AltWeeklies Wire
Travels with the U.S. Coast Guard on the Frozen Great Lakesnew
Conglomerations of small cakes and chunks from other ice formations, coalesced and refrozen into irregular shapes, often with sharp projections. We’re underway, eight nautical miles or thereabouts into the solid white mass of what I’ve been assured is Lake Erie.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
02-20-2014 |
Features
A Summer Camp Sexual Abuse Nightmarenew
An 11-year-old sent to summer camp returns to his family with a horrible secret. Things only got worse when the camp tried to cover the incident up.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
02-20-2014 |
Children & Families
Chevron Launches 'News' Websitenew
Fed up with negative news stories about its Richmond refinery, the oil giant has created a website that it says will focus on "community news."
East Bay Express |
Sukey Lewis |
02-20-2014 |
Business & Labor
A Short History of Georgia's Death Penaltynew
Hangings, electrocution, and lethal injections - and the slow change in attitude about executions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
02-20-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Georgia Death Penalty
The Vaccine Debatenew
Weighing the benefits and risks of vaccinations.
VUE Weekly |
Meaghan Baxter |
02-20-2014 |
Health
Patients and Prisonersnew
By law, insanity defense patients are innocent, but in one Washington state hospital, they're treated like prisoners.
The Inlander |
Deanna Pan |
02-14-2014 |
Features
Road to Nowherenew
Why a growing number of Cincinnatians struggle to break free from the cycle of poverty.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
02-14-2014 |
Poverty
Violent Threat on Facebook Lands Young Man in Jail, and Limbonew
Justin Carter said he would "shoot up a kindergarten," but is that a "terroristic threat" according to Texas law?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
02-14-2014 |
Crime & Justice
'Revenge Porn' Larger Problem Than Proposed Laws Can Solvenew
"If people understood how much damage this can do to someone's life, I think we'd be able to get much stronger protections."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-14-2014 |
The War on Women
Hanging by a Wirenew
Overhead power lines dominate the Alberta landscape, but their safety is called into question.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
02-14-2014 |
Environment
Court Says Kentucky Must Accept Same-Sex Marriagenew
Judge says sections of the Kentucky Constitution "deny validly married same-sex couples equal recognition and benefits under Kentucky and federal law, they violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution."
Michael Sam and the "Future" of Footballnew
The revelation that Missouri’s Michael Sam is the first openly gay college player to be up for a pro draft inspired all manner of futurist hand-wringing on the part of anonymous league officials, who fretted to Sports Illustrated that, at this point in history, the world of pro ball just isn’t prepared for the sort of upheaval that hiring Sam would bring about.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-10-2014 |
LGBT
The War for Michoacannew
Santa Ana residents are helping to wage a secret war against one of Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels—and they're winning.
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Clinic Buffer Zonesnew
Forty-one years after Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court is charged with deciding whether a 35-foot buffer zone around entrances, exits and driveways of abortion clinics – specifically Planned Parenthoods in Boston, Worcester and Springfield – are constitutional.
Worcester Magazine |
Brittany Durgin |
02-06-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Marriage Equality. Now.new
No more excuses. No more delays. No more bigotry. Now.
Folio Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
02-05-2014 |
LGBT
