AltWeeklies Wire
Think Kink: San Antonio Fetish Ballnew
We sent our photo intern to the annual Easter weekend San Antonio Fetish Ball at the Korova on April 7. (Insert "he is risen" joke here.)
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
04-12-2012 |
Sex
Tags: San Antonio fetish ball
Tough Politicians Are Killing Cops
Violent crime in general is decreasing. But more cops are being killed in the line of duty. One reason: tough sentencing laws that make shooting a police officer a rational decision.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-12-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: police shootings
Charleston's Restaurant Industry Faces Its Drinking Demonsnew
At about 4 a.m. on Dec. 17, 2011, two employees of Charleston restaurants collided in their vehicles. One of them died in his car, which went up in flames after hitting a concrete barrier. The other survived with minor injuries but was charged with felony driving under the influence after his blood alcohol level was measured above the legal driving limit.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-12-2012 |
Features
Workers' Rights Under Firenew
Mississippi's labor laws make it among the least worker-friendly states in the union.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-12-2012 |
Business & Labor
Clam Wars Rage in Oyster Baynew
Dead Marine Life. Suppressed Information. Tens of Millions in Shellfish. A multimedia investigation documenting the struggle between a dying way of life and the last of the large commercial shellfish operations in New York.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
04-11-2012 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Long Island Press
How California's Prison Population Explodednew
And why the costs of housing inmates skyrocketed at the same time.
East Bay Express |
Joaquin Palomino |
04-10-2012 |
Crime & Justice
George Zimmerman's Family Member Implies AG Eric Holder Is Racistnew
The family of George Zimmerman has stepped up its public defense, and one relative has sent a highly critical letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking why the Department of Justice has not arrested members of the New Black Panther Party movement.
Miami New Times |
Kyle Munzenrieder |
04-10-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin
Jailhouse Lawsuitsnew
There's been a flurry of legal actions against Orleans Parish Prison and its sheriff, Marlin Gusman.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
04-10-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Former NOM head regrets wording of race memosnew
The former head of the National Organization for Marriage said Wednesday that she disagreed with some specific wording in the group’s controversial anti-gay marriage strategies but that she did not find the strategies themselves inappropriate.
The American Independent News Network |
Reilly Moore |
04-06-2012 |
Policy Issues
NUVO 2012 Cultural Vision Award winnersnew
NUVO is proud to announce this year's CVA winners.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
04-06-2012 |
Civil Liberties
AC Transit Finally Buys Americannew
The transit agency officially ends its long-term deal to buy expensive, foreign-made buses. Plus, Perata and De La Fuente's newest questionable deal.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-06-2012 |
Transportation
Conscience rights ignite online debatenew
A Fast Forward Weekly story from September, 2011 has resurfaced and fuelled a renewed debate about conscience rights in the current Alberta election as the right-wing Wildrose Party surges.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Suzy Thompson |
04-06-2012 |
Policy Issues
Indy's civil rights mantlenew
While other cities burned after MLK's assassination, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy kept Indy focused on peace. Hoosier witnesses have kept that hope burning.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
04-06-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil rights, peace, justice, racism, Christianity, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam War, Jesus Christ, assassination, equality, Robert Kennedy, Olgen Williams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, assasination, Amos Brown, Dream Keepers, Justice Tanya Walton Pratt, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Kennedy-King Memorial Day, Marilyn Moores, Tamika Catchings, Trailblazer Awards, William Crawford, public service
Who Gets Hurt in Budget Cuts?new
Quick, when budget cuts target programs like Medicare, who suffers the most? It's not a trick question.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-06-2012 |
Children & Families
The Pejorative Reportnew
It's not just the Rush Limbaughs who use language to degrade and insult. As politicians throw around emotionally packed words on the attack, some journalists wind up repeating them.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
04-06-2012 |
Media
Tags: NPR, Journalism, Media, FOX, Rush Limbaugh, Obamacare, objectivity, Affordable Care Act, Sandra Fluke
