AltWeeklies Wire
After the Arab Spring, the Future is Uncertain for Muslim Gay Youthnew
A year and a half after the revolution, gays remain marginalized and excluded from discussions about human rights in the new democratic Tunisia.
Koch Brothers Prove that Prop 32 Will Hurt Unionsnew
A shadowy group with close ties to the billionaire backers of the Tea Party has also proved that Prop 32 will benefit big corporations.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
The Big Shownew
North Bay craft brewers prepare for the Great American Beer Festival.
North Bay Bohemian |
Ken Weaver |
09-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Sparks Flyingnew
After nearly being electrocuted, a Metro Water employee is fired—and the risk-management specialist resigns in protest.
Tucson Weekly |
Albert Vetere Lannon |
09-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: worker's rights, business
Bittersweet Homenew
Seniors face a tough transition into their brand-new apartments.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-20-2012 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing, senior living
Children of the (Candy) Cornnew
The evil candy corn industry has infiltrated major snack corporations in a continued effort to distract us from the scientific fact that candy corn is the second worst Halloween candy ever made.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Mike Breen |
09-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
40 years in Atlantanew
The best Atlanta has to offer, past and present, spanning four decades of CL
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
CL staff |
09-20-2012 |
Culture
Dead Heatnew
In their tight U.S. Senate race, Flake and Carmona spar over the environment, Medicare
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-20-2012 |
Elections
Tags: medicare
Liberty For Salenew
Should Ohio inmates be commodities in a for-profit venture?
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
09-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
What Texas Criminal Justice Reformers Could Teach the Booming Immigrant Detention Systemnew
GOP State Rep. Jerry Madden took the helm of the House corrections committee in 2005, just in time for a deeply distressing projection: booming incarceration in our notoriously tough-on-crime state meant Texas would need eight new prisons by 2012, at a cost of about $1 billion.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: jail, criminal justice
Pitfall! How Voter ID Trips Up Votersnew
Final arguments will be held Sept. 24 in a federal court case about South Carolina’s Voter ID law. Pitfalls for voters abound regardless of how the court rules, and that could be just the intention of those who passed the law.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-20-2012 |
Politics
Tags: voting rights act
Al-Shabaab cases takes a turnnew
Four Somali men hope testimony collected in East Africa will prove they didn’t send money to a terrorist group.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
09-19-2012 |
International
Tags: government
Enter Scofieldnew
Scott Hall profiles legendary jazz-funk artist John Scofield.
NUVO |
Scott Hall |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bicycle breakthrough: Nine13 Sports inspires active kidsnew
The non-profit group partners with a host of Indianapolis-area schools and children's groups to encourage kids to engage in healthy activities.
NUVO |
Robert Annis |
09-19-2012 |
Civil Liberties
From idea to reality, We Are City: Summitnew
We Are City formed after the Urbanized Summit last year at the which screened the documentary Urbanized. Those involved want to continue the discussion on what city life in Indy could become.
