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Punishment by Designnew
Solitary confinement illustrates the power of architecture over the human mind.
SF Weekly |
Rachel Swan |
08-21-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Water Wars Reduxnew
The years change but the fight over the natural resource - and the cost to Georgians - stays the same.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Neill Herring |
08-21-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Water in Georgia
Taking a New Look at Shaken Baby Syndromenew
Assumptions about shaken baby syndrome are now being questioned.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
08-19-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: shaken baby syndrome
Death on the Streetsnew
What happens to the homeless when they die?
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
08-16-2013 |
Homelessness
Trainloads of Toxics and Chemicals Going Through Eugene, Ore.new
A train-hopping videographer gets the information the government won't provide — just what's on the trains going through Eugene, Ore. Crude oil, hydrochloric acid and propane in tank cars known to puncture and tear.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-16-2013 |
Environment
Slave to the Payday Lendernew
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2013 |
Business & Labor
Welcome Back, Black Market Abortionsnew
The lengths Texas women will go to avoid anti-abortion regulation.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
08-15-2013 |
The War on Women
Return of Personhoodnew
Colorado pro-lifers not satisfied with bill that makes forced miscarriage a crime.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-15-2013 |
The War on Women
Happy Trails? The Battle Over a Bike Pathnew
Everyone agrees that bike paths are great, except for one man who spent a decade trying to protect an AIDS garden.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Advice—Lots of Advice—for Jeff Bezosnew
We asked various journo types, from public radio hosts to media empire queens, to offer Jeff Bezos their two cents on how to run the Washington Post. Normally we'd advise the owner to stay the hell out of editorial operations. Now we ask Bezos to ignore that advice so he can follow all this advice on how to meddle most effectively.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer, Guy Raz, Tyler Brûlé, Mark Athitakis, Mike Riggs, Arianna Huffington, Dan Kois, Kara Swisher, Mario R. García, Ryan Kearney, Mike Paarlberg, Betsy Rothstein, Jason Cherkis, Ted Scheinman, Andrew Beaujon and Benjamin R. Freed |
08-15-2013 |
Media
Tags: Jeff Bezos
The Somerville Files: A Four Part Investigative Seriesnew
For 10 months, three reporters dug into the unseemly political underbelly of the City of Somerville, where the power and privilege of an elite few has dominated and perverted municipal progress for decades. The Somerville Files is the culmination of their work, which pulls back the hip urban Somerville facade to reveal a shadow government amidst both turmoil and transition.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Is 'Pot' a Pejorative?new
Do terms like terms like "pot" and "weed" devalue the seriousness of marijuana as medication?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
08-09-2013 |
Drugs
Double Playnew
The Boston Globe’s fire-sale price tag raises the question: Is the paper undervalued now or was it overvalued two decades ago?
The Memphis Flyer |
Kenneth Neill |
08-09-2013 |
Media
The Detroit Sports Stadium Swindlenew
Mike Ilitch, billionaire owner of the NHL Red Wings and the MLB Tigers, is vying for state financing to cover more than half the cost of a new stadium for his hockey franchise in downtown Detroit. The same Detroit that declared bankruptcy less than 30 days ago. He'll likely get it, too.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-08-2013 |
Policy Issues
The Gang War That Wasn'tnew
The murder of a young man lit the fuse of a longstanding conflict, but a remarkable peace arrived instead.
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
08-08-2013 |
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