Posted // May 22,2013   After last night’s Dancing with the Stars finale, Salt Lakers who are in need of a new reality-show obsession are in luck. You can tune in to watch falcons doing bird stuff, all day, every day, on the Peregrine Falcon Cam, located in downtown SLC.

Posted // May 21,2013   This news is certainly unexpected, and perhaps even shocking to some, considering that Utah has a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. However, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, a study conducted by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law backs up the claim.

Posted // May 21,2013   Six designs have been selected as finalists in an innovative design competition to reimagine “the spaces between” two downtown Salt Lake City blocks. Now, through May 31, the public can vote on a vision of downtown they like, whether that means interactive games downtown or the creation of a giant upside-down replica of two city blocks placed on stilts and suspended over downtown

Posted // May 21,2013   Democracy Now! looks at how how the economics of austerity exacerbate global health problems.

Posted // May 17,2013   The results are in; we're proud to announce that City Weekly garnered a number of coveted prizes—including nine first place awards—in the annual Top of the Rockies competition,

Posted // May 17,2013   Activist Amy Meyer recently made news in Utah for being charged with violating Utah’s now infamous “ag-gag” law that prohibits the filming of farm and agricultural operations, even if doing so documents illegal animal abuse. The charges against Meyer were dropped but local activists have not dropped the issue and are rallying Saturday to protest the law.

Posted // May 17,2013   The former Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.

Posted // May 16,2013   Predatory payday lenders have found a way to sneak around federal law to target the United States’ service men and women.

Posted // May 16,2013   As Utah moves more government services online, it also risks pushing more low-income Utahns away from access to services, like Medicaid and food stamps.

Posted // May 16,2013   While I have no designs on ever running for political office, I do often spend time thinking about what I would do if I held the levers of power.

Posted // May 13,2013   U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt has been found guilty in his own country of genocide, and prosecutors may now be investigating the dictator’s former accomplices, including U.S. officials.

Posted // May 10,2013   The former Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.

Posted // May 10,2013   Mother Jones argues that recent marriage-equality battles were won thanks to the LDS Church stepping out of the battle since Prop 8.

Posted // May 10,2013   There is intriguing news that some big-money Republicans have launched an effort to legalize gay marriage at the state level, starting in Minnesota. It’s a smart move when you think about it. 

Posted // May 6,2013   While air delays avoided the sequestration squeeze, the Violence Against Women Act did not and will likely see a loss of $20 million in funds designed to fight domestic violence and sexual assault.

Posted // May 3,2013   The former Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.

Posted // May 2,2013   A bill aimed at the too-big-to-fail banks in Congress would require mega banks to increase the amount of capital reserves they hold to prevent them from possibly cashing in on taxpayer bailouts.

Posted // May 2,2013   If you were watching KSL's evening news on May 1, you would have seen it open with a deeply disturbing video of a cargo plane crashing in Afghanistan.

Posted // May 2,2013   You never want to be the guy who replaces the legend. You want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaced the legend.

Posted // April 26,2013   The former Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.