AltWeeklies Wire
Using the KKK to Fight Abortion Rightsnew
Groups such as the Ashburn, Va.-based Radiance Foundation have used ads to cast abortion as akin to genocide of African American children. Others are crying foul play.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
04-17-2014 |
Race & Class
Tags: abortion rights
‘Old South’: More Discussion Needednew
In 2014, it's sometimes difficult to believe that individuals still exist who do not see the offensiveness of the Confederate flag and celebrating the "Old South" culture.
Jackson Free Press |
Ariel Terrell |
04-17-2014 |
Race & Class
Court Docs Unsealednew
Probation Reports: What we can learn from the 'most important' documents in the criminal justice system.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
04-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Probation Reports
In the Hoodnew
USAF Capt. Nicolas Aquino was in his own house, minding his own business when deputies showed up on a report of a suspicious Hispanic in a hoodie lurking around a Carmel house. Turns out Aquino was the suspicious Hispanic, and what happened next means he could lose his freedom and his career.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
04-16-2014 |
Civil Liberties
A century ago this week, Southern Colorado was at warnew
The Ludlow Massacre is an event sacred in labor history... and our own.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robert Meyerowitz |
04-16-2014 |
History
Tags: Ludlow Massacre
Los Angeles Police Commission Comes to Town
A few things that I didn't get to say in two minutes
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-16-2014 |
Commentary
Why Gentrification Is Not Inevitablenew
A new much-publicized report on displacement in Oakland and San Francisco also provides a roadmap for how to stop things from getting worse.
East Bay Express |
Jean Tepperman |
04-16-2014 |
Housing & Development
The Fight to Unionize the South Brews at an N.C. Slaughterhousenew
Workers struggles to unionize at Mountaire Farms chicken processing plant in the face of management resistance.
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
04-16-2014 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Mountaire Farms, Unionization
Save the World, Work Lessnew
With climate change threatening life as we know it, perhaps it's time to revive the forgotten goal of spending less time on our jobs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
A Veiled Problemnew
A new study looks at how to get Colorado's Muslims on the health-care wagon.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-16-2014 |
Health
Chemical Trespass: Poison From Abovenew
More than 30 people in Curry County, Ore. say a helicopter dripping pesticides over their rural homes sickened them and their animals last October. Under Oregon law, helicopters can spray toxic pesticides right next to people's homes and farms, with no protective buffers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
Tags: pesticides
His Name Was Gary Poulternew
Meet the homeless man who became a movie star.
Austin Chronicle |
Joe O'Connell |
04-16-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe, David Gordon Green
One day in DeShaies, Guadeloupenew
Vacation the way it's meant to be.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
04-15-2014 |
Travel
Artificial Intelligence By Degree: The Future Is Now
In spite of its many and assorted plot-holes, “Transcendence” is a captivating sci-fi movie thanks to strong performances from a stable of reliable actors and to a romantic hook at the heart of its high-concept trappings.
Freedom Trollsnew
The legally obnoxious antics of the activists behind 'Cop Block.'
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
04-14-2014 |
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