AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Med on Menew
Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
San Diego, Haven for Pyramid Schemesnew
San Diego is a haven for multilevel marketing scams, which are often pyramid schemes.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
02-06-2013 |
Business & Labor
This American Life Tells Podcaster: No Whores Allowednew
Late last year, sex worker and activist Siouxsie Q began producing a podcast in the living room of her apartment called This American Whore. This January, she started to get e-mails from lawyers representing Chicago Public Media and Ira Glass, demanding that she change the name of her podcast or face legal action.
A Community Meets to Save Hyperlocal Digital Journalismnew
Mike Fourcher is a new-media trailblazer in Chicago still looking for a formula for success.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-04-2013 |
Media
Tags: Hyperlocal News, Mike Fourcher
Pregnant? Scared?new
Abortion risks are exaggerated at Wisconsin's crisis pregnancy centers.
Isthmus |
Judith Davidoff |
01-31-2013 |
The War on Women
"I'm not scared. I have a gun."new
Brice Harper fatally shot the unarmed husband of the woman he was seeing. Montana law made sure he was never charged.
Missoula Independent |
Jamie Rogers |
01-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Montana Gun Laws
Flying High?new
Will you be able to take your medical marijuana across state lines? Your burning questions, answered.
Boston Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
01-31-2013 |
Drugs
When death row and dog cages are a step up in the worldnew
Prisoners who have left Tamms, the recently closed Illinois supermax, are experiencing unfamiliar luxuries in their new prison--such as seeing the person they're talking with.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
01-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Forrest vs. The State of Ohionew
After a near-fatal shooting, one dog joins the fight against Ohio's antiquated animal protection laws.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
01-31-2013 |
Animal Issues
Dueling Ideas on Gun Control in Harrisburg, PAnew
Last week, hundreds of people gathered inside the Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg to call for sensible gun laws, the same morning Republican Daryl Metcalfe introduced the "Right to Bear Arms in Pennsylvania Protection Act."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
01-31-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: gun control, gun violence
On the Firing Linenew
Tucson, Ariz. is in the center of the nation's new fight against gun violence.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
01-31-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Gun Laws
Colorado Springs pot delivery may be illegalnew
Driven by the theory that if something's not forbidden then it's allowed, entrepreneurs are making money
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
01-30-2013 |
Drugs
Abandoned by the U.S. government, hurricane-ravaged Staten Island turns to the Occupy movementnew
All Veronica Skibinski wants is a yellow tag. She had one two weeks ago, so she hired a crew to gut her home in Midland Beach, four blocks from the ocean on Staten Island. Mold-covered drywall and water-logged appliances were hauled to the curb. Thousands of dollars were spent installing new heating and electrical systems.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
01-30-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipelinenew
The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Environment
Sexual abuse victims testify in Lackland hearingnew
In the summer of 2011, a single trainee came forward to claim she was raped by her instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Crime & Justice
