AltWeeklies Wire
Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundariesnew
Global warming is but one of nine or 10 different ways in which human civilization is threatening to cross boundaries of over-consumption and overuse. These, will undermine the natural foundations on which our civilization is built.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-22-2013 |
Books
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
Media
The Wrong Side of Rightsnew
Alfred Cleveland is not a murderer. Alfred Cleveland has spent 16 years in prison for murder
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
04-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: wrongful convictions
Gone but Never Forgottennew
First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it.
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
04-18-2013 |
The War on Women
The Enforcernew
Banks send lawyer Daniel Gordon after people who don’t pay their credit-card bills. Who is watching how he operates?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-18-2013 |
Economy
Tags: debt collection
Ed Lee’s New Southnew
How does a Korean-American from Brooklyn become one of Kentucky’s top chefs? New cookbook “Smoke & Pickles” tells the story.
LEO Weekly |
J. Christian Walsh |
04-18-2013 |
Food+Drink
Teen's Shooting Death Was Avoidable, Phoenix Cops Call It "Justified"new
A troubled, 16-year-old black teenager was gunned down by a police officer in Phoenix after getting pulled over in a stolen vehicle. Family members are now protesting the shooting while police call it justified.
Phoenix New Times |
Stephen Lemons |
04-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Playing Games with Painnew
Texas bill would ban abortion after "fetal pain"
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
04-16-2013 |
The War on Women
Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drugnew
Cancer patients find hope--and relief from their pain--in an unlikely source.
Miami New Times |
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky |
04-16-2013 |
Health
Terror: Then and Nownew
"What the fuck is going on? Are you down there?"
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
04-16-2013 |
Disasters
Bought & Sold: Forgotten Documents Highlight Slave Historynew
Tucked away on dusty courthouse shelves across the South, long-forgotten documents record the names of countless African-Americans whose forced labor was a cornerstone of the region's economy.
Mountain Xpress |
Jake Frankel |
04-16-2013 |
Race & Class
Necessary or Intrusive?new
Examinations on children taken from parents is questioned on civil-rights grounds.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Taube |
04-16-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Camreta v. Greene, Child Welfare
Doing Drugs at Coachella? Here's How to Avoid Trouble With the Policenew
A festival fan's guide to how to partake without fear of rude surprises.
L.A. Weekly |
Katie Bain |
04-16-2013 |
Concerts
Practicing Patiencenew
No one ever said building a sacred Buddhist garden on an American Indian reservation would be easy.
Missoula Independent |
Jamie Rogers |
04-12-2013 |
Features
Occupy Medical: What Free Universal Health Care Looks Likenew
Doctors, herbalists, nurses and volunteers from all walks of life have turned a bloodmobile into a fully functioning mobile medical unit providing free health care, prescriptions, haircuts and more to anyone and everyone who needs it. Is this the new face of Occupy?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-12-2013 |
#OCCUPY
