AltWeeklies Wire
Activist Sued by "American Indian Patriot" Doesn't Accept Court's Rulingnew
A local Philly anarchist helped break up a white-pride event in 2010; almost four years later, one of the event's speakers -- a so-called "Native American Patriot" -- successfully sued him in an Oklahoma court.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
02-26-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Secret Lives of a Notorious Sperm-Swappernew
For five years in the early ’90s, I lived two houses down from Tom Lippert, the now-deceased fertility-clinic worker known these days for switching out his sperm and fathering one (or many) children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Carolyn Campbell |
02-26-2014 |
Features
Travels with the U.S. Coast Guard on the Frozen Great Lakesnew
Conglomerations of small cakes and chunks from other ice formations, coalesced and refrozen into irregular shapes, often with sharp projections. We’re underway, eight nautical miles or thereabouts into the solid white mass of what I’ve been assured is Lake Erie.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
02-20-2014 |
Features
A Summer Camp Sexual Abuse Nightmarenew
An 11-year-old sent to summer camp returns to his family with a horrible secret. Things only got worse when the camp tried to cover the incident up.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
02-20-2014 |
Children & Families
Chevron Launches 'News' Websitenew
Fed up with negative news stories about its Richmond refinery, the oil giant has created a website that it says will focus on "community news."
East Bay Express |
Sukey Lewis |
02-20-2014 |
Business & Labor
A Short History of Georgia's Death Penaltynew
Hangings, electrocution, and lethal injections - and the slow change in attitude about executions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
02-20-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Georgia Death Penalty
The Vaccine Debatenew
Weighing the benefits and risks of vaccinations.
VUE Weekly |
Meaghan Baxter |
02-20-2014 |
Health
How to Win the Oscar Poolnew
A cheat sheet for picking Hollywood's big winners.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-20-2014 |
Movies
Patients and Prisonersnew
By law, insanity defense patients are innocent, but in one Washington state hospital, they're treated like prisoners.
The Inlander |
Deanna Pan |
02-14-2014 |
Features
Road to Nowherenew
Why a growing number of Cincinnatians struggle to break free from the cycle of poverty.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
02-14-2014 |
Poverty
Violent Threat on Facebook Lands Young Man in Jail, and Limbonew
Justin Carter said he would "shoot up a kindergarten," but is that a "terroristic threat" according to Texas law?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
02-14-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Sexy Beastsnew
The 'new' fad of monster porn has a long tradition.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-14-2014 |
Sex
'Revenge Porn' Larger Problem Than Proposed Laws Can Solvenew
"If people understood how much damage this can do to someone's life, I think we'd be able to get much stronger protections."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-14-2014 |
The War on Women
Hanging by a Wirenew
Overhead power lines dominate the Alberta landscape, but their safety is called into question.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
02-14-2014 |
Environment
Court Says Kentucky Must Accept Same-Sex Marriagenew
Judge says sections of the Kentucky Constitution "deny validly married same-sex couples equal recognition and benefits under Kentucky and federal law, they violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution."
