AltWeeklies Wire
Bloody Tide: How Puerto Rico Affects the U.S.new
As Puerto Rico is battered by a wave of drugs and brazen murders, Houston and other continental U.S. cities feel the blowback.
Houston Press |
Casey Michel and Michael E. Miller |
03-21-2013 |
International
Truth Citizens: Media Literacy in the Digital Agenew
How do you teach someone what is a trusted news source, and on whose shoulders does that responsibility rest?
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
03-20-2013 |
Media
Water Crisisnew
Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Black Waternew
Why flooding off the Waldo Canyon burn scar will be fierce.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Manitou Springs, Waldo Canyon Fire
Change of Heartnew
Patty Wetterling, whose eleven-year-old son was abducted at gunpoint in 1989, questions the sex-offender laws for which she once lobbied.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jennifer Bleyer |
03-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Santa Clara County Official Pleads Guilty to All Chargesnew
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President George Shirkawa pleaded guilty to all 12 charges against him. A Metro Silicon Valley investigation first exposed Shirkawa's actions in September 2012.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Josh Koehn |
03-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: George Shirkawa
Abortion Doctor's Defense: Case Is an "Elitist, Racist Prosecution"new
After reminding jurors about the legal presumption of innocence, the attorney for Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell revealed his main theme: Gosnell, a black man, is a victim of an "elitist, racist prosecution."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
03-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Kermit Gosnell
Dragged Down?new
Pittsburgh promoter wants to bring drag shows to a wider audience, but many worry whether he's the guy to do it.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Lauren Daley |
03-18-2013 |
LGBT
Buried Casesnew
Lansing Police Department's lack of Cold Case organization.
City Pulse |
Rich Tupica and Steve Miller |
03-15-2013 |
Features
A Hangover Cure—at a Costnew
Two Chicago Reader staffers intentionally drink too much, purposefully get hungover, and determine whether Chicago's first hangover clinic is really all that.
Chicago Reader |
Gwynedd Stuart and Mara Shalhoup |
03-14-2013 |
Health
Breaking Bad: Digital Drug Sales, Analog Drug Deathsnew
The feds and a prosecutor say a Houston company selling synthetic drugs on the Internet is responsible for the deaths of teenagers in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
03-14-2013 |
Drugs
Cookie-cutter legislationnew
How a corporate bill mill plays into Montana politics–and why you should care.
Missoula Independent |
Alex Sakariassen |
03-14-2013 |
Policy Issues
Profitus Maxiumusnew
A private corporation by the name of Maximus is in charge of child support enforcement in Tennessee's Hamilton County, and its performance has some parents angry, confused and looking to their county and state government for answers.
The Pulse |
John Lasker |
03-14-2013 |
Children & Families
Cash In
Comparing herself to Betty "The Feminine Mystique" Friedan, Sheryl Sandberg wants her book to inspire "Lean In Circles" where women would meet to plot how to climb the corporate ladder and achieve gender parity in the boardroom. At their creepy gatherings, women will learn how to act more boldly, aggressively - more like men. Her idea of how men act, anyway.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-14-2013 |
The War on Women
Storied Streetsnew
Edmonton's street signs tell a story of its past.
VUE Weekly |
Nicole Veerman |
03-14-2013 |
Features
Tags: edmonton history
