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Immigrants Need Affordable College, Advocates Saynew

Immigrant-rights advocates have been working to change the law to make college more affordable for Mississippi's growing immigrant population.

Jackson Free Press | R.L. Nave | 03-24-2014 | Immigration

Pot at the State Fair?new

Could be closer than we think ... You're going to be hearing success stories about hemp farmers enhancing their incomes and saving their farms.

NUVO | David Hoppe | 03-24-2014 | Drugs

The anti-abortion organization  Personhood Mississippi  filed paperwork for Initiative 41 on March 5, 2013. If supporters gather enough signatures by May 14, 2014, the bill will appear on the ballot in November 2015.

Jackson Free Press | Anna Wolfe | 03-24-2014 | The War on Women

Mitch McConnell: Part-Time First Amendment Advocate, Full-Time Cowardnew

Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign manager threatened to have police arrest a LEO Weekly reporter for covering his press conference at a hotel in Louisville, then followed through on that threat by ordering a Louisville police officer to block him from entering the room.

LEO Weekly | Joe Sonka | 03-20-2014 | Media

Unclaimed: Dead and Buried Alone in Massachusettsnew

Unclaimed bodies are those that their families either not found or, when contacted, not wanting to shoulder the hefty financial burden of burying them – it can cost at least $3,000 for even the most basic burial. In other instances, the reasons run much deeper and are much more personal.

Worcester Magazine | Walter Bird Jr. | 03-20-2014 | Features

Coke Dealer to Congressman?new

Meet Aaron Fraser: Former coke dealer, Homo Thug author and aspiring congressman.

The Village Voice | Tessa Stuart | 03-20-2014 | Features

Tags: Aaron Fraser

Trapped: There Are No Simple Solutions to Houston's Traffic Crisisnew

Houston traffic can be a nightmare and no amount of concrete or rail is going to fix that soon.

Houston Press | Jeff Balke | 03-19-2014 | Transportation

How Fracking Causes Earthquakesnew

A new study connects wastewater injection wells, which have expanded rapidly during the fracking boom, to a ten-fold increase in quakes in some parts of the nation.

East Bay Express | Robert Gammon | 03-19-2014 | Energy

Tags: earthquakes, Monterey Shale, fracking, acidizing, San Andreas Fault

Rebranding Weednew

The media's depiction of pot use is biased and god-awful. So a leading marijuana law reform group is planning to provide something more appealing and realistic.

East Bay Express | David Downs | 03-18-2014 | Drugs

No Place Like Homenew

D.C.'s population of homeless families exploded this winter. Why wasn't the city ready?

Washington City Paper | Aaron Wiener | 03-17-2014 | Homelessness

Tags: DC Homelessness, Homeless in DC

America's Dirtiest Secretnew

The oil and gas industry's contamination problems are so large, they have literally been deemed impossible to prevent or even clean up by both industry and government. As a result, an unimaginable tonnage of contamination is being placed into our environment every year.

Boulder Weekly | Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge | 03-17-2014 | Environment

Ronald Bower Spent Nearly 23 Years Behind Bars for Crimes He Likely Didn't Commitnew

Ronald Bower has been granted parole after nearly 23 years in prison for crimes an ever-growing number of law enforcement officials believe he did not commit. Most recently, the NYS Attorney General's Office wrote to the Parole Board it was "Highly Unlikely" he committed these crimes. Until he gets exonerated, however, he's still a convicted sex offender. Thus, the family and attorney's quest for justice continues.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski | 03-17-2014 | Crime & Justice