AltWeeklies Wire
The War for Michoacannew
Santa Ana residents are helping to wage a secret war against one of Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels—and they're winning.
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zonesnew
Forty-one years after Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court is charged with deciding whether a 35-foot buffer zone around entrances, exits and driveways of abortion clinics – specifically Planned Parenthoods in Boston, Worcester and Springfield – are constitutional.
Worcester Magazine |
Brittany Durgin |
02-06-2014 |
Civil Liberties
The Squeamish Parent's Guide to Teen Sexnew
How speaking frankly and honestly is becoming the new revolution
in sex ed.
North Bay Bohemian |
Dani Burlison |
02-05-2014 |
Sex
Ben Tillman was a racist, terrorist, and murderer: It's time to take down his statuenew
I want to stir things up because there is a lot that needs to be discussed and resolved in this state. There are many generations of unacknowledged crimes that must be confronted. Talking about Ben Tillman is a good place to start.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
02-05-2014 |
Race & Class
Where so many J Dilla tributes get it wrong, Charleston's Dillamental gets it rightnew
Over the course of James Dewitt Yancey's short life, the producer, better known as J Dilla, worked with some of hip-hop's finest, from A Tribe Called Quest to De La Soul, MF Doom, Common, and the Pharcyde.
Charleston City Paper |
Patrick Wall |
02-05-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Peyton, Playoffs and Potnew
A look at Manning's legacy, Seattle's D and the question of weed in the league.
Marriage Equality. Now.new
No more excuses. No more delays. No more bigotry. Now.
Folio Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
02-05-2014 |
LGBT
Seattle Has Stolen the Nation's Microphonenew
With Richard Sherman's postgame interview, Seattle stole the nation's microphone and it will not give it back! Damn!
The Stranger |
Charles Mudede |
02-05-2014 |
Culture
The Pixies grow up and get busynew
Audiofile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
02-05-2014 |
Music
Residents vs. Touristsnew
How many rent-controlled apartments is Airbnb taking off SF's housing market?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
02-05-2014 |
Housing & Development
Why New Orleans Doesn't Have Ubernew
New Orleans resists alternatives to traditional taxi cabs.
Gambit |
Jeanie Riess |
02-05-2014 |
Transportation
Some Colo. Insurers Covering More for Transgender Peoplenew
Last March, the Colorado Division of Insurance changed the lives of transgender Coloradans by issuing a bulletin stating that in the division's interpretation, state law prohibits "the denial, cancellation, limitation, or refusal to issue or renew health coverage because of a person's sexual orientation."
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-05-2014 |
Health
Animated Resistance Hollywood Creates a New Genre of Kids Movie
There’s a strong subtext of socio-political resistance at play in “The Lego Movie.” It may be the first mainstream animated resistance film ever made by a Hollywood studio.
Saturday Night Special: My Childhood, Playing with Guns
It wasn’t officially what the media called a “Saturday Night Special.” Nevertheless, my stepdad, a professional magician in every sense of the phrase — he was a master of sleight-of-hand and just about everything else — referenced the term so many times that that was what I called the .25 caliber revolver he kept in his nightstand drawer.
New Orleans pro wrestlingnew
Jules Bentley on Luke Hawx of Wildcat Wrestling, which wants to bring grappling back to prominence in New Orleans sports.
