AltWeeklies Wire
On the Path of the Tornadonew
Surveying the damage in Mayflower and Vilonia, Ark.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
05-02-2014 |
Disasters
How LGBTQ Supporters Are Working to Bring Change to Mississippinew
Mississippi's public outcry began with a quiet effort to give businesses the right to refuse service to LGBTQ customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Haley Ferretti |
05-02-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: Mississippi LGBT
Computer Justicenew
Computer hardware malfunction has turned immigration courts upside down, and in some cases kept detainees from posting bond.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-02-2014 |
Immigration
Texas Is Losing Out on Millions of Dollars Thanks to Its Defective Property-Tax Systemnew
Across the state, private companies are able to slash their property-tax assessments, but homeowners aren’t as lucky with their county appraisal districts.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
05-02-2014 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Texas Property Tax
What's Inside an Ounce of Marijuana?new
A proposed Colorado law will establish an equivalence between an ounce of bud and concentrated marijuana products from keef to edibles. There's just one little thing: HB 1361 does not state what will be equivalent to an ounce of marijuana buds.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Griffin Swartzell |
04-30-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: HB 1361
Charlotte is Ground Zero for Coal Ashnew
Duke Energy is polluting our water and shareholders could put a stop to it.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
04-30-2014 |
Environment
Donald Sterling's 6 Other Greatest Hitsnew
If you were surprised by revelations that an audio recording just might have captured a racist rant by L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, you've been in the dark for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
04-28-2014 |
Race & Class
Edmonton’s Great Green Shiftnew
Edmonton eyes carbon-neutral future despite lack of leadership from higher governments.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
04-25-2014 |
Environment
Tags: edmonton environment
The Desperate Hustle as a Way of Lifenew
Here is the future: nobody gets any job security. Nobody gets a fair wage while they have a job. Nobody gets a retirement fund or even any guarantee they’ll be able to eat tomorrow. Welcome to the Sharing Economy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
04-24-2014 |
Economy
Tags: Lyft
Houston's Space Problemnew
The Johnson Space Center used to be one of the most important parts of the space program. Thanks to budget cuts and a rudderless NASA, the Center has been lost in the shuffle.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
04-23-2014 |
Science
Court Docs Unsealednew
Probation Reports: What we can learn from the 'most important' documents in the criminal justice system.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
04-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Probation Reports
In the Hoodnew
USAF Capt. Nicolas Aquino was in his own house, minding his own business when deputies showed up on a report of a suspicious Hispanic in a hoodie lurking around a Carmel house. Turns out Aquino was the suspicious Hispanic, and what happened next means he could lose his freedom and his career.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
04-16-2014 |
Civil Liberties
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
Save the World, Work Lessnew
With climate change threatening life as we know it, perhaps it's time to revive the forgotten goal of spending less time on our jobs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
A Veiled Problemnew
A new study looks at how to get Colorado's Muslims on the health-care wagon.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-16-2014 |
Health
