AltWeeklies Wire
Radioactive Cocktailnew
As Japan's Fukushima Daiichi reminds us, spent fuel rods remain ‘hot’ for generations to come.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ed Smeloff |
04-01-2011 |
Disasters
10 Ways to Treat Allergy Symptomsnew
If playing hooky from work and dodging other responsibilities aren’t an issue then just stay inside. A few months from now, the allergy season will subside and you can return to normalcy.
YES! Weekly |
Christian Bryant |
03-31-2011 |
Science
Tags: Allergies
NAACP Pushes Federal Investigation of Hanging in Mississippinew
Two workers found 26-year-old Frederick Jermaine Carter's body Dec. 3 hanging from a tree limb in predominantly white north Greenwood, Miss. Carter, who was African American, worked with his stepfather on a painting job in the area the previous day. He wandered off the site after his stepfather left to pick up more supplies.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
03-31-2011 |
Race & Class
'Would You Please Look at This?'new
A Colorado Springs man languishes for more than a year in an investigation that fails to go skin deep.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Backlash to a Rapenew
It’s been 23 years since the nation’s attention fell on San Diego and the rape of Linda Gaitan. The events unfolding in Cleveland, Texas are much the same.
The Texas Observer |
Michelle Garcia |
03-30-2011 |
The War on Women
Tags: Rape, Linda Gaitan
How Much is Your Daughter Worth?new
Hawaii is becoming an international hub for sex-tourism. The defenders of the current system call it prostitution and a victimless crime. In reality it is debt bondage, a modern form of slavery.
Honolulu Weekly |
Shantel Grace |
03-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prostitution, Sex-Tourism
Doggie DNAnew
More and more pet owners are testing their canine’s chromosomes.
Seven Days |
Andy Bromage |
03-28-2011 |
Animal Issues
Has Oakland Killed Community Policing?new
The Oakland Police Department has slashed the number of neighborhood beats by nearly 40 percent.
East Bay Express |
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor |
03-25-2011 |
Policy Issues
Worst of the Worst?new
It’s commonly assumed that juvenile offenders thrown into the adult court and prison system are the worst of the worst, beyond rehabilitation. But a new report released today paints an altogether different picture.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-25-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Mission of Mercy in Ugandanew
California woman opens school for children in the rebuilding of war-torn Uganda.
Easy Reader |
Andrea Ruse |
03-25-2011 |
War
Tags: Uganda, child soldiers
Weird Sciencenew
How a bogus child sex trafficking study fooled some of the most respected media outlets in the country.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nick Pinto |
03-25-2011 |
Media
How Not to Get a Drink Thrown in Your Facenew
The shotgun approach to dating and other ways not to pick up women.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-25-2011 |
Sex
Your Teacher Is F'dnew
The Oregon Education Association gave Gov. John Kitzhaber more than $1 million. And now he's giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-24-2011 |
Education
In Seismic Shocknew
It's hard to know how to process the apocalyptic images coming from Japan.
NOW Magazine |
Eli K. Priest |
03-22-2011 |
Disasters
What's Next for Chicago Public Schools?new
Now that Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman is gone, the next step will be Rahm's.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
03-21-2011 |
Education
Tags: Ron Huberman, Rahm Emanuel
