AltWeeklies Wire
Extreme Justicenew
Some say the way inmates are treated in Los Angeles County jails is absolutely criminal.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Weird Science: Evolution vs. Creationnew
The charge against teaching creationism in Louisiana public schools is being led by a determined teenager.
North Carolina Becoming More Diversenew
Sometime in the last couple years, Greensboro, N.C. passed a critical tipping point: White people as a share of the total population dropped below 50 percent.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-11-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: 2010 Census
Midnight at the Oasisnew
How the madman of Libya is advancing energy progress in South Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Wurth |
03-11-2011 |
Environment
Charlottesville's Infant Mortality Crisisnew
In 2009, Charlottesville’s infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births—more than 25 percent above the Virginia state average. Focus on the city’s African-American population and the rate jumps to 17.5.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
03-11-2011 |
Children & Families
Tags: Infant Mortality, Shawnte Rawlings
The Art of the Stealnew
Terry Helbling lived to collect art. Other people’s art.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
03-11-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Super Bowl Prostitution By The Numbersnew
100,000 hookers didn't show, but America's latest political scam did.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Kotz |
03-10-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Red Ink: Part of the Conversationnew
The University of Arizona's Red Ink, believed to be the only student-run Native American magazine, celebrates 20 years.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-09-2011 |
Media
The Lynching of Michael Donald: 30 Years Laternew
In Mobile, 1981 brought headlines reading "Man Found Hanged on City Street.” The 30th anniversary of Michael Donald’s lynching is a story of intolerance, misdirected anger, mistrust in local law enforcement and slow but steady change.
Lagniappe |
Luke Buckley |
03-09-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Lynching, Michael Donald
Oakland's Grow House Hazardsnew
Oakland has been blocked from permitting large pot farms, but small, illegal grows are sparking fires and posing threats to public health and safety.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-09-2011 |
Drugs
Let the Right Ones Outnew
Fort Worth folks play key roles in the work of freeing the wrongly convicted.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Wrongly Convicted
Atlanta Can't Wash its Hands of Residents' Water Woesnew
With Atlanta’s sky-high water bills making national news, is the city, the subcontractor or the residents to blame?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
03-09-2011 |
Policy Issues
Buca di Beppo Promotes Malia Obama Visitnew
A ‘Bama PR Move: Promoting an Obama Daughter’s Visit to Buca di Beppo.
Washington City Paper |
Michael E. Grass |
03-08-2011 |
Media
Unions? What Unions?
Labor unions have responded to attacks with a series of poorly thought-out strategies that fed into the narrative that they were marginal and corrupt.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
Pa. Unions Keeping Watchnew
Wisconsin labor issues have Pennsylvania unions on high alert.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Lauren Daley |
03-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
