AltWeeklies Wire
Getting the Lead Outnew

Successful program that protects Detroit kids is now in jeopardy.
Metro Times |
Brian Bienkowski |
03-06-2013 |
Housing & Development
Girls & Gunsnew

Creative Loafing Charlotte's female writers visit the shooting range.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie, Ailen Arreaza, Kimberly Lawson and Anita Overcash |
03-06-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: gun violence, gun debate
The Link Between Climate Change and the Food on Your Platenew

The results of climate change are already altering the way crops pollinate, mature and produce. Over time, they could change what we eat and when we eat it.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-06-2013 |
Environment
Education’s Uneven Playing Fieldnew

Let me count the ways that charter schools aren’t public schools.
Folio Weekly |
Chris Guerrieri |
03-06-2013 |
Education
Tags: charter schools
Missing the Point on Rape-Prevention Effortsnew

Heated gun debate skewed the representation of colleges' public-safety programming.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-06-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Death penalty abolitionists celebrate lifenew

Abolitionists hope that events like these will bring awareness to the issue and eventually push lawmakers to do away with capital punishment altogether.
NUVO |
Hannah Leyva |
03-05-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Upside of the Affordable Care Actnew

The federal government is making the State of Indiana an offer that's too good to refuse: expanding Medicaid to cover more Hoosiers.
NUVO |
Linda Greene |
03-05-2013 |
Policy Issues
Early Adoptersnew

When a local couple traveled to the Congo to adopt a child, they returned with two.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
03-03-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Adoption
Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?new

Why do so many rich men want to buy L.A.'s paper of record? And how did it get to this point?
L.A. Weekly |
Hillel Aron |
03-01-2013 |
Media
Overqualified, Underemployednew

Tip your barista, her degree was expensive.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
03-01-2013 |
Education
Guns Under Covernew

Florida: Where the most concealed-carry permits intersect with 'stand your ground' laws.
Folio Weekly |
Ron Word |
03-01-2013 |
Features
Tags: Florida Gun Laws
Six Things That Have Barely Changed Since Trayvon Martin's Deathnew

Sanford will soon have a new police chief, but other than that, things are still pretty much the same.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
03-01-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Trayvon Martin
Repeal the 17th Amendment! Respect the wishes of dead white men!new

State lawmakers who want to repeal the 17th Amendment can't let go of the past
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Williams |
02-28-2013 |
Policy Issues
Hash Oil: Medicinal, or Solvent-Laden Scare?new

Can you use hash oil medicinally?
Boston Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
02-28-2013 |
Drugs
Tags: hash oil medicinal
What Happened in Gazanew

Parents of deceased activist Rachel Corrie to keynote Israeli Apartheid Week.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
02-28-2013 |
International
Tags: Rachel Corrie