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Pure Hopenew
At the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Fort Carson works on a study with promise for treating traumatic brain injuries.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
09-08-2011 |
Science
9/11 By the Numbersnew
A brief sampling of facts and figures compiled a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
09-07-2011 |
Very Recent History
Tags: Very Recent History
Do Private Prisons Save Money?new
Private-prison detractors have long accused businesses in the incarceration-for-profit game of cutting corners to boost revenue.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prisons
Undocumented Latinos 'Come Out'new
Erick Velazquillo, 22, is Charlotte's defacto face of the DREAM Act. He and others live in fear and embarrassment, wondering if today will be the day they'll be picked up and deported to a homeland they never really knew.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
09-07-2011 |
Immigration
Gotham's Crusadersnew
The Shomrim patrols Brooklyn's Jewish neighborhoods with taxpayer money.
The Village Voice |
Nick Pinto |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Washington's Screwed-Up Sex-Offender Registrynew
How leaving cops to sort out who's dangerous can change lives in an instant.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
What Can We Learn From the 9/11 Anniversary?new
Ten years later, a TV terrorpalooza rings hollow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
Wu-Tang Stylenew
Are Lady Wu-Tang hip-hop’s first true cover group?
Boulder Weekly |
Quibian Salazar-Moreno |
09-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lady Wu-Tang
The Cajun David Vitternew
Meet Jeff Landry, the ambitious, Tea Party-backed U.S. Representative from Acadiana.
Bad Callnew
Coaches say a Salt Lake City high school ignored racism complaints.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
09-06-2011 |
Race & Class
Soderbergh Gets Sick: Pandemic Isn’t Catching
"Contagion's" PG-13 rating predicts the film's less than horrific nature (following an overpromising opening sequence).
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-06-2011 |
Reviews
The Unkindest Cutnew
A Nashville company fires a recently paralyzed teenage employee, cutting off her medical coverage — and raising doubts about health care reform.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
The Price of Intolerancenew
Racial tensions on Chicago's south side had been simmering for years when, on September 1, 1971, the animosity boiled over—forever altering the lives of two men.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
09-02-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Duffie Clark, Sam Navarro
The Florida Times-Union’s Very Bad Daynew
The Florida Times-Union’s announcement that it was going to shed another 9.5 percent of its already anemic workforce was met, not surprisingly, with shock and disappointment. Employees, who’ve watched as dozens of high-profile, high-powered colleagues have jumped ship in recent months, reacted with slack-jawed horror as the ax fell on the diminished newsroom.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
09-02-2011 |
Media
Hell Holenew
Why did Arizona prison officials put a mentally ill man in a cell with a convicted killer?
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
09-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
