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Counter-Terrorism Officials Helped Track Black Lives Matter Protestersnew
A cache of California Highway Patrol emails provides a glimpse into how anti-terrorism agents helped law enforcement officials monitor Black Lives Matter protesters on the web.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
04-15-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Baltimore City Paper Takes a Trip to D.C. to Experience Weed Freedomnew
The City Paper art team packed up our notebooks and pens and mini recorders and headed south to see what freedom felt like.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
04-15-2015 |
Drugs
The Real Vampires of Houstonnew
The Houston subculture that drinks blood and chases psychic energy.
Houston Press |
Chris Lane |
04-15-2015 |
Culture
Does North Carolina Have a Budding Interest in Marijuana?new
House Bill 78, a bill that was filed in the North Carolina General Assembly in February, has been deemed the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act.
YES! Weekly |
Britt Chester |
04-15-2015 |
Drugs
Tags: marijuana
Why I Gave Up Booze in Favor of Weednew
It helps with my anxiety, it doesn't give me hangovers, and are you aware of what it does to sex?
The Stranger |
Sarah Galvin |
04-13-2015 |
Drugs
Tags: marijuana
Game of Thrones for Noobsnew
Game of Thrones has become a downright phenomenon. And while the books certainly made author George RR Martin into some kind of rockstar, the HBO series has exploded into a pop-culture powerhouse in its own right. But what about those of us who never read the books or watched the show before now? This is the review series for you.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alex De Vore |
04-13-2015 |
TV
Tags: George RR Martin
How Sweet it Isn'tnew
How the sugar industry is looking alarmingly reminiscent of the tobacco industry, both in terms of its tactics and the safety of its product.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
04-13-2015 |
Food+Drink
The Prison-to-Pension Pipelinenew
The correlation between low student achievement, failing schools, and youth incarceration is clear, especially for black and Latino males in urban public schools.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
04-13-2015 |
Education
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Record The Policenew
Meet the crusaders battling for everyone's right to record cops in Massachusetts.
Dig Boston |
Andrew Quemere |
04-10-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Officer Slager’s Record Shows CPR and Taser Training, Two Complaintsnew
2013 complainant said the North Charleston cop, now accused of murdering Walter Scott, tased him "for no reason."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-10-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Flying Back From the Edge of Extinctionnew
Operation Migration and the endangered whooping crane.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
04-10-2015 |
Environment
Teeth & Bonenew
On the eve of a major retrospective, a dive into the world of Rick Bartow, Oregon contemporary artist and national treasure.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
04-10-2015 |
Art
SDG&E's Got a Gas Problemnew
Will San Diego Gas & Electric bulldog through their Carlsbad plan?
San Diego Reader |
Dave Rice |
04-10-2015 |
Energy
Tags: SDG&E
When Public Land Isn't Publicnew
Public lands belong to everyone, but private landowners can still make them hard to access
Missoula Independent |
Marshall Swearingen |
04-02-2015 |
Features
Tags: Public Land
Compromise 'Religion' Bill Becomes Law in Arkansasnew
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed SB 975, a compromise version of the bill originally aimed at creating a religious pretext to discriminate against gay people.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley and Benjamin Hardy |
04-02-2015 |
LGBT
