AltWeeklies Wire
Cities & Homesnew
Writer Cord Jefferson reflects on growing up in Tucson and what leaving his hometown taught him.
Tucson Weekly |
Cord Jefferson |
04-24-2014 |
Culture
Tags: Tucson, Cord Jefferson
Houston's Space Problemnew
The Johnson Space Center used to be one of the most important parts of the space program. Thanks to budget cuts and a rudderless NASA, the Center has been lost in the shuffle.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
04-23-2014 |
Science
The Face of Feminismnew
With so many women now connecting and sharing their challenges and hopes, a new form of feminism is emerging. One that is multi-limbed like Vishnu, reaching in many directions, with many faces, seeking a variety of improvements in the lives of women the world over. So what is feminism now?
Worcester Magazine |
Lynne Hedvig |
04-21-2014 |
Culture
Sex in Restaurant Restrooms Is More Common Than You Thinknew
Sex in restrooms is a fact of restaurant life. And while D.C. may have a reputation as a buttoned-up town, restaurant and bar owners know better.
Washington City Paper |
Jessica Sidman |
04-21-2014 |
Sex
Tags: Sex in DC Restaurants
Censoring Burlesquenew
By defining a typical burlesque performance as adult entertainment, Indianapolis may effectively kick troupes out of the venues they know and love. Or maybe not.
NUVO |
Scott Shoger |
04-21-2014 |
Performance
Court Docs Unsealednew
Probation Reports: What we can learn from the 'most important' documents in the criminal justice system.
North Coast Journal |
Thadeus Greenson |
04-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Probation Reports
In the Hoodnew
USAF Capt. Nicolas Aquino was in his own house, minding his own business when deputies showed up on a report of a suspicious Hispanic in a hoodie lurking around a Carmel house. Turns out Aquino was the suspicious Hispanic, and what happened next means he could lose his freedom and his career.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
04-16-2014 |
Civil Liberties
The Fight to Unionize the South Brews at an N.C. Slaughterhousenew
Workers struggles to unionize at Mountaire Farms chicken processing plant in the face of management resistance.
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
04-16-2014 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Mountaire Farms, Unionization
Save the World, Work Lessnew
With climate change threatening life as we know it, perhaps it's time to revive the forgotten goal of spending less time on our jobs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
A Veiled Problemnew
A new study looks at how to get Colorado's Muslims on the health-care wagon.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-16-2014 |
Health
Chemical Trespass: Poison From Abovenew
More than 30 people in Curry County, Ore. say a helicopter dripping pesticides over their rural homes sickened them and their animals last October. Under Oregon law, helicopters can spray toxic pesticides right next to people's homes and farms, with no protective buffers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
Tags: pesticides
His Name Was Gary Poulternew
Meet the homeless man who became a movie star.
Austin Chronicle |
Joe O'Connell |
04-16-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe, David Gordon Green
Freedom Trollsnew
The legally obnoxious antics of the activists behind 'Cop Block.'
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
04-14-2014 |
Features
New Mississippi Abortion Ban Empty, Unscientific?new
A female Mississippi senator is questioning a 20-week abortion ban that awaits signature from Gov. Phil Bryant, saying the bill is not grounded in medical fact.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
04-10-2014 |
The War on Women
The Perils of Florida’s Refusal to Expand Medicaidnew
Charlene Dill is one of an estimated 2,000 people who expected to face dire health issues due to lack of access to care.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
04-10-2014 |
Health
