AltWeeklies Wire
How Do Eugenics Victims Find Justice?new

This year, the North Carolina Legislature approved monetary compensation for the state's eugenics victims. Is that enough?
INDY Week |
Belle Boggs |
10-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Possible Salmonella-Tainted Chicken for Sale in Safewaynew

Why is a Maui Safeway selling possible salmonella-tainted chicken At low, low prices?
Blue is the Warmest Color: Banned in Boise?new

Blue is the Warmest Color is too good not to be seen. If only Idaho Code would allow it.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-09-2013 |
Reviews
Bottom Scratchers with Speargunsnew

San Diego spear fishermen of today come from a lineage that began in the ’30s, with the Bottom Scratchers of La Jolla. Today there are less fish but the equipment is superior. Nevertheless, it’s easy to drown when a big sea bass takes you for a ride through a kelp ball.
San Diego Reader |
Dave Good |
10-09-2013 |
Recreation
Dance-Maker: Stanton Welch Celebrates Ten Years at Houston Balletnew

Stanton Welch didn't always want to be involved with dance, but, for some, dance is truly in the blood.
Houston Press |
Adam Castaneda |
10-09-2013 |
Performance
When the B Stands for Barriersnew

Plan B One-Step is supposed to be available on pharmacy shelves for anyone, regardless of age or gender. Yet many are still limiting access to the emergency contraceptive, FDA rulings be damned.
LEO Weekly |
April Corbin |
10-07-2013 |
The War on Women
Wreck-It Ralphnew

How Ralph Nader became D.C. libraries’ biggest headache (and pissed off a whole neighborhood).
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Wiener |
10-07-2013 |
Features
Tags: Ralph Nader
Not if, but when, marijuana becomes legal in Pennsylvanianew

William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a hemp farming state. When the commonwealth comes around to ending THC prohibition, this and several other industries could save the state.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
10-07-2013 |
Drugs
Big Bad Government vs. Tea Partynew

Catharsis at the crossroads of health care and the U.S. Constitution.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-07-2013 |
Commentary
GMO Labels: A Democratic Path Forwardnew

The anti-labeling side needs to accept that labels are coming, and its members should get on board, and help make them meaningful.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
10-07-2013 |
Food+Drink
What Does Natural Really Mean?new

Companies capitalize on health-conscious movement.
VUE Weekly |
Meaghan Baxter |
10-07-2013 |
Health
Access Deniednew

Kentucky ranks among the most restrictive in the country regarding access to abortion, particularly for low-income and rural women.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
10-06-2013 |
The War on Women
Imagine: John Lennon on Long Islandnew

A little-known tale about the Beatle's adventures along the North Shore and its influence on Double Fantasy.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
10-05-2013 |
History
Was Occupy Charlotte's Demise an Inside Job?new

Former members say police infiltration killed the movement.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
10-02-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: police infiltration
Bypass Mayhemnew

A Northern California reporter faces eight years in jail. Was he being unethical, or simply doing his job?
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
10-02-2013 |
Media