AltWeeklies Wire
Veterans Helping Veterans...Sometimesnew

It appears a dysfunctional board may have been central to the breakdown of Longmont organization Veterans Helping Veterans Now.
Boulder Weekly |
Caitlin Rockett |
11-05-2015 |
Health
Cynicism Confirmednew

New Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission draft regulations fail to meet expectations.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
11-05-2015 |
Environment
Koch Industries Makes Play on College Campusesnew

University of Wisconsin students cheered as the Badgers rolled over Rutgers. But there also was a smattering of boos and catcalls off the field because, on one of the most liberal college campuses in America, the very un-liberal Koch Industries bought sponsorship of the game.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff and Staff writer |
11-05-2015 |
Education
Fear and Loathing in Denvernew

A new light has been turned on in the Hunter S. Thompson kitchen.
LEO Weekly |
Clayton L. Luce |
11-04-2015 |
Features
Do Not Feed the Pigeons (or the Homeless)new

It’s time to consider the consequences of criminalizing the homeless
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen |
10-30-2015 |
Commentary
Attack of the 50-Foot Uterus!new

After years of repression by the Texas Legislature, the uterus is striking back!
Austin Chronicle |
Staff |
10-29-2015 |
The War on Women
Tags: War on women
A Softer Landingnew

An Iraqi family dreamed of a new life in Missoula, but they landed here with a thud. As the world grapples with the worst refugee crisis in a generation, can a group of local moms convince the state to open its arms?
Missoula Independent |
Derek Brouwer |
10-29-2015 |
Immigration
Gut Reactionnew

Fig & Olive is packed weeks after a salmonella outbreak, but the fallout is far from over.
Washington City Paper |
Jessica Sidman |
10-29-2015 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Fig & Olive
Heavy Balancenew
BLACK YOGA founders release a dual CD/DVD to help you experience the darker side of Yoga in your own home.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Margaret Welsh |
10-28-2015 |
Music
The Story of a Botched Sting, a Dead Informant and Friendly Firenew

The story of a DEA sting operation in which the confidential informant died, a Houston police officer shot a sheriff’s deputy and most of the suspects were never held accountable.
Houston Press |
Leif Reigstad |
10-28-2015 |
Features
Misdirectionnew

How the Koch brothers and other billionaires are staging a take over of our public schools.
Boulder Weekly |
Matt Cortina |
10-22-2015 |
Education
California Nudist Resort Exploits Workersnew

A lawsuit claims that the owners of Los Gatos nudist resort Lupin Lodge effectively reduced dozens of live-in workers to indentured servitude.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
10-22-2015 |
Business & Labor
The Other Millennialsnew

Poverty and inequity confront Atlanta's next generation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wesley Tharpe |
10-22-2015 |
Economy
Sunken treasure? Lake Michigan shipwrecks could buoy local economiesnew

Wisconsin’s sunken wealth is not in gold or silver, but in shipwrecks — schooners and tugs, barges and canallers, many of them built in the 19th century and once engaged in the economic expansion of the United States.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-22-2015 |
Environment
Between Heaven & Hellnew

It’s an oppressively hot day.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-22-2015 |
Culture