AltWeeklies Wire
Focus on Arpaionew
A new documentary doesn't do much to make Maricopa County's terrible sheriff more likable.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
03-21-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Joe Arpaio Documentary
Truth Citizens: Media Literacy in the Digital Agenew
How do you teach someone what is a trusted news source, and on whose shoulders does that responsibility rest?
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
03-20-2013 |
Media
Water Crisisnew
Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Girls Gone Wildnew
Rachel Korine packs heat in Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine's most subversive act yet — going mainstream.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
03-20-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Spring Breakers
Black Waternew
Why flooding off the Waldo Canyon burn scar will be fierce.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Manitou Springs, Waldo Canyon Fire
South By South Carolinanew
Four days with eight South Carolina bands at SXSW.
Columbia Free Times |
Patrick Wall |
03-20-2013 |
Concerts
Tags: Toro Y Moi
Change of Heartnew
Patty Wetterling, whose eleven-year-old son was abducted at gunpoint in 1989, questions the sex-offender laws for which she once lobbied.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jennifer Bleyer |
03-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Santa Clara County Official Pleads Guilty to All Chargesnew
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President George Shirkawa pleaded guilty to all 12 charges against him. A Metro Silicon Valley investigation first exposed Shirkawa's actions in September 2012.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Josh Koehn |
03-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: George Shirkawa
Abortion Doctor's Defense: Case Is an "Elitist, Racist Prosecution"new
After reminding jurors about the legal presumption of innocence, the attorney for Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell revealed his main theme: Gosnell, a black man, is a victim of an "elitist, racist prosecution."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
03-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Kermit Gosnell
Scott Walker's Selling Actnew
How Wisc. Governor Scott Walker persuaded reluctant Republicans to back his anti-union plan.
Dragged Down?new
Pittsburgh promoter wants to bring drag shows to a wider audience, but many worry whether he's the guy to do it.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Lauren Daley |
03-18-2013 |
LGBT
Buried Casesnew
Lansing Police Department's lack of Cold Case organization.
City Pulse |
Rich Tupica and Steve Miller |
03-15-2013 |
Features
A Hangover Cure—at a Costnew
Two Chicago Reader staffers intentionally drink too much, purposefully get hungover, and determine whether Chicago's first hangover clinic is really all that.
Chicago Reader |
Gwynedd Stuart and Mara Shalhoup |
03-14-2013 |
Health
Breaking Bad: Digital Drug Sales, Analog Drug Deathsnew
The feds and a prosecutor say a Houston company selling synthetic drugs on the Internet is responsible for the deaths of teenagers in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
03-14-2013 |
Drugs
The Journey of Lifenew
How Agwa Taka escaped slavery, war and prison to settle in Spokane, Wash.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
03-14-2013 |
Culture
