AltWeeklies Wire
Domestic Workers: Vulnerable, Underpaid, and Abusednew
Groundbreaking national survey finds domestic workers are often overworked, underpaid, abused, and excluded from protections that regulate other professions.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-07-2012 |
Business & Labor
Should Civilians Be Allowed to Carry Tasers?new
Advocates say that stun guns are valuable for the public for the same reasons they're valuable to police forces.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
12-07-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Killer at Largenew
Eight years after the murder of Richard Vega Jr., the holidays remain a tough time for his family.
Tucson Weekly |
Brian J. Pedersen |
12-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Give a man a fish...new
Solutions Farms has a staff of formerly homeless people who produce lettuce and tilapia in Vista, California.
San Diego Reader |
Candice Reed |
12-05-2012 |
Homelessness
More Layoffs Coming at the Indianapolis Starnew
Determined to squeeze every last nickel from the withering carcass of The Indianapolis Star, corporate parent Gannett Co. plans to ship its local copy-editing and page-design jobs out of town.
Grover Norquist Draws the Linenew
There have always been libertarian and authoritarian strains within the Republican Party. Both are very different, and sometimes they're even incompatible.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
12-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
Welcome to frack landnew
Colorado Springs City Council looks ready to welcome oil and gas drillers, but water could still be a problem.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
12-05-2012 |
Energy
Capitol Punishmentnew
A death-penalty showdown might play out in the Democrat-controlled Colorado Legislature.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
12-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
R.I.P. Roxanne Morgan, the greatest copy editor evernew
Roxanne Morgan is gone, and nobody knows what to do.
Tags: The Indianapolis Star
Unearthed Native Burial Site Causes Uproarnew
Bones — including skulls, ribs, femurs, jaws, and fingers — from at least 10 ancient adults and adolescents were ripped from their graves, broken and scattered by bulldozers and backhoes. The devastation occurred in late April 2011 when the Arizona Game and Fish Department started construction on a public fishing pond.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
12-05-2012 |
Features
Broadening Newsnew
Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz buys the Colorado Springs Gazette, plans to boost content, pages and staff.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
12-05-2012 |
Media
Helping, or Hiding, the Homeless?new
Officials herald a new day center, while a college project shines light on real people.
Folio Weekly |
Denise Reagan |
12-04-2012 |
Homelessness
Pensions Pushing the Limitnew
Jacksonville's impasse is just one example of unfunded benefits creating political headaches.
Folio Weekly |
Ron Word |
12-04-2012 |
Policy Issues
Will Juvenile Lifers Get a Second Chance?new
They're a tribe within a tribe, aging cons whose adolescent crimes have been deemed so unredeemable that they are condemned to die behind bars, with no hope of release. But hope is hard to kill, even among convicted killers.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tax Factsnew
Tax cuts are like power: Once people have some, wresting it out of their hands makes for a battle royale.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
11-30-2012 |
Economy
