AltWeeklies Wire
Legislation would prohibit cities and counties from regulating frackingnew
Senate Bill 612, which passed the Senate in early May, specifies that local regulations may not be more stringent than those proffered by North Carolina's Mining and Energy Commission.
A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residentsnew
Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
05-09-2013 |
Environment
Tags: border
Some facts about offshore tax dodgersnew
The Internal Revenue Services' Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program offers incentives for taxpayers to disclose their secret foreign bank accounts.
INDY Week |
Staff |
05-02-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: taxes
10 years after the Iraq warnew
Too many funerals, too many families destroyed, too few happy homecomings.
Immigrants Denied Mental Health Servicesnew
When Cardinal Innovations quietly assumed local management of public mental health services in Orange and Chatham counties last April, they brought with them a policy to deny Medicaid reimbursements for the treatment of undocumented immigrants.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
03-21-2013 |
Immigration
The Link Between Climate Change and the Food on Your Platenew
The results of climate change are already altering the way crops pollinate, mature and produce. Over time, they could change what we eat and when we eat it.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-06-2013 |
Environment
What do the transgendered owe their families?new
How can the NYT's Ethicist columnist tell a reader to not transition for the benefit of her family? She is part of her family; her misery also becomes part of the family. How can such misery be confined?
Tags: transgender
U.S. History According to Charles Kochnew
The conservative billionaire could be teaching your kids.
Tags: Charles Koch
Why Hyperlocal Websites Like New Raleigh Can't Make Money Onlinenew
Three years ago, media analysts were calling community-driven websites the trend to watch. But like most hyperlocal news sites, New Raleigh never found a way to translate its influence and readership into profit.
Tags: New Raleigh
Can Kickstarter Stick Around?new
Is crowd funding destined to hit critical mass and implode, or will the crowdsourcing model enter and sustain itself within the larger cultural dialogue?
Feds sue Alamance sheriff for alleged racial profiling of Latinosnew
"Go out there and catch me some Mexicans." That's what Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson allegedly told his deputies, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Dec. 20 by the U.S. Department of Justice.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
01-02-2013 |
Race & Class
Commission to consider disclosure of fracking chemicalsnew
Mining and Energy Commission Chairman Jim Womack says he believes North Carolina will enact stringent disclosure laws.
Tags: Fracking
Latino? Bypass Alamance County, N.C.new
September and October reports show Latino drivers were more than four times as likely as non-Latinos to be arrested during traffic stops by Alamance County deputies.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
12-13-2012 |
Race & Class
News & Observer prepares pay wall to charge users for online accessnew
Beginning Dec. 19, visitors to the News & Observer website will be asked to pay after reading a limited number of articles for free.
Tags: paywalls lol
What Life is Like in Solitary Confinementnew
Solitary confinement is expensive, psychologically damaging and ineffective. So why do we use it?
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
11-01-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Solitary confinement
