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DNC 2012 Notebook: Youth is Served (but will they vote?)new
Young voters swayed the 2008 election in Obama's favor. Will they do it again this year?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
05-29-2012 |
Elections
Democratic National Convention 2012 Notebooknew
Everyone knows the DNC won't leave Charlotte. But a petition asking for just that only adds more fuel to demonstrators' fire.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
05-24-2012 |
Elections
Losing Lugarnew
The radical right reflect poorly on the rest of us.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
05-17-2012 |
Commentary
Public policy and indifference punish the very poornew
No one knows how many North Carolinians live in extreme poverty, but it's estimated to be between 700,000 and 1 million. What we do know is that although the number is increasing, the poor remain almost invisible to many of us.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Bumbling Democrats, diabolical Republicansnew
Let's face it. If you're a Republican in North Carolina right now, you may not want to gloat, but could your prospects be any sweeter?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: North Carolina Politics
Lawless in Missourinew
Missouri legislators zero in on guns, gays and gags in another year of attempted lawmaking.
Gay marriage as 'wedge' issuenew
President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage takes a page from Newt Gingrich's playbook.
NUVO |
John Krull |
05-14-2012 |
Commentary
Tea Party Dreams Onnew
Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
05-14-2012 |
Commentary
Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccuratenew
Roughly 50 deadly strikes using drones occurred during George W. Bush's eight years in office. By contrast, in the three-plus years of the Obama presidency, there have been close to 300, and those strikes have killed as many as 3,000 people.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
05-12-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Drones
Mitt & the GOP Boys' Clubnew
Mitt Romney needs to reach out to women voters, but his party has few who can help him do it.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-11-2012 |
Elections
Poll: Ohioans Feeling Less Crappy About Their Livesnew
It's been a tough four years for folks in Ohio. Jim Tressel went down, Casey Anthony may or may not have made the Buckeye state her home, jobs have been hard to come by, and Ohio is neck-and-neck with Florida in everyone's favorite game, Ohio or Florida?
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
05-10-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Ohio
A Look at the N.C. Primary Through Storifynew
The emotional tweets, election projections, neat Instagram photos, and more, including comments on the Amendment 1 vote.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-09-2012 |
Elections
Why I Could Care Less About The L.A. Dodgersnew
The connection between fascism and sports.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
05-07-2012 |
Commentary
Campaign Veilnew
Who is 'Who Is Stacey Lawson?'
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
05-03-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Stacey Lawson
Sen. Marco Rubio's foreign policy is Wilsonian, not conservativenew
During what was advertised as a "major foreign policy speech" at the Brookings Institution last Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio said, "I am always cautious about generalizations, but until very recently, the general perception was that American conservatism believed in a robust and muscular foreign policy."
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-03-2012 |
Commentary
