AltWeeklies Wire
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
Media
The Mathis family fights a first-grade battle close to homenew
Elementary education
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
04-18-2013 |
Children & Families
The Wrong Side of Rightsnew
Alfred Cleveland is not a murderer. Alfred Cleveland has spent 16 years in prison for murder
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
04-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: wrongful convictions
Gone but Never Forgottennew
First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it.
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
04-18-2013 |
The War on Women
The Enforcernew
Banks send lawyer Daniel Gordon after people who don’t pay their credit-card bills. Who is watching how he operates?
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-18-2013 |
Economy
Tags: debt collection
Shakedown: The HCAD Appraisal Gamenew
HCAD fights owners of moderate housing for every single assessment penny. So why is it routinely handing out tax breaks worth several millions to big corporations?
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
04-18-2013 |
Housing & Development
Perms, Police and White Privilegenew
Admitting we have a problem is the first step.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen Arreaza |
04-18-2013 |
Race & Class
Teen's Shooting Death Was Avoidable, Phoenix Cops Call It "Justified"new
A troubled, 16-year-old black teenager was gunned down by a police officer in Phoenix after getting pulled over in a stolen vehicle. Family members are now protesting the shooting while police call it justified.
Phoenix New Times |
Stephen Lemons |
04-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Playing Games with Painnew
Texas bill would ban abortion after "fetal pain"
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
04-16-2013 |
The War on Women
Why Does the Pulitzer Prize Committee Hate “Alternative” Editorial Cartooning?
hese are the kinds of choices that I have seen over the last two decades as a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. These choices were no worse or better than any other year that I can remember. Just same old, same old. And that’s the problem. And that’s the point.
Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drugnew
Cancer patients find hope--and relief from their pain--in an unlikely source.
Miami New Times |
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky |
04-16-2013 |
Health
Terror: Then and Nownew
"What the fuck is going on? Are you down there?"
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
04-16-2013 |
Disasters
Bought & Sold: Forgotten Documents Highlight Slave Historynew
Tucked away on dusty courthouse shelves across the South, long-forgotten documents record the names of countless African-Americans whose forced labor was a cornerstone of the region's economy.
Mountain Xpress |
Jake Frankel |
04-16-2013 |
Race & Class
Necessary or Intrusive?new
Examinations on children taken from parents is questioned on civil-rights grounds.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Taube |
04-16-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Camreta v. Greene, Child Welfare
Death to the Pulitzers
The top award in journalism makes journalists miserable.
