject?
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
10-02-2014 |
Food+Drink
F'ing sand: Frac sand mining threatens health, welfare in Wisconsinnew
Victoria Trinko hasn’t opened the windows in her Wisconsin farmhouse in two years. And when she goes outdoors on the farm her family has operated in Chippewa County since 1936, she often wears a mask. Trinko lives less than a mile from a frac sand mining operation — and that’s nothing like living less than a mile from a sandy beach.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-02-2014 |
Environment
Project Censored
Ocean acidification tops the annual list of important stories ignored by the mainstream media.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez |
10-02-2014 |
Media
The Always-On Stalkernew
Two women are being relentlessly harassed and the justice system won’t help, even after the suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Hilary Beaumont |
10-02-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Bad Seedsnew
Baltimore police misconduct profiled in lawsuits portrays a department beset by costly allegations of illegal violence and dishonesty.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
10-02-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: baltimore polioce
Who Killed the Vote on Fracking?new
Why Colorado's anti-fracking measures were not supported by Democrats and environmental groups.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer, Matt Cortina and Elizabeth Miller |
10-02-2014 |
Politics
Robert Roche and the Origins of American Indian Activism in Clevelandnew
"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty." — Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Credo of the American Indian Movement.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
10-02-2014 |
Features
Medical Marijuana Refugees Fleeing Texas to Help Their Loved Onesnew
How far would you go to ease the suffering of your child? Would you break the law? Would you leave your home behind? We talk to those parents taking the risks to go to states where medical marijuana is legal to try and help their sick kids.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
10-02-2014 |
Drugs
Faulty Data Leaves Wisconsin Taxpayers on the Hook for $1 Billionnew
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will waste up to $1 billion on unneeded highway expansions if it continues to rely on inaccurate, outdated highway-use projections, concluded a comprehensive traffic study by a nonpartisan watchdog group.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Louis Weisberg |
10-02-2014 |
Transportation
Filthy and Respectable — a Q&A with John Watersnew
The famed director and Pope of Trash rides a wave of recent success into a celebratory show for the Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival's 25th.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Julie Garisto |
10-02-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
The GOP Punishes Womennew
The war on women in North Carolina.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-02-2014 |
The War on Women
Tags: war on women
