AltWeeklies Wire
Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Defeatednew

In the end, after the 13-hour filibuster and all the wrangling over rules, Wendy Davis and her fellow Texas Democrats could do only so much. In the end, it was the citizens in the gallery who made the difference late Tuesday night.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
06-26-2013 |
Politics
Tags: wendy davis, Texas SB 5
Black and White and Red All Overnew

Owners of the Oregonian gamble on the newspaper’s digital future.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-26-2013 |
Media
Tags: Oregonian
Can San Antonio's "Gay Dollar" Make Policy Impact?new

Money talks, but does it make a sound if no one is listening? San Antonio LGBT consumers pack enough buying power to bankroll the entire city budget for a year and a half. Yet in many cases here, they’re still fighting for full citizenship in both the workplace and public policy.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
06-26-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: Pride
Cracking the Codenew

How did Bradley Manning go from small-town Oklahoman to WikiLeakes' most notorious contributor and alleged traitor?
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
06-26-2013 |
Features
Tags: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks
Shredding it up in Motownnew

Two 20-somethings carry the hope of a metropolis on their backs in an effort to bring the X Games to Detroit.
Metro Times |
Carl Bookstein |
06-26-2013 |
Economy
Paula Deen And Southern Nostalgianew

Nostalgia for slavery and its era is still a big part of the South's identity, at least for a certain set of Southerners.
L.A. Weekly |
Besha Rodell |
06-26-2013 |
Race & Class
The War This Timenew

Why was I thinking about Pat Buchanan, gay bars, and AIDS while Colorado burned?
The Stranger |
Dan Savage |
06-26-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: AIDS, Climate Change
Pros and Cons: Ex-Inmates Redefine Handballnew

Handball brings together players of all stripes in a St. Louis park.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
06-26-2013 |
Features
Rivers in Perilnew

How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels, along with legislation in Congress, could ultimately spoil the last of Northern California's wild and scenic rivers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-24-2013 |
Environment
NSA Surveillance Started Long Before 9/11 and the Patriot Actnew

Why was the NSA creating intrusive domestic spy programs in early 2001, months before the 9/11 attacks or the creation of the Patriot Act?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer, David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
06-21-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Edward Snowden
Texas Senate Votes to Decimate Abortion Accessnew

People are "genuinely afraid" of how the Texas Legislature treats women, said state Sen. Kirk Watson in an impassioned speech just before the Republican-dominated Senate sailed through a measure that would shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
06-20-2013 |
The War on Women
The Two David Burgertsnew

Authorities call the missing ex-militia leader armed and dangerous. Others tell a different story.
Missoula Independent |
Jamie Rogers |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Double Lives, Extortion and the Suicide of a Respected Professornew

A respected Texas A&M professor with secrets to hide commits suicide and implicates his alleged blackmailer in a case where no one was really who he or she seemed to be.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Shakespearean House Partynew

Joss Whedon invites his favorite actors over for an Elizabethan romp.
Folio Weekly |
John Hoogesteger |
06-20-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Much Ado About Nothing
MLB Steroid Scandal: How Porter Fischer Exposed Biogenesisnew

Porter Fischer shared the medical records, patient spreadsheets, and handwritten composition books with Miami New Times for an explosive story that sparked the biggest drug-related scandal in professional sports since Lance Armstrong lost his seven Tour de France medals in 2012. He could never have predicted the insanity that followed the story's publication: a high-speed car chase on U.S. 1, midnight knocks on his door, death threats, and unmarked envelopes stuffed full of cash.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
06-19-2013 |
Features