AltWeeklies Wire
My Two Parentsnew
What if the people in your state -- your neighbors, your coworkers, your acquaintances -- could cast a vote to diagnose your family as invalid, as Amendment 1 does to my family?
Working the Phones Against DOMAnew
Meanwhile, four Wake County Commissioners do an awful thing.
Marijuana Can Help Prevent Suicide, Study Saysnew
A new study from Germany says that, in U.S. states like California where marijuana has become medically legit, rates of suicide have gone down.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
02-27-2012 |
Drugs
Just Bustednew
Public defenders are underfunded and overworked but uniquely positioned to change the way we think about crime, poverty, and punishment.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Public Defenders
Opponents Rally Against N.C. Marriage Amendmentnew
If anyone thought North Carolina's Amendment One would quietly pass, changing the legal recognition for domestic partnership and further solidifying a ban on same-sex marriages, the last few weeks in Greensboro have signaled strong community opposition to the proposed state constitution amendment.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-27-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: DOMA, Amendment One
Tara Perry: The Girl Who Fell to Earthnew
Sixteen-year-old Tara Perry followed her man into crime and madness.
Personhood: Symbol or Substance?new
Despite a loss in November's election, anti-abortion "personhood" efforts are gaining steam in Mississippi and elsewhere around the country.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
02-24-2012 |
Health
Not Too Poor for the Warsnew
"There is a tsunami coming to the United States," says Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., consisting of the trillions of dollars of debt and veterans' health care obligations for wars we cannot win and a military machine we cannot afford.
Tags: U.S. War Debt
Another Obama Sellout on Housing
This mortgage settlement with the banks over robo-signing is different, claims the White House. "No more lost paperwork, no more excuses, no more runaround," HUD secretary Shaun Donovan said February 9th. The new standards will "force the banks to clean up their acts." Don't bet on it.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-23-2012 |
Housing & Development
Adult Ed Gets Reprievenew
While President Barack Obama broadly stressed the importance of education and workforce retraining in his State of the Union address, students, teachers, parents and advocates have been mobilizing to prevent Los Angeles Unified School District from making a half billion dollars in cuts at the expense of adult education.
Random Lengths News |
Zamna Avila |
02-23-2012 |
Education
Retired Industry Expert Joins Gas Refinery Fight in the Los Angeles South Baynew
After spending more than three decades working in the oil industry, Connie Rutter is the perfect citizen advocate to advance the community’s effort to shut the dangerous Rancho LPG tank facility.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
02-23-2012 |
Environment
Shop the Pressesnew
After weeks of censorship and rumors about the sale of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, the future remains murky.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-23-2012 |
Media
Can Hypnosis Bring You to Sexual Climax?new
Let's order quesadillas and find out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
02-23-2012 |
Sex
The Truth About Consequencesnew
Louisville-area public schools disproportionately impose harsh punishments on black students.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
02-23-2012 |
Education
Live, Work, Paynew
How an accident pushed one Orlando woman into the intersection of Orlando's professional-incest machine.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-23-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: graves amendment, tort law
