AltWeeklies Wire
Leave Ted Turner Alone!new
Let's let the Mouth of the South get old and boring in peace, shall we?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
03-07-2012 |
Media
The Case for Shiftlessness
We've been programmed to believe that the only way to get money is to earn it. Improvements in workplace efficiency, however, are increasing unemployment and making work-for-pay obsolete.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-07-2012 |
Business & Labor
Mitch Daniels Rallies to Aid Indiana Gasificationnew
Indiana Gasification is expected to produce synthetic gas for about $6.60 per dekatherm, while natural gas prices are currently below $3. For this it wants a tax credit.
Southeast Ohio Scrambles to Get Ready for Fracking Boomnew
In Ohio's Athens County, the issue of "fracking" for oil and gas just keeps on getting hotter.
The Athens NEWS |
David DeWitt |
03-05-2012 |
Energy
Emergency Callnew
Alameda County has the highest rate of psychiatric detentions in the state, but has failed to adopt a law that could help severely mentally ill adults.
East Bay Express |
Ed Connolly |
03-05-2012 |
Health
Angela Davis and Grace Lee Boggs Ponder Activism in the Age of Occupynew
The activist-scholars discuss redefining revolution at the kickoff to UC Berkeley's Empowering Women of Color Conference.
East Bay Express |
Momo Chang |
03-05-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tornadoes kill at least 13 in Indiananew
Tornadoes took at least 13 lives over the weekend. Nearly 100 homes were damaged, including 19 that
were destroyed, 20 with major damage, 11 with minor damage and 48 otherwise affected.
Tags: Indiana Tornadoes
Women's History Month by the numbersnew
Progress can be logged on the journey to equality, but there's a long way to go.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
03-05-2012 |
The War on Women
Skin in the Gamenew
A bill that would force students in Arizona to pay $2,000 a year in university tuition passes a key hurdle.
Tucson Weekly |
Alexandra K. Newman |
03-04-2012 |
Education
Mob Mentalitynew
A developing social-media movement's Colorado version arrives locally to benefit small business.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-04-2012 |
Business & Labor
Leap Year by the Numbersnew
We say that a calendar year is 365 days, and it is, more or less. But it takes just a little bit longer for the Earth to make its lap around the sun, about 6 hours, making a full year 365.24219 days. So we add a day every four years, a process known as intercalation.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-04-2012 |
Features
Why Not a Gas Tax?new
Voters are souring on sales taxes, so why not increase taxes on gasoline to pay for transportation projects.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-02-2012 |
Policy Issues
Questions Over Testing Stall Bartee Executionnew
The night of August 16, 1996, gunshots rang out from David Cook's East Side home shortly before neighbors heard someone take off down the street on Cook's prized red Harley.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-02-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Anthony Bartee execution
The Deadliest Place In Mexiconew
Who's killing the people of the Juarez Valley?
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
03-02-2012 |
International
Tags: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Drug War
Cannabis Bills Hit Calif. Capitolnew
From divorce court to driving dirty, five new bills seek to either increase or the decrease the government's role in your once-private life.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-02-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana, SB 1506
