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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

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

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

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

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