AltWeeklies Wire
The GOP Punishes Womennew

The war on women in North Carolina.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-02-2014 |
The War on Women
Tags: war on women
The Fight to Unionize the South Brews at an N.C. Slaughterhousenew

Workers struggles to unionize at Mountaire Farms chicken processing plant in the face of management resistance.
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
04-16-2014 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Mountaire Farms, Unionization
N.C. food insecurity is risingnew

North Carolina lawmakers form study committee to tackle issue of hunger, food deserts
Somewhere under the rainbow...new
The Human Rights Campaign evaluated 291 U.S. cities, including six in North Carolina, for fairness and inclusiveness in city laws and policies.
Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?new

“We recently started something called the Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative. Too many guys were beatin’ on women."
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
11-15-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: domestic violence
Appetite for Destructionnew

Conceal-carry permit holders in North Carolina can now bring guns into restaurants and bars. What could go wrong?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-24-2013 |
Civil Liberties
A crack in Google Glass: Wearable technology's glassault on privacynew

Using a computer network to overlay information on the real world ostensibly enhances our experience, although it could be argued that mediating life through a screen instead diminishes it.
Tags: Google Glass Privacy
How Do Eugenics Victims Find Justice?new

This year, the North Carolina Legislature approved monetary compensation for the state's eugenics victims. Is that enough?
INDY Week |
Belle Boggs |
10-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Who's buying Hofmann Forest?new

Plaintiffs sue N.C. State trustees, try to learn identity of mystery buyer
INDY Week |
Jane Porter |
10-08-2013 |
Environment
More layoffs at Durham's Herald-Sunnew
Second round of job cuts in two years leaves fewer than 20 people in newsroom.
Before fracking begins in N.C., Texas energy company investigates shale gas deposits in Lee Countynew
Also: DENR rejects federal funding that would have helped the state assess fracking impacts.
As enrollment starts for the Affordable Care Act, a guide to navigating Obamacarenew

An estimated 1.2 million North Carolinians will begin shopping for subsidized health insurance next week under the ACA, also known as Obamacare.
Tags: Obamacare
Some facts about the toll of coalnew

Three of the Top 50 polluting power plants are in North Carolina.
Tags: Coal Energy Facts
The bees are trying to tell us somethingnew

"If 30 percent of the cows fell over in the field every year, people would freak out."
INDY Week |
Raia Mihaylova |
08-08-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Bee population decline