AltWeeklies Wire
Beer for Everybodynew
Brewers big and small are hoping Mississippi will soon allow them to make and sell higher-gravity beer in the state.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-18-2012 |
Business & Labor
'We Have No Choice': One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Lawnew
The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas' harsh new law—just the beginning of the torment.
The Texas Observer |
Carolyn Jones |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
E-Waste by the Numbersnew
Clear out the junk electronics. Your e-waste is wanted!
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
03-16-2012 |
Environment
Pittsboro, N.C. says no thanks to frackingnew
The Pittsboro Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to approve part of an anti-fracking resolution that asks the Legislature to keep the controversial drilling practice illegal.
Riot in North Bumblef*cknew
A private-prison disaster in Oklahoma reveals the dangers of California's reliance on Corrections Corporation of America.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Dodger Con Mannew
Josh Macciello convinced L.A. he was in line to buy the Dodgers. But he was really a fraud.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
03-16-2012 |
Features
Susan Collins Murdered Afghans. Now She's a Moderate
Lefties were against the Afghanistan War ten years ago. We were ignored or mocked. Now that the polls have shifted against the war, it's a little galling to hear warmongers like Susan Collins talk about Karzai's corruption and Afghanistan's unique history as though she were reporting information that just came to light.
Tags: Afghanistan War, Susan Collins
China’s Impending Crashnew
China is on an unsustainable spending spree.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-16-2012 |
International
Virginia is for Hipstersnew
Should local governments offer scarce affordable housing programs to yuppies?
Washington City Paper |
Lydia DePillis |
03-16-2012 |
Housing & Development
Latter-Day Candidatenew
Mitt Romney's neverending quest for the GOP nomination keeps Colorado Mormons on guard.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-16-2012 |
Religion
Tags: Mitt Romney, Mormon Politicians
The DOMA Monitornew
Events March 15-21; lieutenant governor candidate, Chapel Hill Town Council, BofA executive come out against; latest Elon University Poll shows 54 percent oppose amendment.
Walmart Cometh to Atlantanew
The big-box retailer and progressive’s worst enemy moves closer to the heart of metro Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
03-15-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Walmart Athens, Walmart Atlanta
Nearly 5,000 Chickens Rescued from Factory Farmnew
But activists, including many from the East Bay, weren't able to save 45,000 hens at an abandoned cage farm.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
03-15-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Factory Farms
Breaking It Downnew
It may not be PTSD or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-14-2012 |
War
Tags: PTSD, war trauma
The Great Shale Rush in South Texasnew
While it borders on the heretical to say it aloud, judging from very recent shale plays elsewhere in the country — like the Marcellus, the Barnett, the Fayetteville — this may not go down as the century of natural gas, after all.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-14-2012 |
Energy
