AltWeeklies Wire
Gatewood: 1947-2012new
The death of eclectic, perennial, pro-pot candidate Gatewood Galbraith leaves a void in Kentucky politics.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
01-20-2012 |
Politics
Wisc. Republicans Change Recall Rules in the Middle of the Gamenew
Judge Mac Davis, a former Republican legislator, orders the Government Accountability Board to check all of the signatures for duplicates or other anomalies, shifting responsibility from Gov. Scott Walker to the state.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
01-18-2012 |
Politics
States Push Back on Citizens United Rulingnew
A California Assembly member is pushing a bill to ensure that corporate entities making political donations are required to at least disclose those contributions. Other states have taken even bolder steps.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lisa Carmack |
01-17-2012 |
Politics
From Nevada to Wisconsin: Political Operatives Reprise Reid-Angle Faceoff in Walker Recallnew
The story of how two political operatives who worked on opposite sides of the 2010 Senate campaign in Nevada between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle came to find themselves in similar positions in Wisconsin.
Citizen Raineynew
A longtime Republican powerbroker, and fundraiser for Jon Huntsman, talks about why he believes S.C.'s GOP governor, Nikki Haley is "corrupt to the core of her being."
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-16-2011 |
Politics
DeFazio Does Itnew
The fiery Oregon congressman's Occupy Wall Street-inspired diatribe on the economy and the financial bailout was vintage Peter DeFazio. In this time of political confusion that pits Tea Partiers against the Democrats and the Dems against themselves, Oregon’s longtime 4th District representative takes great pleasure in cutting through the political confusion.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
10-13-2011 |
Politics
96-Year-Old Woman Who Voted During Jim Crow Is Denied Photo IDnew
At age 96, Dorothy Cooper is the new poster child for what's wrong with Tennessee's photo ID voter law.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-05-2011 |
Politics
Rick Perry and the Curious Case of 'Niggerhead' Ranchnew
Rick Perry is between a rock (with a racial epithet painted on it) and a hard place. He's the governor of a border state with an enormous Latino population, and his efforts to not demonize all of them as potential illegal immigrants have already left him castigated by the Tea Party.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Rick Perry, Election 2012
It's Fall Already, but "Occupy Wall Street" Has Finally Brought an American Springnew
Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Auusenberg |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
It's Fall Already, but "Occupy Wall Street" Has Finally Brought an American Springnew
Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Auusenberg |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
Meals, Wheels and $49,000new
Louisiana state representative John LaBruzzo's ethics filings show that he's spent $49,000 of his campaign funds on food and auto expenses since 2009.
Mudslungnew
Tales from the other side of New Mexico’s corruption epidemic.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
09-30-2011 |
Politics
The Boy from Haskellnew
Rick Perry's small-town Texas politics.
The Texas Observer |
Saul Elbein |
09-23-2011 |
Politics
Remember the Birthers? They’re Still Herenew
Poll of South Carolina conservatives shows ‘kicked puppy syndrome,’ says professor.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-23-2011 |
Politics
Mayor Union-Busternew
Rahm Emanuel fights the Chicago Teachers Union over a longer school day–and it’s not about the kids.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
09-22-2011 |
Politics
