AltWeeklies Wire
Legally, it doesn't take much for a guest to stake a claim to your homenew
He does have a toothbrush ...
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-18-2013 |
Housing & Development
Holiday in South Africa, 1986new
Author Patrick Daugherty writes about visiting Apartheid-era South Africa in 1986.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
12-18-2013 |
Race & Class
We're Constantly in Fear: The Life of a Part-Time Professornew
Interviews with adjunct professors who realize that the colleges and universities that employ them never intend to give them tenure. Most teachers who make a living out of it have to hold down more than one job.
San Diego Reader |
Elizabeth Salaam |
12-18-2013 |
Education
Georgia's new coast, courtesy of climate changenew
Now's the time to start planning how to adapt to sea level rise.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Dana Habeeb and Larry Keating |
12-16-2013 |
Environment
Fieldworknew
New book 'Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies' looks at the sorry state of migrant farmworker health care -- and its larger implications in the global economy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marke B. |
12-16-2013 |
Immigration
Killing Quardious Thomas: A Castle Doctrine Case Studynew
Mississippi's Castle Doctrine spells out a range of circumstances in which homicide may be justified.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Quardious Thomas
Remembering Nelson Mandelanew
By reading Mandela's story, I saw what the best of humanity looked like. I saw that no matter how much oppression and humiliation one group may inflict upon another, the human spirit is oak-tree strong, and we can rise above it.
Jackson Free Press |
jehrod rose-alain |
12-13-2013 |
International
Mumia supporters liken his imprisonment to Mandela'snew
About 100 youth activists from across Philadelphia gathered at this weekend’s Youth on the Move Forum with one shared goal: For Mumia Abu-Jamal’s legacy to live on, a new generation of social and political activists need to take the helm and spread his message.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
12-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: mumia abu-jamal
Houston Has a Reading Problemnew
Houston Independent School District students may be able to pass the tests needed to graduate, but that doesn't mean they know how to read.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
12-12-2013 |
Education
Homicide, Revisitednew
Two men want detectives made famous by David Simon to pay after flawed murder convictions put them in prison for decades.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
12-12-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Paranoid and Obsessive Life of a Mid-Level Bookienew
"When you win and win big, there isn't a better feeling in the world — you're on cloud fuckin' thirty-nine. You want to pop bottles of champagne in the basement because Hawaii won some game."
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
12-12-2013 |
Features
A Pregnant Pausenew
A look at incidences of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Alberta.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
12-12-2013 |
Health
New Revelations About Infamous Lufthansa Heistnew
Cop breaks silence on mob case that left 16 dead, $6 million missing.
Long Island Press |
Shelly Feuer Domash |
12-12-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Domestic Violence in New Orleansnew
Louisiana has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the nation. In this series by Alex Woodward, we take a look at the problem and what's being done to combat it.
Gambit |
Staff |
12-09-2013 |
The War on Women
Tags: domestic violence
Heroin, LLCnew
The open-air drug market on the west side thrives in the same way that legal businesses do—by meeting demand, capitalizing on a cheap and plentiful workforce, and offering excellent customer service.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
12-05-2013 |
Features
