AltWeeklies Wire
Nathan Deal's HIV/AIDS Momentnew
Georgians living with disease face uncertain future without Medicaid expansion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cathy Woolard |
04-25-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: HIV/AIDS
The Kermit Gosnell Case Show Abortion Isn't a Red or Blue Issue—It's Pinknew
Though abortion as a buzzword is considered a red-state-vs.-blue-state hot-button issue, what the Gosnell media case reveals is that abortion in reality, is neither a red nor blue issue. It's pink.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
04-25-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Chastity Bunchnew
Small-town Ohio Republicans push abstinence-only education while defunding Planned Parenthood and threatening health care for the poor.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
04-25-2013 |
The War on Women
Charleston Animal Society thinks outside the box to create a no-kill communitynew
Last week, a speckled brown kitten was rescued by Charleston County animal control from the south side of the Ravenel Bridge. "We get calls every spring where people say someone threw a kitten on the bridge," says Kay Hyman, the director of community engagement for the Charleston Animal Society. "No one's ever seen it actually happening really. Kittens are born all the time under that bridge, and what happens is they get spooked ... and they start moving."
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
04-24-2013 |
Policy Issues
Civil obedience: Getting union-ed in Colorado Springsnew
The county is prepared to begin granting civil unions May 1. Just follow these simple steps.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-24-2013 |
LGBT
If We Learn Geography, the Terrorists Have Won
Why do people blow up our embassies, bomb our ships, fly planes into our buildings, (try to) blow up their shoes and their underwear? They do it (partly) because we can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing.
The Sludge Reportnew
A new study suggests river water may be killing Louisiana salt marshes.
Gambit |
Bob Marshall |
04-23-2013 |
Environment
Black Erosionnew
Gentrification breaks a neighborhood down from the inside out.
Charleston City Paper |
Jenna Lyles |
04-23-2013 |
Race & Class
Cash for (Stolen) Goldnew
How Florida's pawnbroking laws further victimize victims of crime.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
04-23-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Chechen Connection
Why might a Chechen resent the United States?
The JFP Urban Development Manifestonew
Never focus on a large project when a small project will do. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do big things--it means we can't put all our eggs in one basket. It's the small things that add up to great city. Ask Austin.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
04-19-2013 |
Housing & Development
A letter of apology to four Wilcox County High School studentsnew
On behalf of grown-ups, sorry that grown-ups can be the worst
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
SOLAR FLARE BETWEEN CPS AND LOCAL INDUSTRYnew
A report this year from the Edison Electric Institute, a trade group of investor-owned utilities, spells out how rooftop solar could lay waste to the utilities’ century-old business model.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-18-2013 |
Energy
S.C. public university boards have an X chromosome shortagenew
When Susan Pearlstine started campaigning to join the Medical University of South Carolina's board of trustees, she didn't imagine that the process would involve traveling to Columbia and cornering legislators in the Statehouse parking garage.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
Feed-good bill for public schoolsnew
District 11 stands among those worried about how to fulfill legislative promise
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-18-2013 |
Education
