AltWeeklies Wire
Louisiana Education Numbers Don't Add Upnew
The Louisiana Department of Education is either cooking the books or simply incompetent in establishing the success of the voucher program Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to expand. Because the numbers just don’t add up.
What Happened to the Chronicle's Paywall?new
The San Francisco newspaper has quietly stopped charging for stories on its website.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-09-2012 |
Media
Sugar-Coatednew
College students are hooking up with rich older men through sugar-daddy websires. Is it modern romance, or just an easy way to the sweet life?
Orlando Weekly |
Lauren Holliday |
02-09-2012 |
Culture
Stink on Pinknew
The Komen debacle washes up good and bad on local shores, and shows cracks in the Dallas charity.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink and Gayle Reaves |
02-09-2012 |
The War on Women
DIY Valentine's Daynew
Because nothing's sweeter than home-cooked romance.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Horrors of the Gluten-Sensitive Sufferernew
Imagine that for your entire life you have felt sick. Between the fatigue, stomach pains, and nausea, you have been stuck in an endless cycle of dining roulette. Needless to say, your life is scoring a wee bit low on the fun-scale.
Charleston City Paper |
Nikki Seibert |
02-09-2012 |
Health
Can't Do Nothin' For Ya, Mannew
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is grounded, and the Legislature's allowance is being reduced. This week, Bryant made his first executive budget recommendation to lawmakers at the Capitol. As expected, he took a do-the-same-with-less approach to government spending.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-09-2012 |
Politics
Bombers, Bullets and Black Historynew
White critics miss the point of Red Tails.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
02-09-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Red Tails, Tuskegee airmen
Religious Liberty Threatened by Everything Obama Does From the Moment He Wakes Upnew
Tennessee GOP lawmakers are predictably hopping onto the bandwagon of verbal assault on the mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception and birth control without exemptions for religiously affiliated hospitals and universities.
Nashville Scene |
Bruce Barry |
02-09-2012 |
Politics
Hi Bill Keller. The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue?new
On Saturday, the New York Times blatantly and willfully violated the copyright of another publisher -- our publisher, actually.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
02-08-2012 |
Media
Your Oscar Cheat Sheetnew
A how-to guide to be an Academy Award know-it-all this year.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-08-2012 |
Movies
Tags: 2012 Oscars, 2012 Academy Awards
Pushing the Limitnew
Advocates say the biggest opposition to abolishing statute of limitation on child sex abuse in Pa. is the Catholic Church.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The Marriage Decision, For Better and For Worsenew
In the end, the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was very narrow. If you read the entire decision, it's not a sweeping affirmation of the legal rights of Americans to marry the person of their choice.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
02-07-2012 |
LGBT
Cristian Conversionnew
Baby-faced murder defendant Cristian Fernandez upends perception and reality in the Northeast Florida criminal justice system.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-07-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Cristian Fernandez
BP's "Hidden Victims"new
A report by Greater New Orleans, Inc. purports to outline the effect of last year's drilling permit moratorium.
Tags: BP Oil Spill
