AltWeeklies Wire
Perspectives in Education: John Harris Loflinnew

Perspectives in Education featured contributor of the week: Grassroots education-reform advocate John Harris Loflin on urban teacher-parent collaboration.
Baby Blues: A Lesbian Couple's Quest for a Childnew

Joanna and Tamara have spent more than $40,000 trying to have a baby through in vitro fertilization with no luck; meanwhile, people around the country are disposing of embryos and foregoing the storage fee during the economic decline.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
12-31-2009 |
Sex
Amid the Detroit Schools Chaos, Who Helps Parents?new

Through her comments on Fox News and elsewhere, Sharlonda Buckman is stirring controversy. And the Detroit Parent Network is poised as an increasingly important player in the turf battles over education in Detroit. With increased importance is likely to come increased scrutiny.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
12-29-2009 |
Education
Who's Your Momma?new
Everything was perfect as Becky and Sharon Flynn went through Sharon's pregnancy -- until the local daily paper refused to print Becky's name in the birth announcement.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
12-26-2006 |
LGBT