AltWeeklies Wire
'You may want to go home' – for the last time evernew
I’m throwing clothing, books, electronics and everything else wildly about in my apartment, not caring where any of it lands except for what I most treasure. Minutes ago the building was declared uninhabitable due to climate change damage and we have two hours to evacuate.
Opposite of Americanew
Asylum seekers fearing death at home find only prison and discrimination in the U.S.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
02-19-2016 |
Immigration
Frenemy alert: Svalbard still a hot target for foreign spiesnew
Russian troops all around us, Chinese hackers trolling our climate-monitoring satellite equipment, foreigners from dozens of other countries living here under lax residency laws. The frigid Svalbard archipelago is once again a hot spots for spies and other troublemakers in Norway's annual threat assessment report.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-18-2016 |
Policy Issues
Tags: svalbard
High price of failure: another government bailout for coal mining in Svalbardnew
The price of keeping Store Norske barely alive keeps increasing, with the government now asking Parliament for 749 million kroner during the next four years to support operations at Mine 7 and maintenance of two larger mines in the hope coal prices recover.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-05-2016 |
Business & Labor
The Dodgy Politics Behind the Levi's Stadium Dealnew
A civil grand jury has been quietly investigating the oversight body of Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, while billionaire developers play chess for Santa Clara’s future.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Josh Koehn |
02-05-2016 |
Housing & Development
Roe's End?new
After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Austin Chronicle |
Mary Tuma |
02-05-2016 |
The War on Women
End Gamenew
Obama’s new education act may give conservative school reform advocates a way to finally take over public education.
Boulder Weekly |
Matt Cortina |
02-05-2016 |
Education
Reckoningnew
As regulators put a price tag — $1.32 billion — on what Scott Tucker's payday-lending enterprises have squeezed out of poor people, a grand jury convenes.
Large-scale rehearsal planned for 'inevitable' oil spil in Svalbardnew
Lots of folks are eager to send ships and oil rigs toward Svalbard’s warming waters, but few are prepared to deal with what happens when mishaps result in fuel and oil spills in the still-harsh Arctic environment.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-03-2016 |
Environment
Inside Springfield’s First Medical Pot Shopnew
We toured one of the state's first medical marijuana dispensaries, slated to open soon. Can this industry survive in the face of strict regulations?
Illinois Times |
Brittany Hilderbrand and Patrick Yeagle |
02-03-2016 |
Drugs
When Landlords Lienew
Last year, Charles Oshinuga’s landlord lied in court while trying to evict him and his neighbors. Yet despite winning a jury trial, Oshinuga still lost his Oakland home.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
02-03-2016 |
Housing & Development
Tourists Flocking to Avalanche Wreckage Leaves Some Residents Coldnew
Espen Rotevatn is grateful he can still go to his undamaged home, just below 11 others destroyed by last month’s avalanche, at the end of the day. He just wishes visitors weren’t there with cameras expecting him to play the role of tour guide.
Alton Gas approval called a “direct violation” of First Nations rightsnew
Outrage at the province over controversial natural gas project.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jacob Boon |
01-22-2016 |
Environment
Suburban Renewalnew
In Cobb County, the poor are being bulldozed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Payson Schwin |
01-22-2016 |
Housing & Development
