AltWeeklies Wire
Gaza from the Perspective of a Proud Diaspora Jewnew
I have been doing my best not to think too much about Gaza, not only publicly but for myself.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
08-14-2014 |
Commentary
The High Cost of Justicenew
Alameda County is now charging high fees to look at court documents online — a new cost that legal experts say may be unconstitutional.
East Bay Express |
Beth Winegarner |
08-13-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Ebola City Risesnew
If we want to be Gotham, we have to trust Batman.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jessica Blankenship |
08-13-2014 |
Health
Straight Man — Funny Man — Both Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Take Another Bath Together
You couldn’t pick two more entertaining companions to go with on a filmic road trip in Italy than Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Keeping Up With the Dronesnew
Navigating FAA regulations and Tennessee law can be tricky, but drones are here to stay.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Haruch |
08-11-2014 |
Tech
Tags: Drones, Tennessee drone laws
Family of Michael Brown, Teenager Shot to Death By Police, Talks About His Lifenew
Barely 24 hours after a police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, his family wanted people to know two things. First, that they would like anyone who is sharing photos of Brown's lifeless body laying in the middle of Canfield Drive to take them down.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
08-10-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Michael Brown
City of Boston Testing Facial Recognition Software at Concertsnew
You partied hard at Boston Calling and now there's facial recognition data to prove it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-08-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Hacking Collegenew
To live and resemble a functioning person while being in college can be tricky, but here are a few tips and hacks that might help keep your sanity and wallet in check.
Jackson Free Press |
Mary Kate McGowan |
08-08-2014 |
Advice
Tags: College tips
The Suddenly Liberal Scott Walkernew
Using left-wing arguments against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke may be the only way he can win re-election.
Transgender at Tennew
Lynne's father refused to believe his son was really a girl. What changed?
Willamette Week |
Kate Willson |
08-08-2014 |
LGBT
Fracking Ban Conversation Moves Toward Constitutional Rightsnew
National attention drawn to Colorado's oil and gas preemption laws.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
08-08-2014 |
Energy
The Death of a Local Newspapernew
The 1995 merger of the liberal afternoon Milwaukee Journal with the morning Milwaukee Sentinel was painful for journalism, but the latest drastic turn by Journal Communications could be worse.
Shepherd Express |
Joel McNally |
08-08-2014 |
Media
More Mind, Less Grind: Women of Detroit hip-hopnew
There's a definite shift taking place in Detroit. Women with intelligence in music is nothing new, but the fact that they're banding together, tired of all the institutional bullshit and mainstream-encouraged hyper-sexualization — that is a wonderful thing, and it's happening in Detroit now.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
08-08-2014 |
Music
Living on the Streets of Oaklandnew
The Great Recession may be over, but every night people are sleeping on benches or in makeshift shelters. Here are a few of their stories.
East Bay Express |
David Bacon |
08-08-2014 |
Homelessness
Will I Survive Student Debt?new
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that the average student-loan borrower, or masochist, owes about $26,000 in student loans.
Jackson Free Press |
Zachary Orsborn |
08-07-2014 |
Education
