AltWeeklies Wire
Here’s How Seven Votes Changed on the Confederate Flag Billnew
Fourteen minutes passed between the second and third House readings of the bill that called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds. In that time, the vote count changed from 93-27 to 94-20.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
07-13-2015 |
Politics
How to Give $1 Million to a Mayoral Candidatenew
Thwart the $1,000 contribution limit with this one weird trick!
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
05-06-2015 |
Elections
Tags: campaign finance
A really, really angry letter from a uterus to the U.S. Supreme Courtnew
Dear Justices Alito, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, Hello, this is Leah's Uterus. I know, surprising, right? But today, you can also call me Ragey McRagepants because I'm really pissed off right now.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
07-09-2014 |
Commentary
Flawed compromise emerges in Fun Home controversynew
Fun Home continues to be controversial, and despite hopeful actions, our legislature continues to demonstrate its homophobia and its hate.
Charleston City Paper |
Alison Piepmeier |
05-12-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Fun Home South Carolina
Should the government pay for Bradley Manning's gender reassignment surgery?new
Shortly after Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks in one of the biggest security breaches in recent history, he announced that he was transgendered.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
09-04-2013 |
Commentary
Unreported Fender-Bender Involving Nikki Haley Leads to Questions About Her Ethicsnew
The fender-bender itself was not earth-shattering news. But as the governor gears up for a 2014 re-election campaign against likely Democratic challenger Vincent Sheheen, the previously unreported car accident raised questions about whether Haley uses state-owned vehicles to travel to campaign fundraising events.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers and Corey Hutchins |
08-30-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Pat McCrory, Nikki Haley
What if Nikki Haley Runs for President in 2016?new
South Carolina's hip, young governor has a compelling story. Nikki Haley is the state's first female and minority chief executive, a conservative suburbanite in spike heels with a Dixie drawl.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-15-2013 |
Elections
Is Anne Frank's Diary pornography?new
Pornography is Ron Jeremy and Jenna Jameson. It's Penthouse and Hustler. It's Debbie Does Dallas, 50 Shades of Poorly Written BSDM, and anything written with the intent to turn people on and get them off.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
05-15-2013 |
Commentary
Mark Sanford's victory is a triumph of ideology over decencynew
The good news is that Jon Stewart will have no shortage of material for The Daily Show in the foreseeable future. The bad news is that the good people of South Carolina's 1st Congressional District will hang their heads and deny their origins when they travel beyond the Lowcountry in the foreseeable future.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-09-2013 |
Commentary
The League of Women Voters champions ethics reform in Columbianew
Charleston County's legislative delegation has been making a lot of news lately, and not the kind that makes us proud.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-02-2013 |
Commentary
Gay marriage is not a simple step forwardnew
Don't get me wrong. I love weddings. I love big parties full of food, happy people, and hopefully, an open bar. I love it when the gays, the homos, the queers, the fags, the queens, the dykes, and the feisty bisexuals are all working it out on the same dance floor.
Charleston City Paper |
Jenna Lyles |
04-18-2013 |
Commentary
Is Homeland Security creating a national, drone-based police force?new
Every neighborhood has a walking guy. He's the one who always seems to be out there exercising in every kind of weather. He's an institution, as much a part of the neighborhood as the pool or the park. My husband is our neighborhood's walking guy.
Charleston City Paper |
Tara Servatius |
03-20-2013 |
Commentary
Is Charleston becoming an economic powerhouse?new
Twenty years ago, it was assumed that Charlotte would be the next big East Coast economic powerhouse, the only Southern city that stood a chance of one day rivaling Atlanta economically and culturally. No other town was thought to have the stuff to pull it off.
Charleston City Paper |
Tara Servatius |
02-27-2013 |
Commentary
Elizabeth Colbert Busch could rally the Democratic faithful in SC-1 electionnew
For Lowcountry Democrats, 2008 was the election year that got away. In addition to being the year 54 percent of Charleston County voters picked Barack Obama for president, it was the first year in decades that the Democrats put up a serious challenger for South Carolina's District 1 U.S. House seat.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-20-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Newt’s still got it, but the Tea Party is so 2010new
Just before Tea Party heartthrob Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) announced that he would be leaving the U.S. Senate in January to head up the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, a new poll released Wednesday showed support was weak for the Tea Party in the outgoing senator’s home state.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-07-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich
