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Click Here for Democracynew
A nonprofit website's rising influence in Berkeley policymaking has itself become a topic for debate.
East Bay Express |
Jeremy Singer-Vine |
07-11-2007 |
Politics
Nagin for Governor?new
Talk continues that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was re-elected even in the face of criticism for his handling of Hurricane Katrina, might run for governor
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
07-10-2007 |
Commentary
Too Little Information in New Havennew
Since being ordered three years ago to make evaluations of his department heads public, Mayor John DeStefano has simply stopped doing them.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-10-2007 |
Politics
Chris Dodd Wants You to Pay Attention to Himnew
Inside the Democratic Senator from Connecticut's quixotic quest for the presidency.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
07-10-2007 |
Politics
The Supreme Assholesnew
The angry white men -- plus one angry black man without a historical conscience -- on the Supreme Court are leading the whole country down the path of the angry assholes of the nation, back toward the past.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-10-2007 |
Commentary
Feeling the Pain of Mayor Mark Funkhouser's First Weeksnew
He's appointed Minutemen member Frances Semler to the parks board and his wife has requested mayoral bodyguards for two town-hall meetings in neighborhoods of color, but we need to let Funkhouser get on with Kansas City's business.
A Republican Running in a Democratic Townnew
Mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis prepares to run a race no one thinks a Republican can win.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
Platform Politics in Coloradonew
Boulder County Democrats want to give voters a voice -- are jaded Dems ready to engage in the caucus process?
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
Gore Comes Alive!new
Presidential candidate or not, Al Gore's supernova campaign has changed more than the next election -- it's given Americans a single focus for changing the world.
Pasadena Weekly |
Dean Kuipers |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
The United States Institute of Peace Facilitates Warnew
The institute is a congressionally funded (to the tune of $23 million a year) think tank staffed by neoconservative "thinkers" who supported the seizure of Iraq's oil fields and are now swiveling their sights toward Iran.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
Tags: war in iraq, Iran
The Nuge vs. Bloombergnew
A staunch conservative, Ted Nugent is one of the most vocal pro-gun individuals you could ever meet, and his distaste for Mayor Bloomberg and his gun-control initiatives is crystal clear.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
The Presidential Candidates, Between the Sheetsnew
With the presidential election is still more than a year away, we know you're already tired of all the same hum-drum rhetoric -- so check out the frontrunners' Astrosexology charts.
New York Press |
Kiki T. |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
No Time for Terrornew
While White House stokes hysteria, Brits and Europeans barely flinch at bombings.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
07-05-2007 |
Politics
The Mafia Plot to Kill Dennis Kucinichnew
A former Cleveland police chief finally tells the whole story.
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
07-05-2007 |
Politics
Newt Gingrich's One-sided 'Conversation'new
It's unclear why Gingrich feels he is the savior of today's Grand Old Party.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGette |
07-03-2007 |
Commentary
