Posted // May 24,2013   “It was Halloween of 2000, and I was 5 years old. My mother and father were higher than a kite, and needed someone to take us trick or treating.”

Posted // May 24,2013   Writing about the LDS faith as an outsider can be tricky; pop culture is rife with mocking representations of members. So, imagine the minefield that local artist Chris Hoffman is wading through as he launches his comic book Salt City Strangers, featuring an all-LDS superhero team.

Posted // May 24,2013   The former Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.

Posted // May 24,2013   More than 30 protesters were arrested outside the Department of Justice after calling for the prosecution of bankers that caused the national foreclosure crisis. Witnesses say several peaceful protesters were also tasered by police.

Posted // May 23,2013  - March Against Monsanto Saturday This weekend, join activists rallying at the Utah Capitol against agribusiness giant Monsa ...

Posted // May 22,2013  - A gang of Utah tech geeks might be your computer's-and the country's-last line of defense Hackers are among us: shopping at the same grocery stores, sharing buses with us, even wor ...

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 22,2013  - Also: Unquiet Youth, Power to 'Merica Mike Noel, R-Kanab—not your mother’s Cowboy Caucus crony—recently got a ...

Posted // May 22,2013  - Utah alt publications conquer bad economy Daily newspapers have been writing their own obituaries for so long now that most readers ...

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  - Students call for new Good Samaritan law Zach Baker, head of Salt Lake Community College’s Students for a Sensible Drug Polic ...

Posted // May 16,2013  - Stick up for open spaces This week, stick up for open spaces in Salt Lake City and fight for clean, open, carbon-fr ...

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.