AltWeeklies Wire
Last-Minute Gift Idea: Build a Homeless Shelternew
Crisis Ministries is $1.2M short of fundraising goal.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-23-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Crisis Ministries
Censored Scientist Wants to Restore Sound Policy-Making in Texasnew
Two months of sustained outrage from scientists, academics, and newspaper editorial boards may have changed things at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality — at least when it comes to publishing hard, peer-reviewed science.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-23-2011 |
Environment
National report recommends ending use of chimps in biomedical researchnew
"Use of these animals should be permissible only if forgoing their use will prevent or significantly hinder advances necessary to prevent or treat life-threatening or debilitating conditions."
INDY Week |
Maggie Smith |
12-23-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Animal Research
Can Don Lemon set CNN straight?new
Cable news is broken and the 'CNN Newsroom' anchor could be the guy to fix it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
12-23-2011 |
Media
Oakland Police Department Used Violent Cops Against Occupynew
Records reveal that the department put officers with histories of using deadly force on the frontlines during Occupy Oakland protests.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
12-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Officials Target Trafficking Loopholesnew
Indiana state officials are lobbying to fast-track legislation that would make it easier for police and prosecutors to crack down on human trafficking.
NUVO |
Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism |
12-22-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: human trafficking, sex trade
Who Polices Political Cartooning?
How can we expect editors and publishers to respect political cartoonists unless they respect themselves?
Where The Jobs Are ... and Aren'tnew
Where are the jobs? Everybody should move to North Dakota, where there are more jobs than people and more people than housing. But you don't have to go so far as Fargo to find work.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-22-2011 |
Economy
N.C. Businessman Convicted on 63 Counts of Tax Evasionnew
A jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts against Greensboro businessman Greg Harrison in a tax evasion case that wrapped up Tuesday evening in federal court in Winston-Salem.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
12-22-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Greg Harrison, Winston-Salem
Super Bowl as Moral Enforcernew
Apparently it takes a whole battalion of hefty guys running into each other for our state to question its stance on sex trafficking laws.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
12-22-2011 |
Policy Issues
The Madonna-Whore-Lawyer Conundrumnew
Some good girls do, and some bad girls don't. Either way, we love to label them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
12-22-2011 |
Sex
What's Next for Occupy?new
"We are the 99 Percent" dominated the second-half of 2011, but will it endure in 2012?
East Bay Express |
John C. Osborn |
12-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Judges Grill Arpaio's Lawyer on Alleged First Amendment Violationsnew
An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had some tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer about why "America's Toughest Sheriff" should be exempt from a lawsuit claiming he violated an Arizona newspaper's First Amendment rights.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
12-22-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Joe Arpaio
Border Fence Blocks Access to Important Historical Sitenew
Border Monument 258 can no longer be accessed from the U.S. side.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
12-22-2011 |
International
Weed Whacking Californianew
The federal crackdown that shredded medical marijuana this year looks like it'll last at least until the 2012 presidential election.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-21-2011 |
Drugs
