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Covering Their Tracksnew
San Francisco's Central Subway project buries millions of dollars in a deep dark place.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
04-02-2014 |
Transportation
Tags: Central Subway project, SF Muni
This is Menew
Stories from three transgender women who renamed themselves.
Boise Weekly |
Jessica Murri |
04-02-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: transgender
The Lie Behind the Shrinking Labor Forcenew
How unfettered capitalism has delayed the jobless recovery.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
04-02-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Capitalism, Jobless recovery
Noah Homes: An Upside to Down Syndromenew
The increased life expectancy rates for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities stands at the center of a funding struggle between the State of California and nonprofit organizations such as Noah Homes, a residential campus in Spring Valley with a waiting list 200 deep.
San Diego Reader |
Elizabeth Salaam |
04-02-2014 |
Features
Aziz Ansari: The Modern Romantic of Comedynew
You know him as the government employee with the most swagger (Tom Haverford, Parks and Recreation), the rambunctious, Oligocene-era rabbit pirate Squint (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and the guy at James Franco’s party who gets kicked into hell’s sinkhole by Kevin Hart (This is the End). And, of course, just as standup comedian Aziz Ansari. We caught up with Ansari via the interwebs while he was doing book research in Tokyo to chat modern courtship, Parks and Rec and his superior sartorial style.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-31-2014 |
Comedy
Forgive you, Fathernew
Decades of abuse by the Catholic Church resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements and the bankruptcy of the Diocese of Helena, but it will take more than money to make things right for survivors.
Missoula Independent |
Jimmy Tobias |
03-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: Church Sex Abuse
Eight Years After Leading the Nation in Scoring, Adam Morrison Looks to the Next Chapternew
Adam Morrison was once one of the most famous basketball players in the country. But when his NBA career went sideways, he came back home and started over.
The Inlander |
Mike Bookey |
03-28-2014 |
Sports
Tags: Sports, NCAA Basketball
Gulf War Veteran Mike White Faces His Toughest Battle Yet: ALSnew
A Gulf War veteran, Mike White is battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal motor-neuron disease. No one knows exactly why you get it, but if you do, the disease kills nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, removing your ability to control your muscles.
Phoenix New Times |
Connor Radnovich |
03-28-2014 |
Health
Common Ground in the GMO Debate?new
Recent online dialog about genetically modified food shines a ray of hope on the discussion.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
03-27-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: GMOs
San Diego and its nonprofits are in a pie fightnew
City and community groups battle over a shrinking pot of federal anti-poverty money.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
03-27-2014 |
Poverty
A Right-Wing Medical Board Battlenew
Right-wing physicians claim the Texas Medical Board doesn't play fair. The result was a six year court case and damaged reputations.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
03-27-2014 |
Health
Is the OC Register's Paywall Coming Down?new
It's almost the one-year anniversary of the Orange County Register erecting a paywall on its website, a paywall that owners Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz swore was strict, swore would never go down, swore was impenetrable. But the dirty little secret with the Reg's website nowadays is that it's harder to find a story behind the paywall than one that readers can view for free.
Tags: OC Register
Meet the Wild, Drunken Hobo Clowns Terrorizing Charlestonnew
The clown freaking out the town of Northampton, U.K., or the newer one creeping on Staten Island have nothing on these crass clowns in downtown Charleston, S.C. City Paper scores a bizarre interview.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
03-26-2014 |
Culture
Dreamlandnew
All cultures have their own stories: sets of heroes, villains and battles that help establish a national (or at least regional) identity. But sometimes, there’s some disconnect between a culture’s heroes and its current characteristics.
Worcester Magazine |
Jeremy Shulkin |
03-26-2014 |
Books
Tags: Maria Acosta Cruz
Put This in Your Pipe: Democrats Running for Pa. Governor Support Marijuana Reformnew
Over the last six months, all Pennsylvania's Democrats running for governor have come out for at least some form of marijuana reform.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
03-26-2014 |
Policy Issues
