AltWeeklies Wire
There's DNA in That Weed You're Smoking, and People Are Tracking Itnew
Researchers map dope DNA to help with busts and monitoring use of federal land for growing pot.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
11-16-2011 |
Drugs
Occupy Houston: Where Everything Is An Emergencynew
While the 15 or so Houston police officers watched the anti-climatic scene with hands in their pockets, We also witnessed a car driving down the street. Oh, and somebody was breathing air. It was epic. You really had to be there.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, occupy houston
Ohio Redistricting Plans Could Go To Referendumnew
The fight over re-mapping Ohio’s congressional districts has become a savage partisan battleground in Columbus, and could even result in a referendum that would have federal courts drawing the lines for lawmakers unable to compromise.
The American Independent News Network |
David S. Lewis |
11-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
The One Percent Solutionnew
Business groups dominated by representatives from large corporations lobbied for the crackdown on Occupy Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #occupy, Occupy Oakland
Students Create An On-the-Spot Portrait of Occupy Baltimorenew
A new Visual Journalism course requires students to take their drawing materials out into the city.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2011 |
#OCCUPY
What Women Want … From the 'Super Committee'new
How the super committee’s proposal could disproportionately impact women.
The American Independent News Network |
Sofia Resnick |
11-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
Occupy Atlanta Finds a Cause Everyone Can Get Behind: Free Ice Creamnew
Occupy Atlanta and Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen are serving FREE ICE CREAM in the park on Wednesday.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
11-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Giant Duck Threatens to Bring ExxonMobil to Its Kneesnew
If ExxonMobil collapses by the end of the day into bankruptcy, with company executives begging for forgiveness for their polluting ways, all the credit should go to a giant inflatable duck.
Houston Press |
Rich Connelly |
11-15-2011 |
Environment
Claims That LGBT Community Harassed Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Not Supportednew
Courts in states across the country have rejected the National Organization for Marriage's efforts to hide their donors, as they're trying to do in Minnesota, saying the group provided no credible evidence of threats or violence.
The American Independent News Network |
Andy Birkey |
11-15-2011 |
LGBT
The ReVille Files: Counselor Lured Campers with Chinese foodnew
According to one former camper’s testimony, former Citadel summer camp counselor Louis Neal "Skip" ReVille lured boys into his room on campus with pizza and Chinese food, showed them pornography, and coerced them to masturbate.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Citadel releases ReVille documents under pressurenew
Under mounting pressure from the press and from an accuser’s lawyer, the Citadel released a 160-page document Monday afternoon detailing the sexual abuse allegations made by a Citadel summer camp attendee and his family in 2007. The school has come under fire in recent weeks for failing to report the case, which involves Citadel graduate Louis "Skip" ReVille, to police.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: The Citadel, Skip ReVille
Yanking Our Chainsnew
Why New Orleans still doesn't have outposts of many national chain stores.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
11-15-2011 |
Business & Labor
Occupy Wall Street Raidnew
The NYPD cleared out Zuccotti Park in the wee hours of this morning, effectively ending the nearly two-month-old Occupy Wall Street occupation and destroying much of the occupiers' gear.
The Village Voice |
Rosie Gray |
11-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Boise CPC Seeks to Draw Clients From Neighboring Planned Parenthoodnew
Two weeks after moving next door to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boise, Idaho, Stanton Healthcare, an anti-abortion center for women with unexpected pregnancies, is working on a plan to boost its clientele while simultaneously minimizing Planned Parenthood’s.
Five-year-old Stanton Healthcare recently relocated to the 3000 block of North Harbor Lane, next door to Planned Parenthood’s Boise Health Center, which is one of the few places in the state where women can obtain surgical abortions. Stanton Healthcare founder and Executive Director Brandi Swindell tells The American Independent that the move was strategic.
The American Independent News Network |
Sofia Resnick |
11-15-2011 |
The War on Women
Tags: Pro-Choice, CPC
Broken Record-Keepingnew
New Orleans has a long way to go when it comes to transparency in making contracts available to the public.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
11-14-2011 |
Policy Issues
