AltWeeklies Wire
Somebody's Watching Younew
We live in a surveillance state. Oregonians may not realize the ways in which law enforcement can already spy on them, in at least one case to a degree unmatched in any other state.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-17-2015 |
Civil Liberties
How El Chapo Digs His Tunnelsnew
The cartel underground.
San Diego Reader |
Monte Reel |
12-17-2015 |
Features
Release the tapes from the Alexia Christian shootingnew
Nearly eight months have passed since controversial officer-involved killing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
12-17-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Young and Homeless in New Orleansnew
As foster kids ‘age out’ of the system, many of them end up on the streets.
Gambit |
Della Hasselle and Alex Woodward |
12-11-2015 |
Homelessness
Tags: New Orleans
Not One Morenew
ICE accused of abusing asylum-seekers in Colorado and elsewhere ... is it because they came from Muslim-majority countries?
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
12-11-2015 |
Immigration
The Invisiblesnew
57,000 minors crossed the Southern border last year. Should we send them back?
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
12-04-2015 |
Immigration
Christmas Bird Count is critical for Wisconsin speciesnew
They don their holiday apparel and accessorize — fleece jackets, knit caps, hiking boots, scopes and binoculars.
Thousands of citizen scientists, most of them avid birders, flock together in December and early January to celebrate a holiday pastime: the Christmas Bird Count.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
12-04-2015 |
Environment
Barefoot Brouhahanew
National winemaker seeks to stomp out local Charlottesville company's moniker.
C-Ville Weekly |
Lisa Provence |
11-24-2015 |
Features
Deported Fathernew
Cesar Leyva is holding on to a very thin thread of hope that he'll be able to return to the United States to be close to his 6-year-old son. He hasn't seen his boy in six months.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
11-24-2015 |
Immigration
Apathy Made Visiblenew
In Eugene, Oregon — home of the University of Oregon and the Ducks and counterculture — a cavalier city government is chipping away at public space, one city square at a time.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
11-24-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Should we fix the jails or get addicts out of them?new
The death of a North Carolina woman, who had recently been incarcerated in a local jail, highlights how many addicts across the nation lack access to medication-assisted therapy while in detention awaiting trial, and raises the question as to whether jail is the appropriate place for addicts, particularly pregnant women.
Triad City Beat |
Jordan Green |
11-24-2015 |
Health
Thousands of Texas Women Self-Induce Abortion, Study Findsnew
Women point to cost barriers, clinic closures as reasons.
Austin Chronicle |
Staff |
11-18-2015 |
The War on Women
Addiction and Recoverynew
When the impossible becomes possible.
The Athens NEWS |
David DeWitt |
11-12-2015 |
Drugs
Veterans Helping Veterans...Sometimesnew
It appears a dysfunctional board may have been central to the breakdown of Longmont organization Veterans Helping Veterans Now.
Boulder Weekly |
Caitlin Rockett |
11-05-2015 |
Health
Cynicism Confirmednew
New Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission draft regulations fail to meet expectations.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
11-05-2015 |
Environment
