AltWeeklies Wire
Longmont edges ahead of tech-hub Boulder in race to become next 'Gig City'new
Longmont's 2011 approval of an exemption from a state senate bill that hobbles public involvement in telecommunications has that city approaching an era of download speeds 10 times as faster than tech-company hub Boulder, raising questions about potential business migrations out of town. Now, Boulder is taking to the ballot the question of whether the city should try to catch up.
Boulder Weekly |
Gavin Dahl |
10-17-2014 |
Tech
Magical Negroes, White Privilege, and Toothless Drama: Local Theater's Fear of a Black Planetnew
Performance Network's 'Driving Miss Daisy' and Michigan theater's big race problem.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
10-16-2014 |
Race & Class
The Girl on the Torture Board Speaksnew
Decades ago Rhonda Williams was attacked by Dean Corll and ordered by a judge to never speak about what happened. 40 years later she's telling the whole truth about that night and the aftermath for the first time.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
10-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Does UC Davis Have a Rape Problem?new
How the No. 1 college in California for reported sexual assaults—and one of the top five schools in the country—needs to change.
Sacramento News & Review |
Janelle Bitker |
10-16-2014 |
The War on Women
Out of the Mudnew
The use of Young Moose's videos as probable cause makes me wonder if poor black artists can ever escape their pasts.
Baltimore City Paper |
D. Watkins |
10-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Meet the Couples in Limbonew
The stories of 3 same-sex couples who tried applying for marriage licenses in South Carolina last week.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-16-2014 |
LGBT
What's Next for LGBT Activists in Colo.?new
Colorado finally won the battle for same-sex marriage. What does that mean for the warriors?
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
10-16-2014 |
LGBT
The Truth About Prison Realignmentnew
Does less time equal more crime? According to a recent one-of-a-kind survey by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, recidivism upon "early" release is negligible, if mentionable at all.
Ventura County Reporter |
Michael Sullivan |
10-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
A Legal Marriage Under Attacknew
Nick and Jessica Fulgham, who married Sept. 18, received a wave of public backlash when American Family Radio, an anti-gay organization based in Tupelo, broadcast news of their marriage after it happened.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-09-2014 |
LGBT
How a Dangerous New Drug Killed a Florida Teennew
Death of a Boca Raton teen launches an investigation into NBOMe, an LSD-like synthetic drug
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kyle Swenson |
10-07-2014 |
Drugs
Knots Untied in Virginianew
Amid cheering supporters on the courthouse steps, Nicole Pries and Lindsey Oliver become Richmond’s first same-sex married couple.
Style Weekly |
Ned Oliver |
10-06-2014 |
LGBT
Jason Molina's Long Dark Bluesnew
The Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
Chicago Reader |
Max Blau |
10-03-2014 |
Features
ILWU Contract May Hinge on TraPac Automationnew
How far will new technologies go in replacing the workforce?
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
10-03-2014 |
Business & Labor
Trimming the Neo-Southnew
With Mississippi second in the United States for diabetes and obesity rates, we all should take a page from dietician Carolyn O'Neill's book—pun intended. We're one of the unhealthiest states in the nation so something has got to give.
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
10-02-2014 |
Health
