AltWeeklies Wire
High Hopes for Cocainenew
Parkinson's patients start to benefit from a new test using the party drug.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
10-24-2012 |
Drugs
How to Kickstarternew
Tips from entrepreneurs on becoming a crowdfunding success story.
LEO Weekly |
J. Christian Walsh |
10-24-2012 |
Features
Chris Kluwe Takes a Standnew
Minnesota Vikings punter pries open the last closet in America: major league sports.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
10-23-2012 |
LGBT
Straight Outta Syrianew
Orange County, Calif. is home to growing numbers of refugees from Syria's civil war.
OC Weekly |
Yasmin Nouh |
10-22-2012 |
Immigration
Making Sense of the Jessica Ridgeway Tragedynew
What all of us need to know about the murder of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel |
10-19-2012 |
Features
Two Students, Two High Schools, Two Divergent Paths to Collegenew
Jasmeen Wellere grew up on Chicago's south side, Hayley Himmelman on the North Shore. Both flourished in their classes, but they've faced very different challenges—and been afforded very different opportunities
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
10-18-2012 |
Education
Hospitals Facing Financial Pressures to Mergenew
How the story of hospital mergers, affiliations and consolidations has become a common tale across the state and the country.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
10-18-2012 |
Health
Why Have Jail Suicides Soared in Bexar County, Texas?new
Up until 2009, suicides were rare at the Bexar County jail. More common were inmates dying from natural causes, like liver failure or complications from lung cancer.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The Tea Party Democratnew
Party leaders want to throw out District Attorney candidate Lloyd Oliver and the donkey he rode in on.
Houston Press |
Terrence McCoy |
10-17-2012 |
Features
Tags: Tea Party
Mind The Bindernew
Mitt Romney was lying about that binder full of women.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-17-2012 |
The War on Women
Tags: Mitt Romney
Underwater!new
For some New Mexicans, the housing crisis is just beginning.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
10-17-2012 |
Housing & Development
School of Shocknew
Miami University is a sick, sick campus in desperate need of the largest group therapy session ever recorded, top-rung leadership more palpably concerned with student safety and a less corporate approach to media relations.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Kathy Y. Wilson |
10-17-2012 |
Education
Drawing a Line in the (Tar) Sandnew
Protests in Texas delay the Keystone pipeline while opposition to it grows.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
10-17-2012 |
Environment
Your Word Is Your Bondnew
Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused. Commercial bondsmen say it will never work.
Austin Chronicle |
JORDAN SMITH |
10-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: bonds
Cheese Balls, Aliens, Angry Birds—and Logical Sequencingnew
In Barron Park's 'Scratch Club,' kids learn early programming concepts.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
10-16-2012 |
Education
Tags: Angry Birds, elementary
