AltWeeklies Wire
Colleges Cutting Carbonnew

Students take the grassroots divestment movement to university administrations at colleges and universities across Indiana.
NUVO |
Jaclyn Goldsborough |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
Everything you need to know about the Affordable Care Act in Californianew

Obamacare arrives in the Golden State this week.
Sacramento News & Review |
Daniel Weintraub |
10-01-2013 |
Health
Your Guide to Obamacarenew

Confused about the new health marketplace? Here's the lowdown.
Tags: obamacare facts
Obamacare 101new

So, what is Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act rolls out October 1 – here's your first day's syllabus.
Austin Chronicle |
Michael King |
09-30-2013 |
Health
Tags: Obamacare
Dispatches from Killadelphianew

Despite the efforts of thousands of pastors, cops, reformed gangsters, concerned parents and politicians, Philadelphia is consistently among the most violent big cities in a country with the highest murder rate of any wealthy nation on earth.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir, Samantha Melamed and Eric Schneider |
09-30-2013 |
Features
The Ire of the Tiger: Wayne Morse and Free Speech Plazanew

The "Tiger of the Senate" the late Sen. Wayne Morse's namesake "free speech plaza" has been given time limits, but protesters say that free speech doesn't have a curfew.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-30-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Sitting Down with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniaknew

On privacy, the digital divide and the real Steve Jobs.
Sacramento News & Review |
Rachel Leibrock |
09-30-2013 |
Tech
How South Carolina Continues to Thwart Solar Powernew

For years, sun-soaked South Carolina has been one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to harnessing the power of solar energy.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
09-26-2013 |
Energy
The Millionaire Panhandlernew

Separating the facts from the myths surrounding panhandling.
The Portland Mercury |
Joe Streckert |
09-26-2013 |
Features
Tags: panhandling
Florida’s Electric Utilities Under Firenew

Can outrage at Duke Energy and nuclear cost recovery affect next year's elections?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
09-26-2013 |
Energy
Fair is Fairnew

Fair-trade organizations make sustainability more than a fringe cause.
VUE Weekly |
Madeline Smith |
09-26-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Fair Trade
Boulder County Floods: What's in the Water?new

A look at potential flood-related impacts on human health and the environment.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
09-26-2013 |
Environment
Marijuana Makes the Leap to Big Businessnew

Now that marijuana is making the leap from social taboo to business opportunity, California needs to decide if it wants to get in the game or just get in the way.