AltWeeklies Wire
Can Obama Turn Out the Youth Vote in November?new
In Virginia alone, over 100,000 folks have registered to vote in the last three months, and that's on top of the 150,000 who signed up during the primaries. And a huge chunk of these suffrage-seeking newbies are baby voters -- of the 49,000 who registered in August, a whopping 40 percent were ages 25 or under.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
09-17-2008 |
Politics
As He Eyes VP Slot, Sen. Jim Webb Presents a New Version of Himselfnew
It certainly hasn't escaped our notice that Webb has undergone a bit of a personality transfer as of late, and seems to be mellowing into a slightly-less-combative, slightly-more-effective version of the tough-talking SOB that we've come to know and ... well, maybe not love, but at least regard with brotherly affection.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
Voting Rights Elusive for Ex-Felons in Virginianew
The Sentencing Project estimates that one in 41 adults have lost their voting rights because of a felony conviction. And while each state has its own laws regarding the restoration of a felon's civil rights, Virginia has one of the harshest sets of laws that make restoring your civil rights after a felony conviction a slog through a bureaucratic wasteland.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
05-21-2008 |
Politics
Virginia Lawmakers Play a Little Sexual Politicsnew
A number of eye-popping reports have recently been released on the sexual state of our (increasingly libidinal) nation, and so it came as no surprise that the wise old men of Richmond felt the need to take immediate corrective action ... by slashing every penny of state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
04-02-2008 |
Politics
Tags: Virginia, Planned Parenthood
Will Mark Warner Run for Other Warner's Senate Seat?new
There is just one thing the former Virginia governor wants you to know: He may or may not run for the Senate (or a second term in Richmond).
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
It Won't Be Long Before We Have Another Mass Shootingnew
And the same things will happen again: The pro-gun people will say "don't politicize a tragedy," there will be memorials and the president will fly in and say nice things without ever mentioning the word "guns," and things will continue the same way they always have.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-01-2007 |
Commentary
Fight for the Rightnew
Virginia's Republican Party is on the verge of a meltdown.
Style Weekly |
Jason Roop and Scott Bass |
03-21-2006 |
Politics
