AltWeeklies Wire
Fail Safenew
A charity puts violent offenders to work at the zoo, raising questions about safety.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
05-31-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Crime, Dismas Charities
The New News Economynew
As newspapers struggle, nonprofit news is being touted as the key to the future. Is it?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan and Ellen Cushing |
05-30-2012 |
Media
Tags: Nonprofit News, Media
Civic Planning—A Vanishing Beat?new
The American Planning Association's annual journalism awards for "outstanding coverage of city and regional planning issues" haven't been given out since 2009.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
05-30-2012 |
Media
The Great Obamacare Scarenew
10 (untrue) reasons people fear the Affordable Care Act.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jason Stevenson |
05-30-2012 |
Policy Issues
Baratunde Thurstonnew
The provocative humorist talks about black identity, geekdom, and being a really nice guy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lionel Foster |
05-30-2012 |
Comedy
Tags: Baratunde Thurston
May the Circle Be Unbrokennew
A tribute to Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs, two Carolina legends.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
05-30-2012 |
Music
Tags: Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs
The Murderer on Music Rownew
A true tale of homicide, madness and attempted mass destruction from Nashville's sordid past.
Nashville Scene |
Wayne Wood |
05-30-2012 |
Features
Anatomy of a Wrongful Texas Executionnew
Until the day Texas executed him in 1989, Carlos DeLuna insisted another Carlos stabbed and killed 24-year-old Wanda Lopez at a Corpus Christi gas station in February 1983. At trial, prosecutors dismissed the idea, calling the other Carlos "a phantom" that didn't exist.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: execution, Carlos DeLuna
The Road to Mother Coffeenew
Will the mother of all coffee trees drive tourism in Ethiopia?
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
05-25-2012 |
Travel
After the Newsnew
When the word came down that The Times-Picayune would no longer be a daily newspaper, it wasn't from the paper's owners, Advance Publications. Nor was it from senior management or newsroom officials. It came as a brief item on The New York Times' "Media Decoder" blog, written by David Carr, and sent out over Twitter at 10:33 p.m., when the newsroom was largely empty.
Tags: Times-Picayune
The Rise and Fall of the Easy-Bake Ovennew
I'll tell you about the hardscrabble times, the lean years, when we Toughskins-wearing moppets baked cakes in an oven using two measly light bulbs. And they weren't even compact fluorescent!
Tags: Easy-Bake Ovens
Gilbert's Kidsnew
Gilbert Olivares, a popular counselor at Salinas High School, faces dozens of sex-related charges, including manufacturing child pornography and molestation. The case is built on an astounding number of what-ifs.
Monterey County Weekly |
Sara Rubin, Nic Coury and Mary Duan |
05-25-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Bedside Bankrollnew
With no licensing or certification, anyone can practice in-home elder care in California—and in wealthy Marin County, opportunity for fraud abounds.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
05-24-2012 |
Health
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Laternew
Currently touched up for 20th-anniversary reissue treatment, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was a rap gateway drug, a powerfully psychedelic expansion.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
05-24-2012 |
Music
The Only Thing Gayer Than Gay Marriagenew
Conservative black pastors need to come out of the proverbial closet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
05-24-2012 |
LGBT
