AltWeeklies Wire
Slideshow: Trayvon Martin marchnew
An estimated 2,500 protesters gathered in downtown Indy to protest the the slaying of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
NUVO |
Brandon Knapp |
03-31-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Nigerian rental scammers hit Charlestonnew
“You can only pass by and see how my house looks like from outside,” the man wrote in response to my inquiry about a downtown apartment, “but you must be careful with the way you patrol, in order to avoid been [sic] harassed by the neighborhood security.” Wait — neighborhood security in the hospital district? And then I came to this sentence, which I read a dozen times and could never quite decipher: “As for me, I think it will be perfect to have the keys/paperwork in hand before going to check our house.”
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Teens' Hate Spree Punishednew
Jackson, Miss., was center stage for a landmark hate-crimes hearing last week.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller and R.L. Nave |
03-31-2012 |
Race & Class
Raise Your Voicenew
Imam Ali Siddiqui is intimately familiar with the destructive nature of religious fundamentalism and the problems of immigration in the modern world.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Space Explorers for a Daynew
At Walton Elementary School on a Friday afternoon, students in one of the classrooms sat on the floor, rapt attention focused on one of their classmates who was sitting on a replica space toilet. Outside in the parking lot, another student sat in a miniature space shuttle cockpit, which lurched side-to-side as he steered it.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
03-31-2012 |
Education
Clouds on the horizonnew
Stormwater's sudden reappearance on the city's political scene leaves some wondering if it's a trap.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
Fate of natural Texas rests on landowners and smart conservationnew
You don't need to ride our highways or jockey for parking at our many strip malls to know San Antonio has been growing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
What 'Stand Your Ground' means in South Carolinanew
Gregory Kirk Duncan didn’t take too kindly to the way Christopher Spicer, a guest in his Greenville County home, was talking about a picture of his daughter wearing a cheerleading outfit. Duncan asked Spicer to leave, and he did—but not for long.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Jackson Rallies for Trayvon Martinnew
"What's going on in Florida is a direct representation of what went on in 1955, when a young man named Emmett Till, at the age of 14 years old, did not have the opportunity to have his due process," Tony Yarber said. "And we are standing here in the same state that this took place in 1955, and we're saying, 'It will not happen.'"
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
03-31-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Pacific Environment: Rooftop Solar Is the Answernew
A new report by the respected Oakland-based environmental group calls for a dramatic increase in rooftop solar installations by 2020.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
Thumbs down: Suspicious flight patternnew
The abrupt departure of Indianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark follows questions about his spending habits - his
second flight under such a cloud in as many jobs.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
03-31-2012 |
Transportation
In North Carolina's fracking report, politics threatens to trump sciencenew
If you read the first nine pages of the state's draft report on fracking, you will be unprepared for the punch line at the end.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
A city-style development makes strides on Maybank Highwaynew
Not to spoil anyone’s secret spots, but there are only a few places left on James Island where you can really slip into the woods and get away from it all. Apart from an undeveloped peninsula or two off Fort Johnson Road and the still-rural stretches of Grimball Road, the island that Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. fights so dearly to rein into the City of Charleston has largely been stripped of its forests and farms, replaced with one suburban street after another.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Highway Suicidenew
Why do people keep lying down in Minnesota traffic?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
03-30-2012 |
Health
To Catch a Scammernew
Con Warner exacts his revenge on the internet's worst con artists.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
