AltWeeklies Wire
Ronald Bower Spent Nearly 23 Years Behind Bars for Crimes He Likely Didn't Commitnew
Ronald Bower has been granted parole after nearly 23 years in prison for crimes an ever-growing number of law enforcement officials believe he did not commit. Most recently, the NYS Attorney General's Office wrote to the Parole Board it was "Highly Unlikely" he committed these crimes. Until he gets exonerated, however, he's still a convicted sex offender. Thus, the family and attorney's quest for justice continues.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
03-17-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Countering the Providence Journal’s Anti-Pot Editorialnew
The sky didn’t fall when Colorado legalized pot, just like it didn’t fall for the thousands of years people used marijuana before prohibition.
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
03-17-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Marijuana
Digital Warriornew
Remembering an internet activist and innovator who fought to liberate knowledge in our annual Freedom of Information coverage.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Guardian Staff Writers |
03-12-2014 |
Tech
The Grass Menagerienew
Marijuana use is largely kept in the dark in Louisiana, but lawmakers will consider a number of pot reform laws this year.
Dear New York Times, Alt-Weeklies are Decidedly Not "Over"new
For some reason, media writers in the past couple of years have been throwing shade at alt-weeklies specifically. Are alt-weeklies struggling financially? Yes -- but so is almost every media property in this country that's not funded by a billionaire.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
03-07-2014 |
Media
Meet the Babymakernew
How one same-sex couple turned its struggle to make a family into a mission
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
03-07-2014 |
LGBT
A Traffic Ticket and a Bullet Through the Chestnew
As the feds investigate the Cleveland Police Department's use of deadly force, another story emerges of an unarmed man shot by cops in one of downtown's busiest entertainment districts.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
03-07-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Weathering the Stormnew
Extreme weather and climate change's effects on prairie birds.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-07-2014 |
Environment
The Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneylandnew
Droves of tattoo-sporting, vest-wearing nerds roam the Happiest Place On Earth. They don't make war, they say—they make magic.
Shelterednew
"It's amazing how quickly life can change" — The Louisville homeless share their stories of circumstances and bad decisions, of loss and love.
LEO Weekly |
April Corbin |
02-26-2014 |
Homelessness
Mental Illness: Roads to Wellnessnew
For many people, serious mental illness — schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depression — is a lifelong struggle causing hardships that others can't begin to imagine.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
02-26-2014 |
Health
Trading Placesnew
Yobel International combats the sex trade via fair trade, but that's only half the mission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
02-26-2014 |
Features
Activist Sued by "American Indian Patriot" Doesn't Accept Court's Rulingnew
A local Philly anarchist helped break up a white-pride event in 2010; almost four years later, one of the event's speakers -- a so-called "Native American Patriot" -- successfully sued him in an Oklahoma court.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
02-26-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Secret Lives of a Notorious Sperm-Swappernew
For five years in the early ’90s, I lived two houses down from Tom Lippert, the now-deceased fertility-clinic worker known these days for switching out his sperm and fathering one (or many) children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Carolyn Campbell |
02-26-2014 |
Features
