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The Prisoner's Daughternew
What if your dad had been doing time for murder for as long as you'd known him? How would it feel to learn he may have been wrongfully convicted?
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
06-11-2014 |
Features
Tags: Wrongful Convictions
The Promise Ringnew
Alex Sheen centered his entire future on nothing more complicated than the power of a promise. How that little notion became the basis for a nonprofit that's connected tens of thousands and what's next for his little Lakewood project
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
06-11-2014 |
Features
Roadside Attractionnew
John Waters reflects on his hitchhiking trip across America and his love of Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
06-04-2014 |
Features
Saying Goodbye to the Ynew
Its closure has long been discussed as part of the plan for a nice new fitness facility, but now the last days have arrived for a treasured YMCA in Halifax, and the community that's grown up with the Y for the last 61 years is just starting to face the loss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns and Allison Saunders |
05-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: YMCA
Our Dumb State — The Book-Burning Editionnew
In this occasional series, we chronicle some of the outrageous, frustrating, sad, silly and asinine things that happen in South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Free Times |
05-21-2014 |
Features
L.A. Weekly People 2014new
F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong about American lives having no second acts, of course — and if you’re looking for proof, you could do much worse than to read the profiles in this year’s L.A. Weekly People issue.
L.A. Weekly |
Staff |
05-15-2014 |
Features
Tags: L.A. Weekly People Issue
Freedom Trollsnew
The legally obnoxious antics of the activists behind 'Cop Block.'
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
04-14-2014 |
Features
One Night in Amish Countrynew
A butter-churned journey into the heartland for the most exclusive dinner in Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
04-02-2014 |
Features
Noah Homes: An Upside to Down Syndromenew
The increased life expectancy rates for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities stands at the center of a funding struggle between the State of California and nonprofit organizations such as Noah Homes, a residential campus in Spring Valley with a waiting list 200 deep.
San Diego Reader |
Elizabeth Salaam |
04-02-2014 |
Features
Forgive you, Fathernew
Decades of abuse by the Catholic Church resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements and the bankruptcy of the Diocese of Helena, but it will take more than money to make things right for survivors.
Missoula Independent |
Jimmy Tobias |
03-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: Church Sex Abuse
Unclaimed: Dead and Buried Alone in Massachusettsnew
Unclaimed bodies are those that their families either not found or, when contacted, not wanting to shoulder the hefty financial burden of burying them – it can cost at least $3,000 for even the most basic burial. In other instances, the reasons run much deeper and are much more personal.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
03-20-2014 |
Features
Coke Dealer to Congressman?new
Meet Aaron Fraser: Former coke dealer, Homo Thug author and aspiring congressman.
The Village Voice |
Tessa Stuart |
03-20-2014 |
Features
Tags: Aaron Fraser
The Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneylandnew
Droves of tattoo-sporting, vest-wearing nerds roam the Happiest Place On Earth. They don't make war, they say—they make magic.
Trading Placesnew
Yobel International combats the sex trade via fair trade, but that's only half the mission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
02-26-2014 |
Features
The Secret Lives of a Notorious Sperm-Swappernew
For five years in the early ’90s, I lived two houses down from Tom Lippert, the now-deceased fertility-clinic worker known these days for switching out his sperm and fathering one (or many) children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Carolyn Campbell |
02-26-2014 |
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