AltWeeklies Wire
Hope for Harper Gracenew
Cannabidiol, derived from the cannabis plant, may help with diseases such as Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
06-06-2014 |
Health
Tags: cannabidiol
A Bust for Barbour’s Corporate Welfarenew
Chiquita, known as the United Fruit Company before that name became synonymous with political bullying and corruption in Latin America, announced recently that it was moving its operation at the Port of Gulfport to New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-06-2014 |
Business & Labor
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Feels Heat With Sale to Florida Companynew
An in-depth look at the sale of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. to Florida-based Halifax Media Group.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
06-05-2014 |
Media
OC Register Death Watchnew
If Aaron Kushner has his way, Monday will leave OC Register with less reporters than when he bought it.
Tags: oc register
When it comes to being assaulted, I can't help but feel I got luckynew
I've been reluctant to participate in the #YesAllWomen movement that trended up, up, up on Twitter in the wake of Elliot Rodger's deadly shooting spree in California.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
06-04-2014 |
The War on Women
Edible Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Always Prove Potentnew
In the seven years since medical cannabis became legal in New Mexico, our test appears to be the first and only spot check to determine whether edibles sold to people suffering debilitating medical symptoms contain the amounts of THC claimed.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Peter St. Cyr |
06-04-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Edible Marijuana, Edible Pot
Roadside Attractionnew
John Waters reflects on his hitchhiking trip across America and his love of Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
06-04-2014 |
Features
Hack Attack: Taxi vs. Ubernew
In Taxi vs. Uber, the drivers are sidelined says an ex-cabbie.
Chicago Newcity |
Dmitry Samarov |
06-04-2014 |
Transportation
Are Jazz Festivals Excluding Women?new
Even in the Bay Area, the top jazz concert series this summer will feature very few female instrumentalists — and some women say they are being shut out.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
The War on Women
What's Poisoning the Beesnew
Toxic pesticides are killing honeybees and other pollinators — and our food supply stands to suffer.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
Environment
Fun with Brickbatsnew
The Austin Chronicle calls out Austin American-Statesman for credulous reporting and sensational editorializing, donnybrook ensues.
Austin Chronicle |
Michael King |
06-02-2014 |
Media
Professor says CSU fired him for appearing on a beer cannew
Charleston Southern University associate professor Paul Roof says the school fired him Friday after his bearded visage appeared on cans of Holy City Brewing’s Chucktown Follicle Brown.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-02-2014 |
Education
Talking sexual politics and botany with poet Ed Madden, co-editor of Out Loudnew
Ed Madden is worth listening to for a couple of reasons. For one, as co-editor of the essay collection Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio, he has found himself at the crossroads of sexuality and politics this year during the much-publicized Statehouse censorship debates. For another thing, he’s a damn fine poet.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
05-29-2014 |
LGBT
New Owner of Worcester Telegram & Gazette No Stranger to Slashing and Cuttingnew
The hatchet is expected to fall inside the headquarters of the 148-year-old Worcester Telegram & Gazette, but just how painful the cuts will be will not be known until after the blow is delivered. While the immediate future of the largest daily newspaper in Central Massachusetts is murky right now, two things are clear: One, the new steward of the T&G has a track record of slashing and cutting staff - and not a perfect record of results once it buys a new product. Two, the man who sold the newspaper to the Halifax Media Group is persona non grata in Worcester.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
05-29-2014 |
Media
"To Us, Marriage is a Sacrament."new
Lucien Greaves, Spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, speaks with us about gay marriage and Gov. Rick Snyder: "Gov. Rick Snyder allows his loathing of homosexuals to trump his adhesion to the Constitution. What we’d like to do is school Snyder on the Constitution, and school him on the First Amendment by performing a gay marriage in Michigan. To us, marriage is a sacrament."
Metro Times |
Valerie Vande Panne |
05-29-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: Gay Marriage, Lucien Greaves
