AltWeeklies Wire
Catholics Yank Funding Over Condomsnew
A bowl of condoms placed in an AmeriCorps outreach post for ex-offenders just cost a nonprofit recycler $20,000 in revoked grant funding.
'We Have No Choice': One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Lawnew
The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas' harsh new law—just the beginning of the torment.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Riot in North Bumblef*cknew
A private-prison disaster in Oklahoma reveals the dangers of California's reliance on Corrections Corporation of America.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Dodger Con Mannew
Josh Macciello convinced L.A. he was in line to buy the Dodgers. But he was really a fraud.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
03-16-2012 |
Features
China’s Impending Crashnew
China is on an unsustainable spending spree.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-16-2012 |
International
Virginia is for Hipstersnew
Should local governments offer scarce affordable housing programs to yuppies?
Washington City Paper |
Lydia DePillis |
03-16-2012 |
Housing & Development
Latter-Day Candidatenew
Mitt Romney's neverending quest for the GOP nomination keeps Colorado Mormons on guard.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-16-2012 |
Religion
Tags: Mitt Romney, Mormon Politicians
Breaking It Downnew
It may not be PTSD or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-14-2012 |
War
Tags: PTSD, war trauma
The Great Shale Rush in South Texasnew
While it borders on the heretical to say it aloud, judging from very recent shale plays elsewhere in the country — like the Marcellus, the Barnett, the Fayetteville — this may not go down as the century of natural gas, after all.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-14-2012 |
Energy
PA is Ground Zero for the Abortion Clashnew
As the GOP clown car gets ready to sputter eastward for the Pennsylvania primary amid an onslaught of attacks on women’s reproductive rights, it’s a good time to remember that our state has always been, and seemingly always will be, the nerve center of the national abortion debate.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
03-14-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Homeless on the Baynew
A growing number of homeless people are taking up illegal residence on off-anchor boats -- and some say their presence is causing increased environmental pollution and crime.
East Bay Express |
Amina Waheed |
03-14-2012 |
Homelessness
New Orleans' Mental Health Crisisnew
What the Louisiana's mental health funding cuts will mean for a medical system that's already overtaxed.
Tags: Health, mental health louisiana
Search & Destroynew
The SOPA bill may be dry-docked, but the battle over online piracy rages.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
03-12-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Runaway Jury Nearly Sends Man to Deathnew
Overzealous prosecutors, a runaway jury, and a dead 5-year-old.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
03-09-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jeffrey Martinson, Josh Martinson
Beyond the Beating of Brandon Whitenew
The problems in Pittsburgh go beyond the assault of Brandon White.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
03-09-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: victim-blaming, Brandon White
