AltWeeklies Wire
Halfway (Home) to Hellnew
Unlicensed, unsupervised and unknown group homes raise concerns.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-25-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: mental illness, half-way house
Heckuva Comeback, 'Brownie'new
Ex-FEMA boss Michael Brown talks about his return to New Orleans for the 5th anniversary of Katrina.
Gag Responsenew

Your doctors don’t want you to talk about them online anymore.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Gregory B. Hladky |
08-25-2010 |
Science
Bring on Nature’s Design Firmnew

Nature has been in the design business for 3.8 billion years -- there might be a few things we could learn.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
08-24-2010 |
Science
Tags: Jane Jacobs, Biomimicry
Defeating Extinctionnew
Efforts must increase to save aboriginal languages.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
08-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Aboriginal Languages
Two Ways of Knowingnew

Encouraging aboriginal learners requires new ways in old systems.
VUE Weekly |
Mimi Williams |
08-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Aboriginal, Education
Romney launching 25-state tournew

In the early horse race for the 2012 GOP nomination, a top priority is midterm campaigning in swing states. Mitt Romney is on his way, but he'll have to watch what he says.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
08-24-2010 |
Policy Issues
Is Micro-News the Future?new

AOL thinks so, and the Boston Globe and GateHouse are fighting back.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
08-23-2010 |
Media
Tags: Boston Globe, AOL
The Geek Curenew

Portland has the perfect opportunity to lead open-source computing and transform American health care. Will it work?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-23-2010 |
Science
Tags: Health Care, Deborah Bryant
Texas Shale Keeps Bubblingnew
The latest study of gas drilling's effects on air quality has convinced almost no one.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
08-20-2010 |
Environment
Downwinders on the Risenew

They financed it with baked goods and garage sales, but a North Texas environmental group has pursued its clean-air crusade for more than 20 years -- and won some major victories.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
08-20-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Jim Schermbeck
Do Not Come to Downtown Eugene, Do Not Expect Rightsnew

For the past two years and change, downtown Eugene has been boxed in by an imaginary but supposedly legal zone of exclusion. This zone has been dubbed — in somewhat Orwellian fashion — the Downtown Public Safety Zone.
Eugene Weekly |
Rick Levin |
08-20-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: DPSZ
Dealing with racismnew

Andisheh Nouraee explains why he thinks Nathan Deal's jumping on the "birther" bandwagon is racist
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-19-2010 |
Policy Issues
Beer Me, Jesusnew

Dan Davis, the ambiguously Christian leader of Humboldt County's Catalyst Church, is bored with hate and Hell.
North Coast Journal |
Deric Mendes |
08-19-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Catalyst Church
At The Cannabis Crossroadsnew

Oregon voters will decide in November whether to bring marijuana sales to Main Street.
The Source Weekly |
Mike Bookey |
08-18-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana, Measure 74