AltWeeklies Wire
'Internalized Racism'new
D'Andra Orey, a political science professor who focuses on issues of race and politics, says the incidents surrounding a black college freshman's death represent what he calls internalized racism.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-06-2012 |
Race & Class
Legislative letdownsnew
With a flourish of political recklessness, Georgia's 40-day legislative session drew to a close last week. And that means it's time to sit back and assess the damage the people we elect to manage our best interests did to said best interests. Granted, it wasn't all bad...
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
04-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
Lobbyists should pay what's owednew
Imagine heading down to the DMV and successfully renewing your driver's license even though you owe more than $47,000 in traffic fines. Wouldn't you be shocked you pulled it off?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
William Perry |
04-05-2012 |
Policy Issues
Does a developer's sale of mineral rights to an energy company foreshadow fracking?new
Starting at 501 feet below the surface of Brightleaf at the Park, the mineral rights—ownership of natural gas, oil, geothermal heat, hydrocarbons, even water—belong to DRH Energy, a subsidiary of D.R. Horton.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
04-05-2012 |
Environment
EcoHouse enables affordable energy upgradesnew
Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership's EcoHouse program offers qualified participants up to $15,000 in loans to make energy efficient repairs & appliance upgrades.
NUVO |
Cami Ward |
04-05-2012 |
Environment
Got questions for the ridiculously photogenic bridge runner?new
A photo taken last weekend of a racer at the Cooper River Bridge Run has become an Internet sensation called Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, garnering hundreds of thousands of page views and a plethora of humorous captions. That's right: Charleston started a meme.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-05-2012 |
Features
Indy's special King-Kennedy connectionnew
An excellent opportunity to pause to consider
powerful legacies and the necessity of continuing to work for peace and
equality happens each April 4.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
04-05-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Kiss Die Cutnew
The next wave of Nashville printmakers rocks Music City
Nashville Scene |
Laura Hutson |
04-05-2012 |
Features
How Local Business Stops the Brain Drainnew
It is no coincidence that the "cool" cities where young workers want to live are filled with vibrant communities of locally owned businesses where they can hang out even if they're paying their dues in a boring workplace.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
04-05-2012 |
Business & Labor
Equality NC's Jen Jones and the campaign against Amendment 1new
"North Carolinians are pretty compassionate people. If you say you're going to hurt children and families, they'll come down on the other side." — Jen Jones
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
04-05-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Does the Religious Right really believe equality will allow us to marry ice cream?new
"If marriage is radically redefined as a way of just affirming loving feelings of attraction, then equality will require people who love ice cream to marry ice cream." — Daniel Heimbach, senior professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Cannabis Crackdown Hits Oaksterdamnew
The feds detain Richard Lee and raid his respected medical pot businesses in a brazen move that may backfire.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-05-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: Oaksterdam University, Marijuana, NORML, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dale Gieringer, Richard Lee, Harborside Health Center, Prop 19, Stephen DeAngelo, Dale Sky Jones, Debby Goldsberry, Melinda Haag, Rebecca Kaplan, David Goldman, Americans for Safe Access San Francisco, Coffeshop Blue Sky, Jeff Jones, Oaksterdam Museum, the Oaksterdam Gift Shop, US marshalls, Freedom Fighter of the Year, High Times
Churn and Burn at the Young Musicians Programnew
A venerable UC Berkeley youth program appears to be violating its union contract.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-05-2012 |
Education
The magic Bullittnew
"It’s not just green fatigue. It’s fatigue. There’s a whole generation of Americans now rising through the ranks that are as depressed about the effectiveness of government as they were back in the 1960s."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
04-05-2012 |
Environment
No ceiling?new
Sheriff Maketa appoints Paula Presley as his No. 2, a move that could position her to become El Paso County's first female sheriff.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
04-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
