AltWeeklies Wire
Worcester Mag's Hometown Heroesnew
Some stand out for putting their own lives in danger so that others will be safe. Others dedicate their lives to giving to others. For some, the desire to help others transcends all else. All the heroes we honor this year have at least one thing in common: They don’t consider what they do heroic and they aren’t seeking the limelight. That’s OK. We’re more than happy to shine it on them anyway.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. and Brittany Durgin |
11-30-2012 |
Features
The Cash Machinenew
How the Philly D.A. seizes millions in alleged crime money — whether there's been a crime or not.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
11-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
"We've Super-Sized Our Weather"new
Republican and evangelical Christian broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is on a mission to communicate urgency of climate change.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
11-28-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Climate Change, Paul Douglas
The Evolution of Equalitynew
Are Ohioans ready to recognize my gay marriage?
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
11-28-2012 |
LGBT
The Search for the World's Supermen (and Women) of Memorynew
In meets all over the globe, "memory athletes" converge to outthink one another in a series of mental tasks designed to test the limits of human memory capacity.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
11-28-2012 |
Science
Tags: Memory Athletes, Roddy Roediger
Warrior Artistnew
Artist Jodie Hudson creates art at a prolific rate, despite her deteriorating health
Folio Weekly |
John Citrone |
11-28-2012 |
Features
Tags: Art
The Summarized Web and Younew
Pressured by consumers' near-infinite selection of news to read, newspapers and other media companies need to consider summaries as the best way to earn clicks.
Chicago Reader |
Asher Klein |
11-26-2012 |
Media
Tags: News Industry, The Internet
The Lying Diseasenew
Why would someone want to fake a serious illness on the internet?
The Stranger |
Cienna Madrid |
11-26-2012 |
Features
Tags: Technology, Internet Hoaxes
Sick Enough to Smokenew
A peek inside Orange County's most exclusive medical-marijuana club, one no one wants to join.
Jumping the Gunnew
Accusations, anger build in Oxnard, Calif. as its police department waits for results of brutality investigations.
Ventura County Reporter |
Justin Formanek |
11-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Abuse Of Our Eldersnew
A tragically high number of Southern Arizona seniors are victims of theft, violence and neglect.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-26-2012 |
Children & Families
Tags: arizona elder abuse, Delia Orduno
Holiday Fiction: Away in a Basementnew
For New Times' annual Holiday Guide, our writers created original fiction ranging from 200 to 6,000 words in length. The stories were paired with original artwork from local artists, and we recorded the writers reading their stories, and uploaded the podcasts to our website, giving our readers the option to read or listen to the stories. Or both.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Ashley Schwellenbach, Anna Weltner, Colin Rigley, Maeva Considine, Ana Korgan, Ryan Miller and Chris White-Sanborn |
11-20-2012 |
Features
Workers Pushing for Unions May Pay the Pricenew
Union organizers in Indiana say the lack of employee protection is part of a hostile political and legal environment for organized labor.
NUVO |
Fran Quigley |
11-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
The Real Face of Homelessnessnew
As temperatures drop and shelters fill with men, women and children, it's time to re-examine 10 persistent myths about Sacramento's homeless population.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
11-16-2012 |
Homelessness
Returning War Contractors Face Second Battle, Against Insurance Giant AIGnew
Whatever your role in the U.S. war effort, if you were injured overseas, at least you'd be covered back home, right?
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-16-2012 |
War
Tags: war contractors
