AltWeeklies Wire
Slave to the Payday Lendernew
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2013 |
Business & Labor
Welcome Back, Black Market Abortionsnew
The lengths Texas women will go to avoid anti-abortion regulation.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
08-15-2013 |
The War on Women
Return of Personhoodnew
Colorado pro-lifers not satisfied with bill that makes forced miscarriage a crime.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-15-2013 |
The War on Women
Journalism will endure, delivery may changenew
The profession will endure, because people, their lives and their stories always will matter. We just need to figure out new ways to reach our audiences and pay the bills.
St. Petersburg's Pier Warsnew
With a final vote imminent, a look at the forces that shaped the battle over the St. Pete Pier.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
08-15-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: St. Petersburg Pier
Public Art, Private Decisionsnew
Atlanta's public art policy aimed at preventing controversy might also step on free speech.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Debbie Michaud |
08-15-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Happy Trails? The Battle Over a Bike Pathnew
Everyone agrees that bike paths are great, except for one man who spent a decade trying to protect an AIDS garden.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Advice—Lots of Advice—for Jeff Bezosnew
We asked various journo types, from public radio hosts to media empire queens, to offer Jeff Bezos their two cents on how to run the Washington Post. Normally we'd advise the owner to stay the hell out of editorial operations. Now we ask Bezos to ignore that advice so he can follow all this advice on how to meddle most effectively.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer, Guy Raz, Tyler Brûlé, Mark Athitakis, Mike Riggs, Arianna Huffington, Dan Kois, Kara Swisher, Mario R. García, Ryan Kearney, Mike Paarlberg, Betsy Rothstein, Jason Cherkis, Ted Scheinman, Andrew Beaujon and Benjamin R. Freed |
08-15-2013 |
Media
Tags: Jeff Bezos
The Somerville Files: A Four Part Investigative Seriesnew
For 10 months, three reporters dug into the unseemly political underbelly of the City of Somerville, where the power and privilege of an elite few has dominated and perverted municipal progress for decades. The Somerville Files is the culmination of their work, which pulls back the hip urban Somerville facade to reveal a shadow government amidst both turmoil and transition.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Bushwhacking Through California Parksnew
Years of state and federal budget cuts, including federal sequestration earlier this year, have resulted in overgrown trails, dirty bathrooms, and garbage-strewn picnic areas.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-14-2013 |
Environment
Right to Bare Breastsnew
Not all exposure is indecent. Just ask the topless model arrested in downtown Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jessica Blankenship |
08-14-2013 |
Civil Liberties
How Asheville, N.C. got an in-town Chick-fil-A drive-thrunew
Chick-fil-A will open half a mile from downtown Asheville, a progressive city with a nationally recognized local food scene. Since 2005, the property where Chick-fil-A will open has entangled residents in a debate about what Asheville should look like in the future.
Mountain Xpress |
Emily Patrick |
08-14-2013 |
Housing & Development
Is 'Pot' a Pejorative?new
Do terms like terms like "pot" and "weed" devalue the seriousness of marijuana as medication?
Providence Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
08-09-2013 |
Drugs
Double Playnew
The Boston Globe’s fire-sale price tag raises the question: Is the paper undervalued now or was it overvalued two decades ago?
The Memphis Flyer |
Kenneth Neill |
08-09-2013 |
Media
Yoga for Runnersnew
This is part one in an instructional yoga series, each focused on yoga positions for different purposes.
Jackson Free Press |
Scotta Brady |
08-09-2013 |
Health
