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Generation Next: Dems Woo Youth Votenew
After years of neglect, the Democratic Party is finally reaching out to young voters.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-06-2004 |
Politics
Creating a Democratic Network to Counter the Rightnew
Using a network of media outlets, think tanks and young-Republican grooming teams, the right-wing has been patient in spreading its agenda. Now it's time for the Dems to fight back.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-29-2004 |
Politics
Day 2: Report from the DNC Floornew
A thousand delegates getting down is not a pretty sight.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Wright |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Driven to Distract: An Interview with Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader talks about "viral liberals," the GOP’s help in getting him on state ballots, and the impossibility of Democratic Party reform.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Ralph Nader
What Lies Ahead for John Kerry
The kumbaya party: George W. Bush has united the Democrats. Now it’s up to John Kerry and John Edwards to translate that unity into victory.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
God's Countrynew
Thomas Frank engages the most important political question of our time: why do so many of America’s working poor vote persistently against their own economic interests?
Boston Phoenix |
Catherine Tumber |
07-27-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Protesters' Guide to Boston for the DNCnew
What does dissent mean in Boston? Being corralled in a designated pen three blocks from the event you're protesting, forbidden by city officials from brandishing placards on poles. And then they wonder what there is to protest.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
Compromising Position: A Letter to John Kerrynew
"I am endorsing you and voting for you, Senator, because you have done two things a simpering daddy’s boy like George W. Bush never would: you have marched both to and against war," political satirist Barry Crimmins writes to the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
A Morning in the Life of John Kerrynew
In the morning, John Kerry "crept from the bed, only to step on a Purple Heart that someone had carelessly left on the floor. Let me tell you, John Kerry does not like to bleed first thing in the morning." Chris Wright imagines how the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee starts his day.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Wright |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
Unsinkable Mollynew
Although Molly Ivins’s new book is being cast as a "retrospective," she expects to find plenty more chicken-fried nincompoopery to laugh at in the years to come. A Q&A with Ivins.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Molly Ivins, Who Let the Dogs in?
Cheney This!new
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank offers some advice on the effective use of profanity in public speaking -- just substitute "Cheney" for your expletive of choice.
Boston Phoenix |
Rep. Barney Frank |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
The $50 Million Demsnew
The real VIPs in the fight to oust George W. Bush won’t be on the stage of Boston's FleetCenter next week. They’re the wealthy funders of progressive ‘527’ groups.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
Drum and Drummer: Dave Lombardo Rejoins Slayer for Ozzfestnew
Slayer are no strangers to Ozzfest, but this is the first year they’re bringing along original drummer Dave Lombardo.
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Richardson |
07-08-2004 |
Music
Defenders of the Faithnew
The music Judas Priest made was easily marginalized, and at a remove of several decades, most of the material on their "Metalogy" boxed-set sounds ephemeral.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Iron Mennew
Black Sabbath get boxed in time for Ozzfest.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
07-08-2004 |
Music
