AltWeeklies Wire
Big Boi's like a meat lover's pizzanew
The MC is currently on tour in support of his sophomore effort Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. We caught up with Big Boi via phone in advance of his April 30 appearance at the Vogue.
NUVO |
Kyle Long |
04-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Some gains on pot decriminalizationnew
NORML Chair Neal Smith cites "modest gains," as cannabis consciousness still nascent at the Statehouse.
'Extremities' sheds light on Indy's sexual violence epidemicnew
William Mastrosimone's play, which tells the story of an attempted rape, opens this week at Beech Grove's Spotlight Theatre as, in part, a fundraiser for Sexual Assault Awareness month.
NUVO |
Madeline Szrom |
04-17-2013 |
Performance
Paying our fair share in two Americasnew
There are two Americas: There are people who are fortunate enough to live in relative comfort and then there are a great many Americans who are just barely getting by.
NUVO |
Cam Savage |
04-12-2013 |
Commentary
Death penalty abolitionists celebrate lifenew
Abolitionists hope that events like these will bring awareness to the issue and eventually push lawmakers to do away with capital punishment altogether.
NUVO |
Hannah Leyva |
03-05-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Upside of the Affordable Care Actnew
The federal government is making the State of Indiana an offer that's too good to refuse: expanding Medicaid to cover more Hoosiers.
NUVO |
Linda Greene |
03-05-2013 |
Policy Issues
Cyclist: Take thy lane!new
Taking the lane is an important turning point for any commuter. But like most things, gaining the confidence to do so is a process.
NUVO |
Katelyn Coyne |
02-22-2013 |
Transportation
Tags: bicycle commuting
Wearhousing the mentally illnew
Deputies often can't anticipate or minimize the damage those prisoners can do to themselves and others.
NUVO |
John Krull |
02-22-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Honest Abe's family tree, reconsiderednew
Indiana State Museum's 'The Lincolns' uses a variety of artifacts to nuance our understanding of figures like Mary Todd (raised, it would seem, by an evil stepmother).
From Phish to Phervent Love: A photographer's love storynew
But it's not every weekend that an assignment turns into a love story. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I asked photographer Angela Leisure to recount how she met her beau covering a show for NUVO.
Our own worst enemynew
The Toledo Blade's decision to dismantle its environmental reporting desk is the latest iteration of a trend in which the news industry appears to be chewing out its own heart.
Tags: Toledo Blade
Guns Across America hits Indiananew
An estimated crowd of 150 Second Amendment activists gathered on the steps of the Indiana Statehouse.
Protest marks Citizens United anniversarynew
Indiana activists gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Citizens United Decision and protest the flood of dark money in politics.
Adventures in Bicycle Maintenancenew
Katelyn works on her New Year's resolution to learn more about bicycle maintenance.
NUVO |
Katelyn Coyne |
01-11-2013 |
Transportation
Tags: bicycle maintenance
Irving Fink on love, politics and agingnew
Fink's been writing poetry since the '40s, but only now, 92 years into a life spent defending civil liberties as a "real-life Atticus Finch," is he publishing his work.
