AltWeeklies Wire
Coming to Americanew
Happy and heartbreaking stories of four Charlotte immigrants.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen Arreaza |
07-11-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: immigration
Anti-Abortion Bill Debate Waging on Texas House Floornew
A Texas House floor debate among lawmakers is now underway at the Capitol to determine the fate of a controversial bill that would ultimately decimate access to abortion in the state. Mostly Democratic lawmakers are in the process of proposing a flurry of amendments – being shot down one by one by the GOP majority – and will likely continue throughout the day.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
07-10-2013 |
The War on Women
Revolution's Family Tree: Franklin and Adams to Manning and Snowdennew
A behind-the-scenes multimedia look inside Bradley Manning's court martial, its ramifications on journalism and civil liberties, and the handful of journalists who've been covering it since the beginning.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski, Rashed Mian and Jed Morey |
07-08-2013 |
Civil Liberties
DOMA decision beginning of the next battlenew
The march for equal rights continues in Georgia
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Raines |
07-05-2013 |
LGBT
Man Faces Deportation for Smoking Weed as a Teenagernew
He smoked some weed as a teenager. Now this Wisconsin father of two is facing deportation.
Tags: Drug Laws
R.I.P., Voting Rights Actnew
Because white, southern Republicans have been victims of discrimination for too long.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jessica Blankenship |
07-05-2013 |
Policy Issues
Smitten with the Mitten: Michigan's Economic Comeback
After years of economic contraction and brain-drain, Michigan seems to be on its way back according to the latest economic indicators out of Washington.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb |
07-03-2013 |
Economy
Is Racism Over?new
What the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling means for South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-03-2013 |
Race & Class
Louisiana's New Gun Lawsnew
The firearms legislation that passed this year in Baton Rouge.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-02-2013 |
Policy Issues
Man vs. Wolfnew
A new fight now looms between wolf advocates, game managers, ranchers, conservationists and hunters: After nearly 50 years on the Endangered Species List, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service earlier this month proposed removing federal protections for gray wolves nationwide.
While thousands of Idaho hunters have stalked wolves over three recent seasons, just a few hundred have succeeded. Robert Roman has likely claimed more than any other hunter or trapper in the state.
The Inlander |
Jacob Jones |
07-01-2013 |
Animal Issues
Racism Affects Families from Generation to Generationnew
In the 1940s and '50s, university segregation prevented many black and Latino GIs from obtaining higher education promised by the GI Bill.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: GI Bill
What Is Racism? Why Meanings Matter in Conversations About Racenew
Generally speaking, semantics of race falls into two categories. Those who wish that conversation about it cease, arguing that "all that is behind us," tend to define various forms of prejudice, bigotry and racism as the exact same thing—usually followed by arguing that "everyone does it" as a way to end the effort at dialogue. This may or may not be done on purpose.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: racism
Dialogue is Not Debatenew
It's easy to fall into a debate about race and racism, but debate usually hardens our positions, instead of opening us to the possibility of change.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Facts Matter; So Do Stereotypesnew
Disparities between whites and people of color in the United States, and Mississippi, are still wide, and they result from years of historic racism and inequality.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
