AltWeeklies Wire
Natural Food Grocer Earth Fare Ends Donations to Food Not Bombsnew
After several years of donating perishables and other goods to the Greensboro chapter of Food Not Bombs, Earth Fare has decided to cut off the small organization.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
04-05-2011 |
Homelessness
Where Ya Rack Tells You Where to Park Your Bike in New Orleansnew
The Young Leadership Council's Where Ya Rack initiative installed 45 bike racks in 2010, and schools, businesses and other sponsors have signed on for an additional 100. Once those are in place, the group plans to install 150 more.
Gambit |
Staff |
04-05-2011 |
Transportation
What Will it Take to Get New Orleans on the Map for Biking in the U.S.?new
Consider how far New Orleans has come: pre-Katrina, the city had limited plans for lanes and paths. Following the 2005 levee failures, those plans had to start from scratch, and as the city rebuilt, planners looked for ways to involve bikes at the same pace as the rest of the city.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
04-05-2011 |
Transportation
Radioactive Cocktailnew
As Japan's Fukushima Daiichi reminds us, spent fuel rods remain ‘hot’ for generations to come.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ed Smeloff |
04-01-2011 |
Disasters
10 Ways to Treat Allergy Symptomsnew
If playing hooky from work and dodging other responsibilities aren’t an issue then just stay inside. A few months from now, the allergy season will subside and you can return to normalcy.
YES! Weekly |
Christian Bryant |
03-31-2011 |
Science
Tags: Allergies
Collarednew
More victims of the down economy: pets and the shelters that protect them.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-31-2011 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Animal Rescue, Humane Society
NAACP Pushes Federal Investigation of Hanging in Mississippinew
Two workers found 26-year-old Frederick Jermaine Carter's body Dec. 3 hanging from a tree limb in predominantly white north Greenwood, Miss. Carter, who was African American, worked with his stepfather on a painting job in the area the previous day. He wandered off the site after his stepfather left to pick up more supplies.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
03-31-2011 |
Race & Class
'Would You Please Look at This?'new
A Colorado Springs man languishes for more than a year in an investigation that fails to go skin deep.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Be Kind to Your Carnew
A few easy ways to keep your automobile in great shape.
Gambit |
Kandace Power Graves |
03-30-2011 |
Transportation
Tags: Car Maintenance
Oakland Landlords Put on Noticenew
If a $1.7 million tenants' victory is upheld, it will send a strong message to other property owners to obey the city's rent control law.
East Bay Express |
John C. Osborn |
03-30-2011 |
Housing & Development
Backlash to a Rapenew
It’s been 23 years since the nation’s attention fell on San Diego and the rape of Linda Gaitan. The events unfolding in Cleveland, Texas are much the same.
The Texas Observer |
Michelle Garcia |
03-30-2011 |
The War on Women
Tags: Rape, Linda Gaitan
Mess in the Marignynew
Tensions between the NOPD's 5th District and the A.R.K. in the Faubourg Marigny are rising.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
03-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Faubourg Marigny, NOPD
How Much is Your Daughter Worth?new
Hawaii is becoming an international hub for sex-tourism. The defenders of the current system call it prostitution and a victimless crime. In reality it is debt bondage, a modern form of slavery.
Honolulu Weekly |
Shantel Grace |
03-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prostitution, Sex-Tourism
Doggie DNAnew
More and more pet owners are testing their canine’s chromosomes.
Seven Days |
Andy Bromage |
03-28-2011 |
Animal Issues
Flying Solonew
Grant McKenzie wrestled with bipolar disorder, diagnosed by the Air Force within months of his graduation day but never properly treated.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
03-28-2011 |
Science
