AltWeeklies Wire
Super PAC Black Dropsnew

CD Productions has raked in more than $150,000 in campaign payments—but does it exist?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
06-20-2012 |
Elections
Fast Becoming Furiousnew

After a federal scandal, some firearms dealers say they've become the scapegoats.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-20-2012 |
Politics
DNC 2012 Notebook: Adding a banana to the Uptown viewnew

Wednesday, Chiquita unveiled its logo on the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
06-19-2012 |
Elections
Green Party of Texas hopes to create viable alternativenew

David Collins walked to the front of the Hill Country cabin with a green toga draped over shirt, tie and slacks, a throwback, he said, to mankind's first republic: the Roman Senate.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-19-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Texas green party
This is Your Brain On ... Ideologynew

Exploring the psychology of politics, author Chris Mooney finds Liberal and Conservative brains function differently.
Democrats' Disappearing Actnew

The only hope for the almost-vaporized Democratic Party is that the GOP is so God-awful incompetent.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
06-14-2012 |
Politics
The DNC Memory Holenew

Political circuses, the new Prozac.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-14-2012 |
Commentary
Broken Recordsnew

A whistle-blower complaint leads to a public-information lawsuit against the Pima County Attorney.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
06-14-2012 |
Politics
Yet again, Republicans deny women their rightsnew

The Senate Minority blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, telling women across the country that they are not entitled to the same pay as their male counterparts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
06-09-2012 |
Politics
In its bigotry, North Carolina makes Jesse Helms proud—againnew

We're having a bigot's revival and a bully's carnival in North Carolina, and the infection may be spreading.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
Legal Cloud Gathers Over Scott Walker as Recall Election Approachesnew

With the recall election less than two days away, federal prosecutors are closing in on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. There is evidence of wrongdoing after Walker's time as Milwaukee County Executive, and the federal investigation includes criminal activity during his time as governor.
Healing Wisconsinnew

For those of us who love Wisconsin, this has been a gut-wrenching 16 months. We have seen family members become bitter enemies as they feel forced to choose sides while the state goes through extreme political changes.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
ALEC Normalizes Corruption In Statehouses Across the Landnew
For almost four decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council, known by its acronym, “ALEC,” has worked hard on behalf of corporate America and right wing causes, helping to draft, build support for and pass laws through state legislatures across the nation—and doing so in relative anonymity, even as it skirts numerous state laws limiting corporate gift-giving and other forms of influence-peddling. It was never really clear why ALEC’s existence stayed such a secret, particularly since it wasn’t a secret. It’s just that, somehow, people seemed to ignore it, even though it wielded staggering amounts of power in legally questionable ways.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-01-2012 |
Commentary
Rallying the Troopsnew

Can Netroots make a difference in November – and beyond?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
06-01-2012 |
Elections
Justice Neal Boortz?new

Just what the Georgia Supreme Court needs: A draft-dodging, race-baiting dissembler who wants to do away with trials and have summary executions on Atlanta streets
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
05-30-2012 |
Politics