AltWeeklies Wire
Deadly Secretsnew
How California law shields a small cadre of Oakland police officers involved in violence.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
10-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Former San Diego CityBeat Writer Needs a Bone-Marrow Transplantnew
Kia Momtazi is wise beyond her years—as they say, an old soul. She is beautiful, warm, funny, kind, creative, insightful and smart. She also happens to be fighting for her life.
San Diego CityBeat |
Aaryn Belfer |
10-12-2011 |
Health
Poor, Minorities Magnets for Industrial 'Sacrifice Zones'new
Grappling with how to own up to the toxic legacy of uranium mining and nuclear weapons processing in the United States, government officials coined the cold term "sacrifice zones" in the 1980s.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-12-2011 |
Nonfiction
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The Occupy Atlanta Kids Are Alrightnew
Instead of mocking the protesters, help them fix where we've failed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Sara Amis |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY
San Diego CityBeat Interviews Occupy San Diego All at Oncenew
During the daily open-mic session on Sunday, Oct. 9, San Diego CityBeat music editor Peter Holslin waited his turn in line, then interviewed everyone all at once.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
"We have a permit. It’s called The Constitution."new
Reporting live from #OCCUPYBOSTON.
Dig Boston |
Lauren Metter |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Dirty Little Secretsnew
Embracing guilty pleasures on your playlist.
LEO Weekly |
Sarah Ivens |
10-12-2011 |
Commentary
Divided We Fall: The Killing of James Craig Andersonnew
In the aftermath of an alleged hate crime, a community examines itself about a troubled teenage bully and a legacy of racism.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
10-10-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Holy Doughnew
A nonprofit controlled by a New Orleans area televangelist got $200,000 in state money to build a drug treatment center -- but no center was ever built.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
10-10-2011 |
Policy Issues
Ain't Too Proud to Begnew
Six stories of hardscrabble lives on the streets of Detroit.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
10-07-2011 |
Homelessness
The Legacy of the Poisoned Clark Forknew
Montana’s rivers, any fly-fisher will tell you, are everything a real river should be. Not the upper Clark Fork. Not yet, anyhow.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-07-2011 |
Environment
Outgreened and Uncountednew
Oregon spent hundreds of millions to create “green” jobs, but it can’t say how many it got.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-07-2011 |
Economy
The $78 Million Bagnew
That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it).
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
10-07-2011 |
Drugs
Gastro Physicistsnew
A look at Das Racist's meteoric rise in the rap world.
Orlando Weekly |
Philip Mlynar and Justin Strout |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
#Occupy: What to Say to Reportersnew
Don't give reporters the opportunity to portray you as a stink-foot, hippie no-nothing bent on taking down capitalism and tossing a garbage can through a Starbucks window. (Unless that's what you are, then go ahead.) Here are some tips on what to say to reporters and how to say it.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm.™ Steven Humphrey |
10-06-2011 |
#OCCUPY
