AltWeeklies Wire
Job Prospects Looking Up for College Gradsnew
Class of 2012 gets a break.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Michelle Boudin and Joanne Spataro |
05-15-2012 |
Economy
What’s Wong With This Picture? Time Magazine Sucks
The May 21, 2012 issue of Time Magazine is a significant bellwether. It speaks volumes about the state of America’s steadily imploding media, of which Time Magazine has crossed a line into tabloid exploitation. It could well be the magazine’s Waterloo.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-14-2012 |
Media
Finding Emilynew
What happens when a girl goes missing in the heart of Sin City?
Las Vegas CityLife |
Amy Kingsley |
05-14-2012 |
Features
Tags: Features, Emily Fahey
Preparing for Doomsdaynew
Paul Range and Gloria Haswell have enough food, water, and guns to see the apocalypse through. And you're not invited.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-14-2012 |
Features
'Where I Am, You May Not Harm'new
Joan Chittister's voice fairly resonates with passion. Her broad smile belies a fierce intelligence and a barely disguised rage at injustice of any sort, especially over systemic injustices of poverty and the state of the world's women and children.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronn |
05-14-2012 |
Religion
How Rape Victims Cope After Exonerationnew
Debbie Jones spent decades coming to grips with the fact Thomas McGowan raped her. Then she found out he didn't.
Dallas Observer |
Anna Merlan |
05-11-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Rape, Thomas McGowan
Will Wall Street Cool on Bridgepoint?new
Since its purchase by Bridgepoint Education, Iowa’s Mount St. Clare College has gone from spending $5000 per student per year on education to $700. Nearby University of Iowa spends $12,000 per student.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
05-11-2012 |
Education
How Beauty Pageants View Transwomennew
What does the social acceptance of passing transwomen mean for other transwomen who do not fulfill social expectations of prettiness? Or who do not wish to pass at all?
Are Stoners High on Romney?new
There's talk of many cannabis advocates casting a protest vote against Obama.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
05-11-2012 |
Drugs
Talisman Energy Stirs Resistancenew
Leaders from Peru accuse Calgary-based Talisman Energy of dirty deeds in its quest for Amazon oil.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Suzy Thompson |
05-11-2012 |
Energy
Atlanta's School for Mad Mennew
The Creative Circus teaches its students how to be Don Draper without being an asshole.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Eric Celeste |
05-11-2012 |
Education
Unmasking the Anarchistsnew
A revealing portrait of those who will do anything necessary to bring about change.
No Sex, No Educationnew
What's at stake in the Tennessee legislature's covert war on Planned Parenthood.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
05-10-2012 |
Education
The Clusterf*ck Behind Houston's Cryptic New Noise Ordinancenew
Vague new law has bar and club owners screaming.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
05-10-2012 |
Features
Obama Leads From the Back
Obama's decision to come out in favor of gay marriage is classic Dick Morris-style "leading from the back."
