AltWeeklies Wire
America's Petro-Terroristsnew
Wall Street and Washington conspire to destabilize the U.S. economy, one barrel of oil at a time.
Ocean of Noisenew
The U.S. Navy's expanded sonar testing operations add to underwater cacophony for sensitive marine life.
North Bay Bohemian |
Juliane Poirier |
07-10-2012 |
Environment
Schoolbooks and Sea Monstersnew
Why a widely reprinted story about creationist textbooks overlooks Louisiana's overarching public school problems.
Extreme Heat: The New Normalnew
Extreme heat and minimal-to-nonexistent rain are killing crops and livestock around Indiana. Other likelihoods: Higher food costs, reservoir restrictions and the rippling economic pinch.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
07-06-2012 |
Environment
Inside the Nightmarenew
Dispatches from firefighters and officials create a haunting account of how the Waldo Canyon Fire happened.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Sick of Itnew
Florida activists race against time to get question on the ballot that will let voters decide whether businesses should have to offer paid sick leave to employees.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-06-2012 |
Health
Tags: Health
Black Like Me?new
How I came to find myself somewhere between 'Love & Hip Hop'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
07-06-2012 |
Race & Class
Legal Experts Dispute 'Tortured' Reading of Abortion Lawnew
The Virginia Board of Health ignored legal advice from the state attorney general's office when it exempted existing abortion clinics from tough new regulations pushed by pro-life advocates.
The American Independent News Network |
Reilly Moore |
07-06-2012 |
Policy Issues
End of the Rainbownew
Calgary's queer bars are disappearing, eliminating important community hubs and safe gathering places for the LGBT community.
Fast Forward Weekly |
James Wilt |
07-06-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: LGBT
Student Loans Tying You Down?new
Don't look for help from Congress's latest fix.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
07-03-2012 |
Education
Tags: College Debt, Student Loans
Memoir of a Black Punknew
The only time I ever considered suicide was when, unexpectedly, mom informed me that we were moving from Harlem to Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael A. Gonzales |
07-02-2012 |
Features
Tags: Memoirs, Punk Music
Toxic Plume Contaminates N.Y. Drinking Water Wellsnew
How a toxic plume created by Grumman Aerospace Corp. and the U.S. Navy during WWII continues to contaminate more and more public drinking water supplies today.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski and Rashed Mian |
07-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Navy, water supply
Waldo Canyon Fire Slideshownew
Images of fire and hope.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Staff |
07-02-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire, Waldo Fire
'Good Stewards of the Environment'new
The U.S. Navy insists that they can protect marine mammals from the harm caused by warships using active sonar in the waters around Hawaii. What if they're wrong?
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
06-29-2012 |
Environment
Big Data is Watching Younew
Police turn to computers to help predict potential crimes.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-29-2012 |
Crime & Justice
