AltWeeklies Wire
The power of wordsnew
People are not "illegals," and we will not be defining them that way.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
07-09-2012 |
Immigration
Delta Bluesnew
Can salmon survive California's 'Peripheral Canal'?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-09-2012 |
Environment
Hit from both sidesnew
One Colorado Springs doctor talks about going from helper to victim and back again.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Signs in the cindersnew
A professional explains how wildfire investigation is done.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
The things we left behindnew
Amid the confusion of sudden evacuation, a certain kind of clarity sometimes emerges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman, Kirsten Akens, Bryce Crawford, Chet Hardin, Wyatt Miller, Achille Ngoma, Matthew Schniper and J. Adrian Stanley |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Extreme Heat: The New Normalnew
Extreme heat and minimal-to-nonexistent rain are killing crops and livestock around Indiana. Other likelihoods: Higher food costs, reservoir restrictions and the rippling economic pinch.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
07-06-2012 |
Environment
Inside the Nightmarenew
Dispatches from firefighters and officials create a haunting account of how the Waldo Canyon Fire happened.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Sick of Itnew
Florida activists race against time to get question on the ballot that will let voters decide whether businesses should have to offer paid sick leave to employees.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-06-2012 |
Health
Tags: Health
Black Like Me?new
How I came to find myself somewhere between 'Love & Hip Hop'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
07-06-2012 |
Race & Class
Legal Experts Dispute 'Tortured' Reading of Abortion Lawnew
The Virginia Board of Health ignored legal advice from the state attorney general's office when it exempted existing abortion clinics from tough new regulations pushed by pro-life advocates.
The American Independent News Network |
Reilly Moore |
07-06-2012 |
Policy Issues
What Next for Occupy?
It's less important to guess whether Occupy has a future than to examine how a movement with widespread public support from left and right alike devolved from nearly 2000 public encampments to its current situation: marginalization and cooption.
End of the Rainbownew
Calgary's queer bars are disappearing, eliminating important community hubs and safe gathering places for the LGBT community.
Fast Forward Weekly |
James Wilt |
07-06-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: LGBT
Student Loans Tying You Down?new
Don't look for help from Congress's latest fix.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
07-03-2012 |
Education
Tags: College Debt, Student Loans
Bill Designed to Shut Down PA Abortion Clinics Is In Effect. Now what?new
Pennsylvania currently has 14 freestanding clinics providing surgical abortions. A few weeks ago, that number was 15, but in response to Act 122, a clinic associated with the University of Pittsburgh has already closed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
07-03-2012 |
Civil Liberties
