AltWeeklies Wire
Justice, Hope and Hurricane Katrinanew
Re-housing residents along the Mississippi coast became the most daunting problem of the post-Katrina recovery—logistically and politically speaking.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
09-11-2015 |
Housing & Development
The Katrina Education Lienew
Among the many reflections on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, the discussion of its effects on schools in New Orleans may be the most disingenuous.
Jackson Free Press |
Shannon Eubanks |
09-11-2015 |
Disasters
Tags: katrina
Water Woes: Waukesha’s quest to divert Lake Michigan water challengednew
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources opened the floodgates and in poured opposition to Waukesha’s quest to divert water from Lake Michigan.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
09-11-2015 |
Environment
Outdated Laws Trap People of Color in Prison Systemnew
For decades, the United States has had the world’s largest prison population — by far. Though just over 4 percent of the world’s population lives in the United States, we account for 22 percent of the world’s prisoners.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Louis Weisberg |
09-11-2015 |
Race & Class
License to Connivenew
Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed online.
Dig Boston |
Kenneth Lipp |
09-10-2015 |
Features
Tags: Boston surveillance
Assault on Abortion Rights Gets Ugly in N.C.new
An anti-abortion group targets a Wake Forest schoolteacher
INDY Week |
Jane Porter |
09-03-2015 |
The War on Women
Single Without the Minglenew
“Self-dating” is a term for those flying solo with a self-oriented goal. It is a commitment to oneself — passions, career and dreams — and it builds an intimate relationship with yourself instead of hooking up with another person (or people) in the stereotypical romantic way.
It means getting to know yourself, for yourself.
Eugene Weekly |
Kelsey Anne Rankin |
09-03-2015 |
Features
San Diego Universities Botch Sexual Assault Investigationsnew
Campus police impotence — just the tip of the iceberg.
San Diego Reader |
Dorian Hargrove |
09-03-2015 |
Features
Rat Talenew
Portland cops hired a snitch. But he was already working for somebody else.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-02-2015 |
Drugs
How Metro Spun the January Smoke Deathnew
Documents obtained through an open records request show the agency and its consultants scrambling to respond to the January smoke incident—and, for some reason, keeping tabs on a critical Twitter account along the way.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
09-02-2015 |
Transportation
Journalism Groups Challenge Government Press Restrictionsnew
The 49th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act arrived this summer with dozens of newspaper groups challenging policies and orders keeping government affairs out of the sunshine and shielded from public review.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
09-02-2015 |
Media
Shot in the Parknew
A Sacramento cop guns down a schizophrenic man. Police say it's justified. Witnesses tell a different story. Whatever the truth, it's a tragic reminder of the region's ongoing mental-health crisis.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
09-02-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Housing First?new
Has Salt Lake City solved "the homeless problem"? No, despite a flurry of excited stories, it has not. But the Housing First model and the collaboration and commitment from local groups and the government on all levels in combination with Housing First are a huge step in the right direction that other cities can follow.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-20-2015 |
Homelessness
Attacks on Planned Parenthood are attacks on public healthnew
Address the root problem and not a bogeyman
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
08-20-2015 |
Policy Issues
Forgive Us Our Trespassesnew
The world called Paul Pelton the 'Nightcrawler of Lorain' after police arrested him for videotaping a grisly crash scene and trying to sell the footage. It was a devastating story, except it wasn't true.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-19-2015 |
Features
