AltWeeklies Wire
Young and Sick: The New Face of Kidney Cancer?new
I'm 34. I have cancer. The same kind of cancer that killed my dad.
Metro Pulse |
Cari Wade Gervin |
03-22-2012 |
Health
The Coming Digital/Biological Convergencenew
The secret thread running through the SXSW Interactive conference is one that, once noticed, is seen propagating throughout everything from politics to comedy, social media strategies to street parties, all the way to the very laws of thermodynamics.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
03-22-2012 |
Tech
Tags: Biotechnology, sxswi
Mississippi Man Sentenced for Hate-Crime Murdernew
Deryl Dedmon, a white man, will spend life in prison for the murder of James Craig Anderson, a black man, last year.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-22-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Lowering the Boomnew
Houston's Dekaney High, whose motto is "Whatever It Takes," is a bombing or shooting waiting to happen.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
03-21-2012 |
Education
What Lies Beneathnew
The environmental horror of Florida's Rodman Dam and a lesson in rivers: past, present and future.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
03-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Ocklawaha River, Rodman Dam
The Nonprofit 1 Percentnew
Even the do-gooders can seem blind to their own excess.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
03-21-2012 |
Features
Life in Prison for Hempnew
José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
03-21-2012 |
Drugs
Louisiana's Medicaid Billing Snafunew
Clinics are having problems with Louisiana's newly privatized Medicaid billing for some health services.
Getting a Gripnew
Last year, Cory Richards became the first American to top an 8,000-meter peak in winter. This spring, he's attempting the summit of Mount Everest on a route an American team completed in 1963 that has not since been repeated.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
03-21-2012 |
Recreation
'Stand Your Ground'new
It's been three weeks since a Sanford, Fla. vigilante, George Zimmerman, shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death, apparently for looking suspicious – and, according to Zimmerman's own words, for being black and wearing a hoodie. What's taking so long for police to arrest Zimmerman?
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
03-19-2012 |
Crime & Justice
15 Awesome SXSW Interactive Panels Every Journalist Should Listen Tonew
If you're willing to spend the next few weeks listening, you can get almost as much out of Austin as the muckety-mucks who actually attend.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
03-19-2012 |
Media
Catholics Yank Funding Over Condomsnew
A bowl of condoms placed in an AmeriCorps outreach post for ex-offenders just cost a nonprofit recycler $20,000 in revoked grant funding.
Second-Rate on Purposenew
In 'Casa de Mi Padre,' Will Ferrell finally seems fully comfortable being Will Ferrell.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
03-19-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: casa de mi padre
'We Have No Choice': One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Lawnew
The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas' harsh new law—just the beginning of the torment.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Riot in North Bumblef*cknew
A private-prison disaster in Oklahoma reveals the dangers of California's reliance on Corrections Corporation of America.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
