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Unifinished Businessnew
Bill Doyle is on a mission to prove that Saudi Arabia bankrolled the 9/11 attacks.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
09-07-2011 |
International
Do Private Prisons Save Money?new
Private-prison detractors have long accused businesses in the incarceration-for-profit game of cutting corners to boost revenue.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prisons
Amazon's Gambitnew
The online giant is hoping that its offer to create 7,000 jobs in California will convince legislators to delay the state's new sales tax law until 2014.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Sales Tax, Amazon.com
Undocumented Latinos 'Come Out'new
Erick Velazquillo, 22, is Charlotte's defacto face of the DREAM Act. He and others live in fear and embarrassment, wondering if today will be the day they'll be picked up and deported to a homeland they never really knew.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
09-07-2011 |
Immigration
Gotham's Crusadersnew
The Shomrim patrols Brooklyn's Jewish neighborhoods with taxpayer money.
The Village Voice |
Nick Pinto |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Washington's Screwed-Up Sex-Offender Registrynew
How leaving cops to sort out who's dangerous can change lives in an instant.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
SOS from Avondalenew
Avondale Shipyard is scheduled to close in 2013, but a campaign to save the multi-billion-dollar business is calling on the faithful for help.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Avondale Shipyard
Bad Callnew
Coaches say a Salt Lake City high school ignored racism complaints.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
09-06-2011 |
Race & Class
The Unkindest Cutnew
A Nashville company fires a recently paralyzed teenage employee, cutting off her medical coverage — and raising doubts about health care reform.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
The Price of Intolerancenew
Racial tensions on Chicago's south side had been simmering for years when, on September 1, 1971, the animosity boiled over—forever altering the lives of two men.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
09-02-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Duffie Clark, Sam Navarro
The Florida Times-Union’s Very Bad Daynew
The Florida Times-Union’s announcement that it was going to shed another 9.5 percent of its already anemic workforce was met, not surprisingly, with shock and disappointment. Employees, who’ve watched as dozens of high-profile, high-powered colleagues have jumped ship in recent months, reacted with slack-jawed horror as the ax fell on the diminished newsroom.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
09-02-2011 |
Media
Hell Holenew
Why did Arizona prison officials put a mentally ill man in a cell with a convicted killer?
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
09-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Profiting From 9/11: The Winnersnew
For some people, the terrorist attacks have been a gold mine.
The Village Voice |
Graham Rayman |
09-02-2011 |
Policy Issues
Marcus Books Is Making a Comebacknew
After being a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the nation's oldest African-American bookstore is recovering from its financial woes. But can it cope with black flight from Oakland?
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
09-01-2011 |
Business & Labor
Federal Judge Dismisses White Officers Lawsuit Against Greensboronew
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Greensboro police officers against former City Manager Mitchell Johnson, a number of other employees, an outside investigative agency and the city itself.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
09-01-2011 |
Race & Class
