AltWeeklies Wire
Did a Prosecutor and Police Send an Innocent Teenager to Prison for Murder?new
Derrick McRae, 35, is serving a life sentence for a murder he insists he didn't commit. New evidence suggests that McRae could be innocent.
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
01-10-2015 |
Crime & Justice
A Mind of His Ownnew
Dr. Walt Peschel may have found the biggest medical breakthrough since penicillin, but chances are good his discovery will never see the light of day.
Missoula Independent |
Erika Fredrickson |
01-09-2015 |
Science
Rebranding Detroitnew
Welcome to 'Springwells Village'--a Southwest Detroit neighborhood most of its own residents have never heard of.
Metro Times |
Lee DeVito |
01-08-2015 |
Housing & Development
#JeSuisCharlienew
Today’s Charlie Hebdo attack resonates across the world’s newsrooms, including ours.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
01-07-2015 |
Media
Marriage Equality Finally Comes to Floridanew
Even if you removed all of the hyperbolic superlatives from the vaunted journalism lexicon, pissed on them and then set them on fire, you would still hazard an errant exclamation point at the events that transpired in relation to same-sex marriage over the holidays when nobody was watching.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-07-2015 |
LGBT
Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jacksonnew
The murders of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson, her girlfriend, made national news. Then the cameras went away. 40 weeks later, with Cosby's father sitting in a jail cell, no one has been charged with their murders.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
01-07-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Forgotten Assaultnew
A brutal attack on two transgender women in 2011 foreshadowed several troubling years of violent crime against the LGBT community in Cleveland, and the city's ill-equipped ability to respond.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
12-24-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: hate crimes
Things Black Mothers Fearnew
Atlanta-based artist/author Carla Aaron-Lopez considers the woes of raising her two-year-old son in a world that already considers him a threat
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carla Aaron-Lopez |
12-23-2014 |
Race & Class
The Legacy of New York's Fracking Decisionnew
New York's long struggle with fracking is over, except that it isn't.
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
12-23-2014 |
Energy
News Media Ignores Black Protestsnew
Black demonstrators in Oakland and Berkeley are taking the reins of a movement and designing their own powerful protests against police violence. But the news media isn't interested.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
12-19-2014 |
Race & Class
Why Are More Americans Failing the GED?new
Nearly 500,000 fewer Americans will pass the GED in 2014 after a major overhaul to the test. Why? And who's left behind?
Cleveland Scene |
Daniel McGraw |
12-19-2014 |
Education
Education Funding Center of State Budget Fightnew
The Mississippi Legislature does not officially convene until January, but the two parties are already wrangling over how to spend the state's money.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
12-19-2014 |
Education
Tags: education
State Loses Out on Preschool Funding—Againnew
Mississippi's flawed application and underdeveloped plans to provide preschool for all children is partly to blame for why the state's youngest learners were bypassed once again for federal funds that could have provided a boost to early education, a review found.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
12-19-2014 |
Education
James Anderson Hate Murder Fallout Continuesnew
Upon pleading guilty Dec. 12, Sarah Adelia Graves and Shelbie Brooke Richards, both of Brandon, became two of the first women convicted under a federal hate-crime law passed in 2009.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-19-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Walking in Worcesternew
The laws say pedestrians have the right of way. Reality tells us it is not always so black and white when it comes to cars versus humans on the streets. Some will tell you pedestrians bear as much responsibility as motorists when it comes to preventing the potentially tragic collision of metal and flesh. Drivers will, too, like the woman at a recent area crime watch meeting in Worcester who accused some pedestrians of purposely crossing the streets at a snail's pace.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
12-19-2014 |
Transportation
