AltWeeklies Wire
Voters Turned Out in Droves in a Poor Corner of Ohionew
In the small African-American city of East Cleveland, Ohio, many precincts were close to matching their total votes in the last presidential election by 10 a.m. on Election Day.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Young Progressives Dust Themselves Off to Prepare for 2006new
Against the odds, the trauma of the devastating defeat on November 2 appears to be convincing young people anew of the importance of working politically within their own communities, on their own terms.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Gay Marriage and Abortion Tug Blacks Toward GOPnew
While African Americans in several states voted to ban gay marriage, they also voted overwhelmingly against George Bush.
The Village Voice |
Ta-Nehisi Coates |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Where Our Vanished Values Went -- and How They Might Come Backnew
The paradox of this election is that it was won not on the basis of the issues at stake or the actual conditions of our life, but on matters of good and evil.
The Village Voice |
Michael Feingold |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Is Gay Marriage the New Nader?new
Some blame John Kerry's statistically narrow defeat on the 11 state initiatives banning same-sex marriage. It may be that Democrats can't win if they support gay rights in any form, even that of civil unions. It may be that they'll have to throw gays overboard.
The Village Voice |
Laura Conaway |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
It's Mourning in Americanew
No matter what claims George Bush makes to another term now, we can't know without seeing Ohio's provisional ballots what voters here intended to say. By law, those ballots can't be counted until 11 days after the election.
The Village Voice |
Rick Perlstein |
11-03-2004 |
Politics
Swing States: Et Tu, New Jersey?new
With the election entering its final stretch, four states have suddenly appeared as potential wild cards. They are New Jersey, Colorado, Hawaii, and Arkansas, representing a total of 34 electoral votes.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway, Laurie Agnese and Nicole Duarte |
11-02-2004 |
Politics
Bill Clinton Cries Foulnew
Bill Clinton made a sharp and perhaps surprising attack on George W. Bush this week, saying in a speech Monday in Philadelphia that the president may be using the war on terror to scare voters away from the polls.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
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
Cheney Stops News Cycle Coldnew
Say what you want about Dick Cheney's performance, but he shifted the headlines away from his boss -- at least until the next debate, this Friday.
The Village Voice |
Ta-Nehisi Coates |
10-07-2004 |
Politics
The Real President Stands Upnew
Dick Cheney was every inch the president so many accuse him of being in Tuesday night's debate. He painted John Edwards and John Kerry as having been AWOL for Senate votes, and as two insignificant con men not worth talking to or about.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-06-2004 |
Politics
See Bush Twitch: Split Screens Give President a Disadvantagenew
Here is today’s received wisdom—split screens kill. There was John Kerry looking calm, making his points. And there was George Bush, twitching, slouching, rapidly blinking as he listened.
The Village Voice |
Ta-Nehisi Coates |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
George W. Bush Ain't No Cowboynew
Liberals from both coasts and Europeans who derisively call Bush a "cowboy" foolishly insult not Bush, but one of America's prime ennobling myths. He hasn't the restraint, dignity or chivalry of a true cowboy.
The Village Voice |
Erik Baard |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
Network Problems. Please Stand By.new
The Bush campaign may have a field day with one nugget from the controversy over Dan Rather's report on the president's National Guard Service: Kerry's new spokesman, Joe Lockhart, has said he talked with Bill Burkett, the man who gave the suspect documents to CBS.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
09-22-2004 |
Politics
Tags: George W. Bush, John Kerry
National Archives Offer New Proof of Vietnam War Atrocitiesnew
Hundreds of U.S. military investigative files that were classified for decades but are now available in the National Archives back up the young John Kerry's Senate testimony and put the lie to his critics, including Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Incidents of mutilation and torture are cited.
The Village Voice |
Nicholas Turse |
09-21-2004 |
Politics
