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The Corvette Thiefnew
78-year-old Dan Ott has stolen more than 1,000 cars in his life. And left plenty of damage along the way
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
07-30-2015 |
Features
Dick Dale Plays Through the Painnew
At 78 and in poor health Dick Dale is literally touring for his life.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-30-2015 |
Music
Tags: Dick Dale
Medical Marijuana in Louisiana: When?new
The state approves medical marijuana for some illnesses — but prescriptions are years away.
Seasonal Food Myths, Debunkednew
It's not to late to plant. It's not too early to preserve the harvest. Let me explain.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
07-24-2015 |
Food+Drink
'Lean Out' Urges Women to Create Their Own Culture in Silicon Valleynew
Serial entrepreneur and veteran coder Elissa Shevinsky thinks it's time for women to stop trying to be part of sexist Silicon Valley and to create their own spaces.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
07-24-2015 |
Books
Will Prison Reform Make Bail Bond Agents Obsolete?new
Vermont's bail bond agents are eager to talk about their trade — and the threats it faces. Their challenges signal major changes brewing in the correctional system.
Seven Days |
Alicia Freese |
07-23-2015 |
Policy Issues
‘A Violent Takedown’ in Stonewall, Miss.new
One week after the death of Jonathan Sanders, a black man killed after a white police officer stopped him in the east Mississippi town of Stonewall, a clearer picture of tensions between local law enforcement agencies and the African American community is starting to emerge.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L Nave and Zachary Oren Smith |
07-23-2015 |
Race & Class
Radical Predictionsnew
Emeritus natural resources professor Guy McPherson says the Earth's sixth extinction is already under way, we could see mass die-offs of humans and other species within 18 months and humanity has at best 10 to 20 years. What do noted climate scientists and authors think about these dire predictions?
Eugene Weekly |
Ted Taylor |
07-21-2015 |
Environment
No Choice: Pittsburgh Family on Frontlines of PA's Medical Cannabis Debatenew
Jessica Hawkins breaks the law every time she gives her child her medical cannabis in Pa. and she has no intention of stopping.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Jessica Hardin |
07-13-2015 |
Drugs
Here’s How Seven Votes Changed on the Confederate Flag Billnew
Fourteen minutes passed between the second and third House readings of the bill that called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds. In that time, the vote count changed from 93-27 to 94-20.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-13-2015 |
Politics
Idaho's New Prison Scandalnew
Two years after the Idaho state prison was found to have been falsifying documents to conceal understaffing, a new scandal is breaking alleging the systematic tampering with and/or destruction of prisoner medical records to exclude diagnoses of gender identity disorder.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Mississippi’s Only Aborton Clinic Safe for Nownew
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has again staved off closure, but the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide its fate.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-10-2015 |
The War on Women
Tags: Mississippi abortion
13 Ways of Looking at a Flagnew
A post-mortem of “The Confederate Flag: A Belated Burial in Florida.”
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2015 |
Culture
Same-Sex Marriage Comes to Louisiananew
After the U.S. Supreme Court decision, New Orleans saw its first gay weddings.
Not Your Mascotnew
Students lead push to ban Native American sports team imagery.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
07-02-2015 |
Culture
