AltWeeklies Wire
Is the LAPD Restricting Occupy L.A. Coverage With Last-Minute 'Pool Media'?new
If the LAPD doesn't lift media restrictions, the ACLU plans to file an injunction.
L.A. Weekly |
Simone Wilson |
11-29-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Control • Halt • Deletenew
Why some educators and scientists believe technology is bad for brains — especially young ones.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-29-2011 |
Education
Tags: Technology, Child development
The Prince Vortexnew
Ever watch three hours of Prince videos straight? I did the other night, and I ended up locked within a vortex from which I could not escape.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Alison Lang |
11-29-2011 |
Music
SOPA Spells Internet Ignorancenew
It hasn't been as blatant a display of ignorance as the late Sen. Ted Stevens' description of the Internet as "a series of tubes," but a new bill moving swiftly through the U.S. House demonstrates that Congress still doesn't understand the web.
Arkansas Times |
Lindsey Millar |
11-29-2011 |
Media
Legalize it!: N.C. House Bill 577, aka the Medical Cannabis Actnew
A North Carolina legislator rolls another number for the road — the road to medical marijuana, that is.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Cheris Hodges |
11-29-2011 |
Policy Issues
Occupy Together? Down Twinkle For Nownew
Over 100 people representing Humboldt's various Occupy groups gathered Monday night for what was billed as a countywide General Assembly to explore the local movement’s options going forward. Numero uno on the list of topics: should/could/would Occupy Humboldt, Occupy Eureka and Occupy Arcata consolidate their energies in one form or another.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
11-29-2011 |
#OCCUPY
How Mississippians Defeated Personhoodnew
Grassroots activists used social media and homegrown outspokenness to stop an extreme anti-abortion measure on the ballot.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-28-2011 |
Elections
Media, Race, and Occupynew
The Occupy Wall Street movement has been dominated by white activists, but the mainstream media has done to little to address why so few people of color have been protesting.
East Bay Express |
Nadra Kareem Nittle |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Money, Politics and Sludgenew
How a $1.3 billion proposal to privatize Nassau County's sewage system could flush the county's future down the drain.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
11-28-2011 |
Business & Labor
The Citadel's Shamenew
The Citadel has tarnished its reputation by failing to act in response to sexual abuse allegations.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-28-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Occupy Gets Its Own Medical-Marijuana Strainnew
One of the few dispensaries left in San Diego is offering Occupy OG.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy L.A. In Standoff With LAPDnew
Occupy L.A. continues to hold its ragged patch of ground at City Hall, six hours after a deadline passed for protesters to leave.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
This Bud's For Who?new
Feds give the finger to medical marijuana.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuñiga-West |
11-28-2011 |
Drugs
Scorsese's Hugo celebrates the joy and art of moviemakingnew
The brilliance of Hugo is that director Martin Scorsese appropriates the en vogue 3-D technology of today's movies to preserve and venerate pioneers of the medium.
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
