AltWeeklies Wire
Education Under Siegenew
A first-hand account from a UNLV professor.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Lynn Comella and Ph.D. |
02-24-2011 |
Education
Tags: UNLV
Welcome to Madrid, N.M.new
How many pot plants does it take to justify a war on drugs?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
02-24-2011 |
Drugs
Police Targeting Oakland's Black Venues?new
Businesses say the crackdowns by the Oakland Police Department and other agencies have been "heavy-handed" and have resembled "search and destroy" missions.
East Bay Express |
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor |
02-23-2011 |
Race & Class
TBD’s Night of the Long Knivesnew
Staffers at TBD.com, launched with great fanfare by Politico's parent company last summer, were informed one at a time this morning by editor Erik Wemple that significant layoffs were on the way.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Schaffer |
02-23-2011 |
Media
Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Essay-Scoring Businessnew
Behind the scenes of standardized testing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
02-23-2011 |
Education
Avocado Uncoverednew
Inside California’s $320 million avocado industry.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Laura Tsunoda |
02-22-2011 |
Economy
Tags: Agriculture, Avocados
Hope and Change? Not for Americans
Revolutionary foment is on the march around the globe. Not it has arrived in the American Midwest, but where is Obama? What's good for the Hosni isn't good for the Barry.
Rightbloggers Denounce the Wealthy, Treasonous Schoolteachers of Wisconsinnew
The effort by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-led state legislature to deprive the state's teachers of collective bargaining rights was catnip to rightbloggers last week. This is because it involves two of their traditional objects of hatred: Unions and public education.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
02-22-2011 |
Media
An Alameda Power Play?new
Some island residents worry that a new three-member council majority intends to undermine the city's strong-city-manager form of government.
East Bay Express |
Paul Gackle |
02-21-2011 |
Policy Issues
Atlanta Police Oversight on the Skidsnew
Policing the police has been a futile -- and frustrating -- task for Atlanta's Citizen Review Board.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
02-21-2011 |
Policy Issues
Charleston Officials Bullish on Bike Lanesnew
City leaders are making it clear that a new bike lane is the first in a series of bike routes that could soon snake their way through the peninsula.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
02-18-2011 |
Transportation
New Texas Law Proposes Punishing Parents and Teens for Sextingnew
Additionally, the proposed new law will require schools to conduct mobile literacy in classrooms on the ramifications of the new law.
San Antonio Current |
Deanne Cuellar |
02-18-2011 |
Sex
Tags: Sexting, Cell Phones
Prisons for Profitnew
Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-18-2011 |
Immigration
Safety Net or Dead End?new
The politics of animal welfare in Austin.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
02-18-2011 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Dogs, Animal Welfare
Remembering Clif Garbodennew
The life and times of an alternative-media true believer.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston Phoenix Staff & Contributors |
02-18-2011 |
Media
