AltWeeklies Wire
Shh, Don’t Say Strikenew
Eroded worker's rights remove any power to stage an 'illegal' strike.
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
12-20-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Labor
Into the Firenew
Residents of Pfeiffer Ridge in Big Sur woke just before midnight Sunday to a wall of flames. Within hours, more than 20 homes—including those of Martha Karstens, chief of the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade—were destroyed.
Monterey County Weekly |
David Schmalz and Mark C. Anderson |
12-20-2013 |
Disasters
Why R. Kelly's Accusers Kept Quietnew
It has been nearly 15 years since music journalist Jim DeRogatis caught the story that has since defined his career, one that he wishes didn't exist: R. Kelly's sexual predation on teenage girls.
The Village Voice |
Jessica Hopper |
12-20-2013 |
The War on Women
Mentoring: A Friend for Lifenew
The word "mentor" is incredibly common these days—a good sign that more and more people understand the need to help young people, especially those unfortunate enough not to have a strong family support bases.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-19-2013 |
Advice
Digging up the Rootsnew
When discussing the very difficult issue of violence, we find there are two types of people: those who don't care why criminals resort to violence, and those who get that preventing it can only come from attacking it at the roots. That is, we stop crime before it happens by trying to understand and fix why a young person takes that turn in the first place.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-19-2013 |
Advice
Tags: violence
Build an Army for Kids, Not Against Themnew
Many Mississippians are familiar with people who were raised on the slavery-spawned myth that people of color are more violent, which served as a primary justification to keep segregation and even lynching in place; nearly always, an alleged crime was the rationale.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-19-2013 |
Commentary
Subterranean Rush Hour Blues: Behind the Soundtrack to Your Commutenew
A profile piece on the street musicians San Francisco commuters pass everyday.
Legally, it doesn't take much for a guest to stake a claim to your homenew
He does have a toothbrush ...
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-18-2013 |
Housing & Development
Holiday in South Africa, 1986new
Author Patrick Daugherty writes about visiting Apartheid-era South Africa in 1986.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
12-18-2013 |
Race & Class
We're Constantly in Fear: The Life of a Part-Time Professornew
Interviews with adjunct professors who realize that the colleges and universities that employ them never intend to give them tenure. Most teachers who make a living out of it have to hold down more than one job.
San Diego Reader |
Elizabeth Salaam |
12-18-2013 |
Education
Taggers by Night, Muralists by Daynew
Oakland nonprofits want to reduce graffiti by hiring youth to paint murals on sites they've vandalized. Will property owners let them?
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
12-17-2013 |
Art
Staring Blank: Spike Jonze’s Intelligence is Artificial
Where Spike Jonze once soared using magical realism — albeit written by someone else — as his guide (see “Being John Malkovich”) he now flounders with a self-penned technology driven story that shrivels before your eyes.
A Family Problem: Not Your Mother’s Meryl Streep
Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play loses an hour-and-a-half from its original running time, but none of its dramatic impact in the playwright’s own screenplay adaptation.
Georgia's new coast, courtesy of climate changenew
Now's the time to start planning how to adapt to sea level rise.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Dana Habeeb and Larry Keating |
12-16-2013 |
Environment
