AltWeeklies Wire
The Sales of Justicenew
In the dark corridors of Brooklyn politics, a State Supreme Court judgeship sells for $50,000 stuffed in an envelope, and $6,000 in postage stamps.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
01-18-2007 |
Politics
Twisted Spitzernew
Note to the good-guy governor-elect: 10 reasons to stay Alan Hevesi's execution.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
12-14-2006 |
Politics
Rudy's Grand Illusionnew
We look at what Giuliani likes to remember about 9/11 -- and what he actually did (or didn't do).
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins |
08-30-2006 |
Excerpts
Bloomberg Money Shuts Mouthsnew
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his communications company have paid secret settlements to six ex-employees who made allegations ranging from maternity discrimination to sexual harassment to racial comments.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
11-02-2005 |
Politics
Mayor Mike Bloomberg Silent on Osama bin Ladennew
The Bush administration's fixation on Iraq seems to have diverted it from apprehending bin Laden, but the mayor of the city Osama savaged has yet to utter an encouraging word about the half-hearted pursuit.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
10-19-2005 |
Politics
Former Voice Columnist Jack Newfield, 1938-2004new
Jack Newfield, who wrote for the Village Voice from 1964 to 1989, pioneered a new genre of advocacy journalism.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
12-29-2004 |
Media
Al Sharpton Takes a Hypocritical Plungenew
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Al Sharpton helped engineer the demise of his mentor, Jesse Jackson, who had an affair with the executive director of his nonprofit organization and showered her with benefits, even while Sharpton was sending every signal to those around him that he was doing the same.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
12-07-2004 |
Politics
November Surprises: What the Presidential Election Was Really Aboutnew
Less than an hour after George W. Bush's victory speech Wednesday, U.S. fighter planes launched major air strikes against Falluja. Yet the transparently self-serving timing of the biggest Bush military offensive since 2003 is passing unchallenged.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Anna LeMond |
11-09-2004 |
International
Bush's Courting of Saddamnew
George W. Bush has had several business intertwinings with the dark side, starting way back in 1974, when he was 28 years old. Each of these tales has CIA ties, which touch virtually every Bush business venture until 1990.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Nathan Deuel |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
A Bin Laden Ad Could Beat Bushnew
If John Kerry can pin the failure to capture Osama bin Laden on Bush in his upcoming ads, he will finally connect with the fear that is driving this election.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
09-15-2004 |
Politics
The 10 Ways Bush Screwed New Yorknew
New York 9-11 Veterans for Truth welcome Republicans to a city hit by a couple of swift jets just 35 months ago, insisting, in our own friendly way, that the convention focus on how Bush-Cheney responded to our riverbank assault.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Daniel Magliocco |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Congressional Race Turns Into a Campaign-Finance Scandalnew
Opposing incumbent Major Owens for the Brooklyn seat in the Democratic primary are two thirtysomething city councilwomen. One of them, Tracy Boyland, appears to have a swath of campaign-finance violations, and the other, Yvette Clarke, to have undercover Republican ties.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Marc Schultz |
08-18-2004 |
Politics
Story of Buchanan Baby Helped Bush Win White Housenew
During the 2000 presidential campaign, longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative Roger Stone pushed an unsubstantiated rumor that Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan had had an illegitimate child while he was a Georgetown undergraduate and had paid the mother to keep it secret.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Jessie Singer |
05-19-2004 |
Politics
Florida Republican Plays Pivotal Role in Al Sharpton Campaignnew
"Roger Stone, the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative who led the mob that shut down the Miami-Dade County recount and helped make George W. Bush president in 2000, is financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton," the senior editor of The Village Voice reports.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and News Team |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
