AltWeeklies Wire
Attention Walmart Shoppersnew
Walmart's "chintzy" attitude toward the wages and benefits of its workers isn't news. What may be news to many, however, is just how bad it is for workers at Walmart suppliers around the world.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
12-21-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Walmart Suppliers
How We Measure Povertynew
The federal poverty threshold is a calculation based on the cost of food in “nutritionally adequate diets” for a family of three, developed in the early 1960s by Mollie Orshansky of the Social Security Administration.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
The Year in Closed Governmentnew
How a private email network exposed the secret dealings of top government officials.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Justin Horwath and Joey Peters |
12-20-2012 |
Politics
Up in Smoke?new
Colorado's and Washington's creation of alcohol-like statutes for marijuana made Oregon a bronze-at-best state for pot legalization, but marijuana policy reform advocates are riding high.
Eugene Weekly |
Shannon Finnell |
12-20-2012 |
Drugs
Why the Yukon will continue to kill diversnew
Staci Johnson, a 26-year-old Marine , recently became the fifth diver to die while diving the Yukon, a Canadian escort ship sunk off of Mission Beach in 2000. Because the vessel is on its side, it is disorienting.
San Diego Reader |
Russell Gotz |
12-20-2012 |
Recreation
Balancing gun rights with public safetynew
You don't need a Russian assault rifle to fend off a home invader or someone who's trying to rob you on the street and you most certainly do not need thousands of rounds of ammunition in order to do so.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
12-20-2012 |
Commentary
The Flipping Frenzynew
Low inventory and high demand for Oakland real estate this year favored investors over first-time buyers.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
12-20-2012 |
Housing & Development
Waiting for the end of the worldnew
Preppers may be the last ones standing when the Man comes around.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
12-20-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Charlotte PrepCon
Rent Prices Soar in Oaklandnew
The cause: the relocation of San Francisco residents, who are increasingly priced out the market. The effect: increased revenue for Oakland and a rise in tenant complaints.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
12-20-2012 |
Housing & Development
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.new
An American couple moves to Tijuana to avoid the high cost of living in the U.S. They become food smugglers for Mexicans living in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Steven Strasser |
12-20-2012 |
Immigration
All I Want for Christmasnew
... is to be able to utter the words 'gun control'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
12-20-2012 |
Policy Issues
Grape Sense: Great gifts for wine loversnew
Selecting wine for someone can be a tricky task, so buying wine accessories is a good way to go. Aerators are a good bet for the decanter-less drinker.
NUVO |
Howard Hewitt |
12-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Cosmic Censusnew
Astronomers find the earliest galaxies seen by man.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-20-2012 |
Science
Tags: Astronomy
ResMed: Please refuse to play the subsidy gamenew
Sleep-apnia device-maker ResMed threatens to leave San Diego because CEO says it’s too hard to run a business in California. Valid gripe or jobs blackmail for taxpayer funds?
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
12-20-2012 |
Economy
A Real Los Angeles Musical Treasure Is Beginning To Reappear Againnew
Sonji Kimmons, one of the last great but mostly unheralded blues pianists and singers in the world, made a rare appearance at a gay nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
