AltWeeklies Wire
Fight for Rightsnew
Small northern Alberta First Nations band could force government to regulate oil industry.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Waste Injection Wells: The Earth's Invisible Dumpnew
With more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic waste having been injected under the surface of the Earth, what happens if our belief that what goes down can’t come up is wrong?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: toxic waste, waste
A Brief History of 'The City's Smart Alternative'new
The Jackson Free Press started with no money but a big dream.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
09-21-2012 |
Media
Tags: Altweeklies
Celebrating 10 Yearsnew
Not everything about the JFP's first 10 years has been easy.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
09-21-2012 |
Media
JFP's Biggest Storiesnew
Over the years, the Jackson Free Press has dug in deep on a number of big stories and topics that produced major results for the city and state. Here are our biggest.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
09-21-2012 |
Media
Tags: Jackson Free Press
Perspectives in Education: John Harris Loflinnew
Perspectives in Education featured contributor of the week: Grassroots education-reform advocate John Harris Loflin on urban teacher-parent collaboration.
The Apoca-List: Babies with syphilis, Guld Cartel leader captured, Anonymous hacktivist arrested in Dallasnew
Babies with syphilis, Guld Cartel leader captured, Anonymous hacktivist arrested in Dallas
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
09-20-2012 |
Features
Newsmonger: Congress will hold Lackland hearingsnew
The House Armed Services Committee announced last week it will hold hearings on the sex abuse scandal that has continued to widen at Joint Base San Antoinio-Lackland over the past year, following the committee chairman's much-criticized visit to the base just three days prior.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
09-20-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: sex scandal
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
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
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
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
