AltWeeklies Wire
Cycling to City Hallnew
Bike to Work Day's 20th anniversary shows how far we've come, but funding shortfalls show how far we have to go to create safe streets.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
05-08-2014 |
Transportation
Man Featured in Riverfront Times Story Released From Prisonnew
In the thirteen years Mike Anderson was supposed to be in jail, he got married, became a father of four, a homeowner and a master carpenter living in a home he built himself. But that didn't stop police from arresting him for his past crime once they realized their mistake in July. Now, surrounded by his family in a small Missouri courtroom, Anderson learned he will officially be freed, according to a judge's order.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
05-06-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Trials of a Neighborhood High Schoolnew
Wells Community Academy in Chicago has disadvantaged students, many unhelpful parents, a bad reputation, charters nibbling at its enrollment—and some rare successes. Can it survive?
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-06-2014 |
Race & Class
Tags: Segregation, Education
How will Obamacare affect musicians?new
Jef Rouner looks at the Affordable Care Act in action for Houston artists.
Tags: Houston
The death penalty and the worst among usnew
Oklahoma's botched execution of convicted murderer and rapist Clayton Lockett stirred memories of a time when Indiana struggled to kill someone.
NUVO |
John Krull |
05-06-2014 |
Civil Liberties
How Mike Ilitch Scored a New Red Wings Arenanew
Hockeytown's Caesar gets a sweet deal. But what's in it for Detroit?
Metro Times |
Ryan Felton |
05-06-2014 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Mike Ilitch, Red Wings Stadium
Home to Roostnew
In a landmark decision, drillers are ordered to pay for damages to homeowners.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
05-06-2014 |
Environment
Tags: Aruba Petroleum, Oil Drilling
On the Path of the Tornadonew
Surveying the damage in Mayflower and Vilonia, Ark.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
05-02-2014 |
Disasters
How LGBTQ Supporters Are Working to Bring Change to Mississippinew
Mississippi's public outcry began with a quiet effort to give businesses the right to refuse service to LGBTQ customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Haley Ferretti |
05-02-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: Mississippi LGBT
Computer Justicenew
Computer hardware malfunction has turned immigration courts upside down, and in some cases kept detainees from posting bond.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-02-2014 |
Immigration
Texas Is Losing Out on Millions of Dollars Thanks to Its Defective Property-Tax Systemnew
Across the state, private companies are able to slash their property-tax assessments, but homeowners aren’t as lucky with their county appraisal districts.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
05-02-2014 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Texas Property Tax
Back In the Closetnew
California medical cannabis patients are increasingly being forced to hide behind closed doors as bans on dispensaries and home cultivation sweep through the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-01-2014 |
Drugs
Lance Bass on God, Being Gay and Loving His Sweet Mamanew
Two years after I graduated from high school in 2004, Lance Bass came out of the closet on the cover of People Magazine. His revelation struck a chord for me not just because he was a celebrity, as one-fifth of the world-famous pop group 'N Sync, but because he was from Clinton, Miss. As far as I knew growing up, there were no gay people in Clinton.
Jackson Free Press |
Kit Williamson |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
Discrimination Isn’t ‘Religious Freedom’new
You do not have religious freedom if every single American doesn't have it, too, including those you believe are heathens and sinners.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
Random Acts of Lovenew
I've long maintained that I don't care for public displays of affection. I've said it countless times to two long-term boyfriends, a few suitors and my husband. By turning my nose up at other couples, I've been able to hide my fear of being spotted.
Jackson Free Press |
Eddie Outlaw |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
