AltWeeklies Wire
The Detroit Sports Stadium Swindlenew
Mike Ilitch, billionaire owner of the NHL Red Wings and the MLB Tigers, is vying for state financing to cover more than half the cost of a new stadium for his hockey franchise in downtown Detroit. The same Detroit that declared bankruptcy less than 30 days ago. He'll likely get it, too.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-08-2013 |
Policy Issues
The Gang War That Wasn'tnew
The murder of a young man lit the fuse of a longstanding conflict, but a remarkable peace arrived instead.
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
08-08-2013 |
Features
Paper Cutsnew
As Gannett orders up layoffs, the Burlington Free Press pays the price.
Seven Days |
Paul Heintz |
08-08-2013 |
Media
Tags: Burlington Free Press
Expunging Criminal Recordsnew
People waited up to an hour to ask legal experts questions about Indiana's expungement law, which took effect July 1.
NUVO |
Megan Banta |
08-08-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: expungement Indiana
The bees are trying to tell us somethingnew
"If 30 percent of the cows fell over in the field every year, people would freak out."
INDY Week |
Raia Mihaylova |
08-08-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Bee population decline
A Model Forest?new
The recent purchase of 20,000 acres of coastal redwoods could become a prototype for sustainable lumber harvesting.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Thomas |
08-08-2013 |
Environment
Parking tax in Atlanta? Why not?new
Cash to build transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks won't fall from the sky.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
08-08-2013 |
Transportation
Swords Into Plowsharesnew
Veterans are putting down their guns and taking up farming.
Dallas Observer |
Lauren Drewes Daniels |
08-06-2013 |
Features
Tags: War Veterans
Washington Post Sold to Jeff Bezos for $250 Millionnew
At an all-staff announcement of the news, Publisher Katharine Weymouth told employees she thought her grandmother, former Post publisher Katharine Graham, would support their decision to sell the paper.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
08-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Jeff Bezos
First Day Without Plain Dealer Home Delivery Sucksnew
Reports indicate that it's been taking upwards of an hour for the e-edition to load on iPads. What a way to inspire confidence in an already tortured, livid audience base.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ask the Questionsnew
Does the slug fest over gun rights (or reproductive rights or fill-in-the-blank rights) need to be at such a stalemate?
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-04-2013 |
Policy Issues
The Texas Legislature's Sexist Little Secretnew
Tales from "the last of the good ol' boys clubs."
The Texas Observer |
Olivia Messer |
08-01-2013 |
The War on Women
Special Report: Detroit in Bankruptcynew
How the media has shaped the story of Detroit's slow unwinding.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb, Curt Guyette and Michael Jackman |
07-31-2013 |
Media
Bio Hackersnew
A recent Kickstarter campaign to genetically engineer a glowing plant and distribute its seeds across the country has raised questions about the ethical responsibility of DIY scientists in the brave new world of synthetic biology.
East Bay Express |
Azeen Ghorayshi |
07-31-2013 |
Science
The Somerville Files Part 4: The Man in the Mayor Suitnew
A look at the machine's once—and future?—king, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
07-31-2013 |
Features
