AltWeeklies Wire
City Councilor shows solidarity with transgender crowdnew

'T' for tolerance
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
11-20-2013 |
LGBT
Louisiana's Domestic Violence Problemnew

How New Orleans is combating one of the nation's highest rates of domestic violence.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
11-19-2013 |
Children & Families
Texas' Other Death Penaltynew

A Galveston medical student describes life and death in the so-called safety net.
The Texas Observer |
Rachel Pearson |
11-15-2013 |
Health
Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?new

“We recently started something called the Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative. Too many guys were beatin’ on women."
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
11-15-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: domestic violence
12 Ways Republicans Keep Screwing Over Poor Americans and Womennew

A dozen low-down, dirty, shameful ways the GOP makes it bad to be broke in 21st-century America.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
11-15-2013 |
Poverty
Tags: Poverty
Injustice for All: How Police in Florence, Ariz. Compromised Public Safetynew

Part one of a three-part series investigating how the Florence, Arizona Police Department's culture of political favoritism undermined serious criminal investigations and compromised public safety.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo and Stephen Lemons |
11-15-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Scamper free, Black-Footed Ferret!new

Endangered species released into the wild at Walker Ranch.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Evan Richardson |
11-15-2013 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Black-Footed Ferret
Prison Punchnew

'Orange is the New Black' author Piper Kerman talks life behind bars and the need for prison reform.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
11-15-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Marijuana, Monsanto, and Younew

Is medical marijuana genetically modified (GMO)?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
11-13-2013 |
Drugs
Turmoil at the Museumnew
Inside the affair, suicide and abrupt resignation that rocked the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard and Doug Brown |
11-13-2013 |
Features
A Prep to Protectnew

The Air Force Academy’s committed to its academic booster program. But at what cost?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
11-13-2013 |
Education
The Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centersnew

While cutting family planning funds, Texas lawmakers divert millions to crisis pregnancy centers.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
11-13-2013 |
The War on Women
One Aspect of Obamacare Attracts a Crowdnew

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has been a mess in many ways. But for Colorado's homeless, it has still ushered in a new era of hope.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-13-2013 |
Health
The Alabama-Coushatta Still Existnew

Beset by federal budget cuts, no written history and a general lack of recognition, the Alabama-Coushatta try to learn a different way of being indian.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
11-13-2013 |
Features
Jewel Duelnew

A view of downtown Santa Fe's ugly underbelly.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
11-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice