AltWeeklies Wire
Agents of Changenew
People called them crazy. An environmental disaster changed that.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
06-11-2014 |
Environment
Bromancing With Guns Out: Hollywood Gutter Spits Up Another Load of Debris
Everything about the concept of a “Jump Street” comedy franchise reeks of Hollywood’s perpetual endeavor to repackage a formula and call it a movie. 2014 has been an abysmal year for Hollywood movies — bottom-line grosses notwithstanding — and the near future looks just as bleak.
Hope for Harper Gracenew
Cannabidiol, derived from the cannabis plant, may help with diseases such as Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
06-06-2014 |
Health
Tags: cannabidiol
Tastes of Summernew
Cooking sausage in liquid that’s part beer deepens the flavors and makes for a perfect food-drink pairing.
Jackson Free Press |
Jane Flood |
06-06-2014 |
Food+Drink
A Bust for Barbour’s Corporate Welfarenew
Chiquita, known as the United Fruit Company before that name became synonymous with political bullying and corruption in Latin America, announced recently that it was moving its operation at the Port of Gulfport to New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-06-2014 |
Business & Labor
Changes for the NBA?new
The 2014 NBA Playoffs has all the makings of another classic like last year, when the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs in seven games.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
06-06-2014 |
Sports
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Feels Heat With Sale to Florida Companynew
An in-depth look at the sale of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. to Florida-based Halifax Media Group.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
06-05-2014 |
Media
Lime-pocalypse!new
A summer without limes throws a wrench in our margaritas.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Page Leggett |
06-05-2014 |
Food+Drink
The Five Best New Food Trucks in Houston 2014new
Armed with only a truck and a dream (well, and a batch of recipes), these food entrepreneurs continue to fan out across Houston.
Houston Press |
Kaitlin Steinberg |
06-04-2014 |
Food+Drink
OC Register Death Watchnew
If Aaron Kushner has his way, Monday will leave OC Register with less reporters than when he bought it.
Tags: oc register
When it comes to being assaulted, I can't help but feel I got luckynew
I've been reluctant to participate in the #YesAllWomen movement that trended up, up, up on Twitter in the wake of Elliot Rodger's deadly shooting spree in California.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
06-04-2014 |
The War on Women
Edible Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Always Prove Potentnew
In the seven years since medical cannabis became legal in New Mexico, our test appears to be the first and only spot check to determine whether edibles sold to people suffering debilitating medical symptoms contain the amounts of THC claimed.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Peter St. Cyr |
06-04-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Edible Marijuana, Edible Pot
Roadside Attractionnew
John Waters reflects on his hitchhiking trip across America and his love of Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
06-04-2014 |
Features
Hack Attack: Taxi vs. Ubernew
In Taxi vs. Uber, the drivers are sidelined says an ex-cabbie.
Chicago Newcity |
Dmitry Samarov |
06-04-2014 |
Transportation
Are Jazz Festivals Excluding Women?new
Even in the Bay Area, the top jazz concert series this summer will feature very few female instrumentalists — and some women say they are being shut out.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
The War on Women
