AltWeeklies Wire
The Flipping Frenzynew
Low inventory and high demand for Oakland real estate this year favored investors over first-time buyers.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
12-20-2012 |
Housing & Development
Waiting for the end of the worldnew
Preppers may be the last ones standing when the Man comes around.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
12-20-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Charlotte PrepCon
Rent Prices Soar in Oaklandnew
The cause: the relocation of San Francisco residents, who are increasingly priced out the market. The effect: increased revenue for Oakland and a rise in tenant complaints.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
12-20-2012 |
Housing & Development
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.new
An American couple moves to Tijuana to avoid the high cost of living in the U.S. They become food smugglers for Mexicans living in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Steven Strasser |
12-20-2012 |
Immigration
All I Want for Christmasnew
... is to be able to utter the words 'gun control'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
12-20-2012 |
Policy Issues
Cosmic Censusnew
Astronomers find the earliest galaxies seen by man.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-20-2012 |
Science
Tags: Astronomy
ResMed: Please refuse to play the subsidy gamenew
Sleep-apnia device-maker ResMed threatens to leave San Diego because CEO says it’s too hard to run a business in California. Valid gripe or jobs blackmail for taxpayer funds?
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
12-20-2012 |
Economy
Donation Deniednew
A Tucson nonprofit questions Walmart's benevolence
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
We Don't Have the Right to Care About Newtown
Since we have made a collective national decision to be a bunch of coldhearted bastards, we have to be morally consistent. And that means not caring about our kids either.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
12-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The Priorities of Outrage: Guns Before Butternew
The tragedy that unfolded in Newtown is the kind of regularly occurring horror that our modern-day 24-hour media apparatus exists to exploit. But when it comes to the systemic, glacial destruction of the lives of millions of Americans in the ongoing farce that is a war on poor people, the story that needs to be told isn't.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
12-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Newtown and The Media's Delusional Narrative on Caucasian Mayhemnew
Crime coverage in minority areas rarely digs beneath the surface. Most outlets condense the tragedies into a singular disposable headline. Forget medical records – we don't even always learn the names of black shooters.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
12-18-2012 |
Media
Who's Running Southeast Louisiana Hospital?new
Running Southeast Louisiana Hospital is a major undertaking. But Meridian Behavioral Health Systems, the Florida-based company chosen to operate the region's largest public mental health facility, has never handled a facility of its size.
If the Newtown Massacre Doesn’t Change Us, No Shooting Ever Willnew
Whatever your politics, it should shame us all that it took 20 dead children to make us finally even consider the question: Should we reconsider stricter gun laws?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Andrew McLemore |
12-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
The First 30 Secondsnew
Portland hopes to shield the mentally ill from excessive force by putting the right cop on the scene.
Willamette Week |
Andrea Damewood |
12-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
A Hell of Our Own Makingnew
Bill McKibben talks about the fight against climate change.
Reno News & Review |
Marc Maximov |
12-18-2012 |
Environment
