AltWeeklies Wire
Georgia's execution secrecy law protects private interests over the public goodnew
Recent ruling to uphold Owens vs. Hill is revenge, not justice
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
05-29-2014 |
Policy Issues
Inside the Lockdown at Community College of Philadelphianew
PW reporter Randy LoBasso teamed with Community College of Philadelphia student Zach Mentzer to write about what it was like yesterday after reports of a gunman on campus locked down the school.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso and Zach Mentzer |
05-29-2014 |
Crime & Justice
A Lane of Their Ownnew
How the National Negro Bowling Association fought segregation in Detroit.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
05-28-2014 |
Race & Class
Saying Goodbye to the Ynew
Its closure has long been discussed as part of the plan for a nice new fitness facility, but now the last days have arrived for a treasured YMCA in Halifax, and the community that's grown up with the Y for the last 61 years is just starting to face the loss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns and Allison Saunders |
05-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: YMCA
Gone Daddy Gonenew
Elizabeth Perez served in the Marines, went to college and started a family. Now she's fighting immigration laws after her husband was deported to Mexico.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
05-27-2014 |
Immigration
Exhibit of After-Hours Gay Clubs Unearths Pittsburgh's LGBT Legacynew
"It's a Pittsburgh history of gayness; you just can't separate the two."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-27-2014 |
LGBT
On the EastSidenew
With the Kickstarter campaign for “EastSiders” complete, Kit Williamson wants to make the web series bigger and better than ever.
Jackson Free Press |
Zack Orsborn |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
HRC: Why LGBT Moves Like Waveland's Are Vitalnew
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign and at the microphone, is a southerner and hopes to bring equality to Mississippi and other southern states.
Jackson Free Press |
Haley Ferretti |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
Casinos, LGBTs Still Allied in Face of SB 2681new
MGM Resorts, which owns the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, will remain committed to workplace equality despite a Mississippi law that many say is discriminatory.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
'Transition has been Hell'new
On average, 22 veterans kill themselves in this country every day. On Jan. 18, one of them was my friend Chris. This is his story.
Health Care for All?new
Obamacare prohibits undocumented immigrants from obtaining health-care coverage. But that would change in California if the "Health for All" bill passes.
East Bay Express |
Momo Chang |
05-22-2014 |
Health
Our Dumb State — The Book-Burning Editionnew
In this occasional series, we chronicle some of the outrageous, frustrating, sad, silly and asinine things that happen in South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Free Times |
05-21-2014 |
Features
Could Legalization of Marijuana Be in Texas's Future?new
Opinions are changing, and legalization - at least for medical purposes - could be coming to even the most unlikely of states, including Texas.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
05-21-2014 |
Drugs
Exotic Enormitynew
Violations of Alberta's Zoo Standards lead to more suffering animals.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
05-21-2014 |
Animal Issues
Justice System Should Help, Not Just Punishnew
Due to a tragic confluence of a lumbering criminal-justice system that gives prosecutors preference over defendants and ignores the sometimes obvious mental health challenges of the people it locks up, the lives of Larry David McLaurin and Markuieze Bennett ended in the Raymond Detention Center.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
05-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
