AltWeeklies Wire
Oh Canada: We Do Love Your Film Festivalnew
392 films, 28 screens and a lot of popcorn.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-04-2014 |
Movies
Resurrecting Western North Carolina's Oldest African-American Cemeterynew
A revitalized volunteer push is underway to rescue Western North Carolina’s oldest known African-American cemetery from the ravages of neglect and obscurity. The effort includes a new website that features an interactive map of the cemetery and a digital guide to each of its graves.
Mountain Xpress |
Jake Frankel |
09-04-2014 |
Race & Class
Arizona Cannabis Nurses Association vs. Humblenew
The legal wrangling over PTSD and medical marijuana continues with new complaint filed against Department of Health Services
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-04-2014 |
Health
Stroke Misdiagnosis Leaves Woman Speechlessnew
The first hospital said her problems were all in her mind. The second said that she was having a stroke. A stroke from which she most likely would have made a full recovery if she'd received immediate treatment at the first ER.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
09-04-2014 |
Health
Mississippi Sued for Underfundng Schoolsnew
Angered by the state's failure to fully fund the state's public schools, several Mississippi districts filed a lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
09-04-2014 |
Education
Fair-Trade Winenew
Wine is decades behind other industries in protecting its workers.
VUE Weekly |
Mel Priestley |
09-04-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: fair trade, wine
What’s It Like Living LGBT in Mississippi?new
When I say that some LGBT Mississippians are afraid to come out of the closet and live authentic lives, it's not theoretical or an intellectual decision—they are genuinely afraid for their lives and livelihoods.
Jackson Free Press |
Joce Pritchett |
09-02-2014 |
LGBT
Bathroom Battles: Scaremongering Abounds about Transgender Public Restroom Usagenew
One part of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance has caused more debate than others, with opponents going so far as to call it the Sexual Predator Protection Act. We examine the war over transgender public restroom usage.
Houston Press |
Jef Rouner |
09-02-2014 |
LGBT
To Catch a Salmonnew
An epic run of fall Chinook salmon on the Columbia River faces dams, predators and coal trains.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-02-2014 |
Environment
Pro-Israel Propaganda: Elvis Style
A shoe-in for a spot on the worst movies of 2014 list, this poorly constructed slice of filmic propaganda, courtesy of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (the MJAA), is so unintentionally campy you can’t help but laugh.
A True Community Museumnew
Over the past six months, the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) has, under the behest of recently appointed director Nick Capasso, begun working toward completely introducing the Spanish language into the museum and its contents, with the intent to become New England’s first fully bilingual art museum. This Bilingual Museum Initiative includes the implementation of Spanish signage, exhibition information, and even the employment of a bilingual receptionist.
Worcester Magazine |
Chelsey Pan |
09-02-2014 |
Art
Comcast-Time Warner Deal in Regulators' Handsnew
If approved, the merger would make Comcast, already the largest pay TV and broadband Internet provider in the country, even bigger.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
08-27-2014 |
Business & Labor
Can Colorado's Prisons Reform?new
After the murder of Tom Clements, can Colorado's prison system rehabilitate itself?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
08-26-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Colorado Prisons, Tom Clements
In the Company of Strangersnew
I spent a week renting from Airbnb, Uber and other sharing-economy startups.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-26-2014 |
Business & Labor
Black, White, and Red: Greed, Lust, and Violence Do It Again for Frank Miller and Robert Rodriquez
Oozing with more hard-boiled wit than two Dashiell Hammett novels put together, and more visually compelling than every comic-book movie Hollywood has put out in the past three-years combined, “Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is an action-packed feast.
