AltWeeklies Wire
Remembering 2012's homeless deathsnew
On this Winter Solstice, Indy community members gathered together Downtown to honor 45 people who died homeless in Indy during 2012.
NUVO |
Steph Griggz |
12-28-2012 |
Homelessness
Pot's Intoxicating Qualities Outweigh Benefitsnew
Talk of marijuana legalization astounds State Sen. Tom Wyss, R- Fort Wayne, who has spent his legislative career targeting impaired driving. Bad experiences with nasty beasts like synthetic pot and meth are also fueling his skepticism of the benefits of bud.
War Against Pot Isn't Workingnew
Have the actions taken against the decade-long war on drugs truly worked?
Is Indiana going to pot?new
Marijuana law in Indiana is heavily discussed and after putting it all in balance, legalization doesn't seem so far-fetched after all.
More Layoffs Coming at the Indianapolis Starnew
Determined to squeeze every last nickel from the withering carcass of The Indianapolis Star, corporate parent Gannett Co. plans to ship its local copy-editing and page-design jobs out of town.
R.I.P. Roxanne Morgan, the greatest copy editor evernew
Roxanne Morgan is gone, and nobody knows what to do.
Tags: The Indianapolis Star
"We've Super-Sized Our Weather"new
Republican and evangelical Christian broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is on a mission to communicate urgency of climate change.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
11-28-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Climate Change, Paul Douglas
Indiana's first zero-net energy librarynew
During the four years the library has been open, it's never paid a utility bill, Brown claims, adding the
building actually produced 1,861 more kilowatt-hours in its first year of operation than it consumed.
NUVO |
Robert Annis |
11-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: net zero emissions
Celebrating Kurt Vonnegut's 90th Birthday and Armistice Daynew
Nov. 11, 2012, marked Vonnegut's 90th birthday and Armistice Day, which is a celebration that originally marked the end of World War I hostilities.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
11-21-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Workers Pushing for Unions May Pay the Pricenew
Union organizers in Indiana say the lack of employee protection is part of a hostile political and legal environment for organized labor.
NUVO |
Fran Quigley |
11-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
Memo to Pence: Legalize itnew
Instead of photo-ops showing cops burning down stands of our artisanal cannabis, we could be featuring it at the State Fair.
Low Wages Mean Two Jobs in One Daynew
Ejjair has been working at the Hyatt for 14 years but still makes only $9 per hour, not counting the occasions when a server shares tips with him.
NUVO |
Fran Quigley |
11-16-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: immigrants, labor
Indiana Appeals court rejects Planned Parenthood defundingnew
"The State does not have plenary authority to exclude a class of providers for any reason...." the three-judge panel opines in its ruling.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
10-23-2012 |
Policy Issues
The 10 Worst College Majorsnew
A recent study in the journal Liberal Education finds that many liberal arts colleges are either changing their missions or disappearing altogether.
