AltWeeklies Wire
Fighting Wind, Stillnew
Roger Whitten, a Palouse resident, is still fighting wind power in his back yard, despite construction plans and an agreement with the region’s largest utility company.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
08-19-2011 |
Environment
Praying East in West Phillynew
Meet the two mosques transforming a neighborhood.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
08-19-2011 |
Religion
Our Dumb Statenew
Volume 8 in our our semi-regular compendium of Floridian idiocy.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
08-18-2011 |
Commentary
The Science of Injusticenew
Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
08-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Larry Swearingen, Melissa Trotter
Viva Cool Britannianew
Counting down the top 100 greatest Britpop anthems of the '90s.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Marotta, Daniel Brockman, Luke O'Neil and Michael Christopher |
08-18-2011 |
Music
Cheat Local!new
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here's how local businesses get crushed.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-17-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Groupon, daily deals
Library Seeks to Save Jefferson’s Papersnew
In three years, Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Articles of Confederation, helped secure French aid for the Revolutionary War and deployed soldiers to fight Native Americans on Virginia’s western frontier. Now, the Library of Virginia is restoring all 2,500 of Jefferson’s executive papers, which date from 1779 to 1781, to ensure they survive as long as his legacy.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-17-2011 |
History
Hitting a Wallnew
Louisville’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund remains caught in red tape three years after its inception.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
08-17-2011 |
Housing & Development
Not Everyone's Cut Out for Collegenew
Many of today's for-profit college students should learn a skilled trade instead of going into debt for a worthless degree
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
08-17-2011 |
Policy Issues
Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrentnew
As the film industry mounts a sketchy legal strategy in response to illegal downloads, many innocent internet surfers are serving as legal cannon fodder while moviemakers and their lawyers line their pockets with plunder.
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-16-2011 |
Tech
Wasting a Million Dollars in Sacramento Countynew
Sacramento County struggles to fund public safety, but finds a million dollars to close medical-marijuana dispensaries.
News & Review |
Jeff vonKaenel |
08-16-2011 |
Commentary
Kiss Your Cyberprivacy Goodbyenew
Alex Woodward on a bill that would require your Internet service provider to track your every move online — and turn it over to the government for the asking. Privacy experts are howling ... but Louisiana's congressional delegation isn't sure how they'll
Not forgiven, not forgottennew
Thirty years after being falsely convicted of murder, and three years after being exonerated, William Dillon is still seeking justice.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
08-16-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Mise-En-Scenarionew
Tribe Called Quest doc gives short shrift to the midnight marauders.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
08-15-2011 |
Reviews
Questioning the Questionersnew
Feds Investigate Portland Police—But Miss Crucial Input
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
08-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
