AltWeeklies Wire
What the Boy Sawnew
A child's testimony put three men on death row. The neighborhood saw it differently.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Harry Franks, Ronnie Bridgeman
Invasion of Big Lagoonnew
The New Zealand mud snail reproduces like crazy, but is it a threat?
North Coast Journal |
Keith Easthouse |
06-07-2011 |
Environment
Tags: New Zealand mud snail
The Big Uneasy Blows Whistle on Corps of Engineersnew
Harry Shearer's powerful documentary uncovers the strategic errors that rendered New Orleans uniquely vulnerable to flooding during big hurricanes.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Charles Donelan |
06-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hardly Workingnew
America's disability-benefits system is exploding, complicated, ripe for exploitation, almost broke, and all some people have.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
06-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Torn Awaynew
Is the government unconstitutionally - and indefinitely - jailing Cambodian refugees? A traumatized community demands answers.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
06-07-2011 |
Civil Liberties
A Wasted Opportunity?new
Why isn't anyone talking about using floodwater mud to help rebuild Louisiana's vanishing coastline?
Gambit |
Walter Pierce |
06-06-2011 |
Environment
Not Your Grandson's Tribune Any Longer?new
The Chicago Tribune is about to roll out changes in the print and online product that will add some gravitas. Staff meetings were scheduled for Monday to explain the changes, which the public could see as soon as mid-June.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-06-2011 |
Media
Tags: Chicago Tribune
Portland's Iconic Stumptown Coffee is Sold to Investment Firmnew
Stumptown Coffee, the iconic and fiercely independent company that helped define coffee in Portland, has been sold to a New York investment firm.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
06-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: TSG Consumer
'Seed-to-Sale' Surveillancenew
Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries are dealing with bushels of new state regulations.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
06-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
DJ Quik: Trials and Tribulations of a West Coast Legendnew
Like most redemption stories worth telling, this one starts with the lowest point: solitary confinement in the West Valley Penitentiary, where for most of the sweltering summer of 2006 DJ Quik contemplated the cruel arc of his rise and fall.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeff Weiss |
06-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Quik
Eating Local: A Challenge or a Snap?new
The New Orleans locavore movement.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
06-03-2011 |
Food+Drink
Why Is Portland Google's Guinea Pig?new
Google has been all over Portland lately. Billboards, stickers, concerts, promos—there are more rainbow "o"s downtown than rainbow flags these days.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
06-03-2011 |
Tech
Tags: Google
Society of Petty Journalistsnew
Who watches the watchdogs? Easy: They watch, snarl and bite at each other, ruthlessly. 2,100 pages of internal SPJ emails dating back to January 2011 reveal a fair amount of smack-talk about various media figures, as well as internal politics regarding local board members perceived as not pulling their weight.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
06-03-2011 |
Media
Dubious Diplomasnew
It took a Miami New Times reporter just eight days and $399 in cash to obtain a high school diploma from the InterAmerican Christian Academy -- using coursework completed by an 8-year-old girl.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-02-2011 |
Education
The Vampire Woman of Mexiconew
With two sets of titanium horn implants, permanent fangs and pretty much every square centimeter of her body covered in tattoos, Mexico's "Vampire Woman" has become an instant weblebrity.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
06-02-2011 |
Culture
Tags: Lady Gaga, Mariajose Cristerna
