AltWeeklies Wire
Paula Deen's Downfallnew
Being from 'another time' isn't an excuse to be ignorant
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
06-26-2013 |
Race & Class
Shredding it up in Motownnew
Two 20-somethings carry the hope of a metropolis on their backs in an effort to bring the X Games to Detroit.
Metro Times |
Carl Bookstein |
06-26-2013 |
Economy
Paula Deen And Southern Nostalgianew
Nostalgia for slavery and its era is still a big part of the South's identity, at least for a certain set of Southerners.
L.A. Weekly |
Besha Rodell |
06-26-2013 |
Race & Class
Pros and Cons: Ex-Inmates Redefine Handballnew
Handball brings together players of all stripes in a St. Louis park.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
06-26-2013 |
Features
Startup Citynew
Never mind the rust. Young tech companies are hot in Cleveland, where creating a startup has never been easier.
Cleveland Scene |
Lee Chilcote |
06-24-2013 |
Business & Labor
Rivers in Perilnew
How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels, along with legislation in Congress, could ultimately spoil the last of Northern California's wild and scenic rivers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-24-2013 |
Environment
NSA Surveillance Started Long Before 9/11 and the Patriot Actnew
Why was the NSA creating intrusive domestic spy programs in early 2001, months before the 9/11 attacks or the creation of the Patriot Act?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer, David Accomazzo and Jefferson Dodge |
06-21-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Edward Snowden
Texas Senate Votes to Decimate Abortion Accessnew
People are "genuinely afraid" of how the Texas Legislature treats women, said state Sen. Kirk Watson in an impassioned speech just before the Republican-dominated Senate sailed through a measure that would shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
06-20-2013 |
The War on Women
Paper Tigernew
Green Investment Group tries to fend off the feds.
Missoula Independent |
Matthew Frank |
06-20-2013 |
Business & Labor
Blazing Fastnew
How firefighters applied Waldo Canyon Fire lessons to the Black Forest tragedy.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
06-20-2013 |
Disasters
The Two David Burgertsnew
Authorities call the missing ex-militia leader armed and dangerous. Others tell a different story.
Missoula Independent |
Jamie Rogers |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Double Lives, Extortion and the Suicide of a Respected Professornew
A respected Texas A&M professor with secrets to hide commits suicide and implicates his alleged blackmailer in a case where no one was really who he or she seemed to be.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
MLB Steroid Scandal: How Porter Fischer Exposed Biogenesisnew
Porter Fischer shared the medical records, patient spreadsheets, and handwritten composition books with Miami New Times for an explosive story that sparked the biggest drug-related scandal in professional sports since Lance Armstrong lost his seven Tour de France medals in 2012. He could never have predicted the insanity that followed the story's publication: a high-speed car chase on U.S. 1, midnight knocks on his door, death threats, and unmarked envelopes stuffed full of cash.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
06-19-2013 |
Features
Spying on Canadiansnew
National security calls it defence against terrorism, others call it unconstitutional.
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Stephens |
06-19-2013 |
Civil Liberties
@KYAnonymousnew
Kentuckian Deric Lostutter made the Steubenville rape case a national story. Now he may go to jail for it.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
06-19-2013 |
Crime & Justice
