AltWeeklies Wire
Greensboro Police Chief Responds to Surveillance Questions

Greensboro's Police Chief explains police surveillance of activists, maintains that the department didn't have an undercover officer in Occupy Greensboro, and welcomes an investigation into whether documents were falsified.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-21-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Ken Miller
S.C. House Speaker Under Criminal Probenew
The S.C. GOP attorney general asked for an investigation into the state’s most powerful politician, GOP House Speaker Bobby Harrell.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-15-2013 |
Politics
Greensboro Councilwoman Denies Emails Connecting Her to Police Intelligence Squad
Greensboro Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter denied that multiple e-mails attributed to her and originating from one of her e-mail addresses were written by her, saying she had no communication with the Greensboro police’s criminal intelligence squad.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-13-2013 |
Politics
TEAM GOP
Armed with a veto-proof majority and emboldened a fellow party member in the Executive Mansion, Republican lawmakers in Raleigh rushed out a flurry of conservative bills when the General Assembly convened last week for the long session.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
Up In Armsnew

A look at guns in Kentucky and the political debate surrounding the Second Amendment from the floor of the Louisville Gun & Knife Show.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
Guns Across America hits Indiananew

An estimated crowd of 150 Second Amendment activists gathered on the steps of the Indiana Statehouse.
Protest marks Citizens United anniversarynew

Indiana activists gathered to mark the third anniversary of the Citizens United Decision and protest the flood of dark money in politics.
Breaking the Rulesnew

When it comes to making Congress work again, does U.S. Senator Tom Udall have the answer?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
01-16-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Tom Udall, Senate Nuclear Option
Phil Gingrey's legitimate screw-upnew

Republicans still can't shut up about rape
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
01-16-2013 |
Politics
The Candy Man Cannew

Chocolatier aims for New Mexico lieutenant governor position.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
01-11-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Chuck Higgins New Mexico
Corporate Personhood Goes Carpoolingnew

Because corporations are people, a Marin man argues that he may drive in the carpool lane with his corporation papers in the passenger seat.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
01-07-2013 |
Politics
Losing Democracynew

Redistricting helped the GOP win the House, and it almost caused the U.S. to go over the fiscal cliff.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
01-03-2013 |
Politics
The Year in Closed Governmentnew

How a private email network exposed the secret dealings of top government officials.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Justin Horwath and Joey Peters |
12-20-2012 |
Politics
Birther Gary Kreep's Family-Law Recordnew

Birther judge-elect opposed parental rights for communists and lesbians as a lawyer, and faced allegations of spousal abuse.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-20-2012 |
Politics
Can Richmond, Calif. Progressives Regroup?new

The Richmond Progressive Alliance is contemplating its future after getting thumped by Chevron in the election.
East Bay Express |
John Geluardi |
12-17-2012 |
Politics