AltWeeklies Wire
GMO Transparencynew

In an election year, citizens deserve to know not only what's in our food, but whether our candidates took biotech money.
Honolulu Weekly |
Tiffany Hervey |
10-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
How the So-Called Liberal Media Defeated Voter IDnew

Relentless and accurate media coverage was decisive in bringing about the judicial defeat of Pennsylvania's voter ID law.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
10-02-2012 |
Elections
Tags: PA Voter ID
The Artist at Playnew

James Hance helps his daughter escape the pain of her illness through his Relentlessly Cheerful Art.
Folio Weekly |
Kara Pound |
10-02-2012 |
Features
Revisiting Vonnegut's Player Pianonew

You got to hand it to Kurt Vonnegut: he predicted the destructive power of automation over 60 years ago, a warning that is applicable today.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
10-01-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Kurt Vonnegut
Man Gone Wildnew

Primitive skills could save your life — and open your eyes.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
10-01-2012 |
Recreation
Little Rock Confidentialnew

Trade secrets from a pawn broker, retail manager and yoga instuctor. What a bikini waxer and a paramedic see. How a defense attorney feels about his clients and why a nanny stays with an unhinged mother's kids. The Arkansas Times asked people, what's your job really like? Here are their answers.
Arkansas Times |
Staff |
10-01-2012 |
Features
Cincinnati Enquirer Publisher Resigns from UC Board of Trusteesnew

Newspaper's president says she wants to avoid conflict of interest.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
10-01-2012 |
Education
Don't Read Thisnew

Banned Book Week highlights history of challenges.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Gerrity |
09-29-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Life in Transitionnew

Kris Pittman likes sports, action movies and working out. He spent seven years in the Air Force…and was born a woman.
Reno News & Review |
Brad Bynum |
09-29-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: transgender, female to male
Is Hillary Next?new

From Hillary Clinton's days as an intense, influential, and essentially inept co-president to husband Bill, to her establishment as a successful senator from New York, through the bitter trench warfare of the 2008 presidential primaries, and throughout her tenure as a majestic secretary of state, I have always kept the words of my high-school history teacher Dan Leary in mind.
Boston Phoenix |
PETER KADZIS |
09-29-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Democrat
GDP and Seven Stars, Rebornnew

Richmond's GDP Collective is barren of décor but packs the best strains in the region, while Seven Stars hides in plain sight in a small mall.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
09-29-2012 |
Drugs
Who Are the 47 Percent?new

Regardless of where you stand politically on Romney's "inelegant" statement, as he called it later, a big question looms: Do 47 percent of Americans not pay federal income tax?
The short answer is yes.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-29-2012 |
Commentary
Pitch Perfect: Rebel Yellnew

Rating: ***
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-29-2012 |
Reviews
Rising Optimismnew

If you work in downtown Worcester, maybe in one of the buildings reaching high enough to afford a view over the rooftops, chances are your gaze has captured the hustle and bustle of building crews, electrical contractors, plumbers and dozens more tradesmen and women scurrying about.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
09-27-2012 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Construction
#MyMadisonDay: 24 Hours in the Life of the Citynew

Freelancer Stu Levitan came up with the idea for a print piece chronicling a day in the life of Madison. We decided to take it a step further. We settled on a date (Sept. 21, 2012), cooked up a hashtag (#MyMadisonDay) and put out a call to the community to record, via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, the day's events, whether big or small.
Tags: lifestyles