AltWeeklies Wire
Healthy Inputnew
Group wants you to help construct the state's 'one-stop shop for health insurance.'
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-17-2011 |
Health
Comfort in the Stormnew
CASA program helps families and children through turbulent adjustment periods.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Rhonda Van Pelt |
11-17-2011 |
Children & Families
Jean Quan's Groundhog Daynew
Her second raid on Occupy Oakland went off peacefully, unlike the first. But will the campers return?
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-17-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Abstinence Program Provided False and Misleading Information to Michigan Studentsnew
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Michigan provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
The American Independent News Network |
Todd Heywood |
11-17-2011 |
LGBT
Occupy Smackdownnew
A protest provocateur tries to 'make enough noise' to doom OCS.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-17-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Colorado Springs
Deion Sanders’ New Charter School Draws Questionsnew
Some SBOE members and Texas Education Agency staff have been less thrilled by some financial and academic details of Deion Sanders’ charter school plans. Other questions have arisen about some of the school’s financial arrangements — deals that would help its top officials profit from the school’s fundraising and property rental.
The American Independent News Network |
Patrick Michels |
11-17-2011 |
Education
Protecting Petsnew
A recent case shows how courts cast a cautious eye on animal-hoarders.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-17-2011 |
Animal Issues
Mass Transit Lobby Seeks Higher Powernew
Backers of a proposed $2.5 billion mass transit plan are looking for help from on high — or at least local churches — as they mobilize ahead of the 2012 Indiana General Assembly.
NUVO |
Robert Annis |
11-17-2011 |
Transportation
Indiana University Makes Historic Maps Available to Publicnew
Indiana University is now making historic maps of more than 300 locations in the state available to the public.
Michigan's Medical Marijuana Law Turns Threenew
As the third anniversary of the ballot measure victory for Michigan's medical marijuana is marked this week, proponents are dealing with setbacks from municipalities, police, prosecutors and the courts.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
11-17-2011 |
Drugs
After the Occupationnew
Does the Occupy Movement have a future after the occupations?
See also: Are cities trying to freeze the Occupy movement to death?
See also: Are cities trying to freeze the Occupy movement to death?
Boston Phoenix |
Liz Pelly |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
No Guts, No Glorynew
A Cleveland-area woman's routine colonoscopy leads to a marathon of misery
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
11-16-2011 |
Health
Tags: Health, colonoscopy complications
Occupy Detroit on the Movenew
"Consensus is a beautiful thing, but it can be a little messy."
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Detroit
Terry Anderson talks about the media, living in Central New York and his time as a hostage in Lebanon
One-time hostage Terry Anderson has had a tough road since he was released. From a broken marriage to a bankruptcy and a failed attempt at politics, Anderson now makes his home near Syracuse, where he teaches at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Syracuse New Times |
Ed Griffin-Nolan |
11-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in their Wakenew
A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-16-2011 |
Immigration
