AltWeeklies Wire
What the GOP Sweep Means for Immigration Reformnew
In hindsight, it seems appropriate that Dia de los Muertos and the mid-term election fell on the same day. The national Republican sweep means that any meaningful effort for immigration reform is probably dead.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
11-03-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, GOP
How Canvassers Get Your Moneynew
They've got a pitch, and a strategy that would make a football coach proud.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
The Obama Postmortem
Barack Obama may well be reelected in 2012. Considering that the current GOP frontrunners are Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, the odds favor him. But the Obama experiment is effectively dead. There will be no change, and so there is no hope.
Meh. Liberals Rally on Brink of Historic Defeat, But Does It Mean Anything?new
What does it mean that on the weekend before a momentous GOP thrashing of Democrats nationwide, nearly a quarter of a million primarily young, mostly left-of-center revelers from all over the country descended on the nation’s capitol, snarled the D.C. metro system and flooded the National Mall?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
What Killed Prop. 19?new
Historic effort to legalize marijuana will return in 2012.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
11-03-2010 |
Elections
Helicopter Mom Will See You at the Pollsnew
The Dems send out invasive e-mails not just for the fun of it, but because science says such e-mails work.
Chicago Reader |
Lauri Apple |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
66 Reasons NOT to Vote for Pat Toomeynew
This year was made for Pat Toomey: In light of his compatriots' more bizarre tendencies — Christine O'Donnell's witchcraft-dabbling; Rand Paul's tenuous approval of the Civil Rights Act; Sharron Angle's "Second Amendment remedies" for legislation she doesn't like — the amiable Toomey doesn't look so crazy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
Dear California: Please Legalize Marijuana. For America.new
Vote Yes on Proposition 19 for Other Americans. And in the process, show us just how much of a role model the Great Republic of California can be.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
Gay Tea Party Witch Sex: Three Tales of Erotic Political Fictionnew
Hot, throbbing election special: Palin/O'Donnell, Kerry/Brown, and Stewart/Cooper/Maddow.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston Phoenix Staff |
11-01-2010 |
Elections
Tags: Elections
Does It Really Matter Who Nevada Chooses?new
For roughly two decades, since Nevada’s modern era began with the opening of the Mirage, Nevada was like a rich kid in a shiny new sports car, tipping back a bottle of Jack Daniels. Now the trust fund, also known as the construction boom, has run out.
Las Vegas Weekly |
J. Patrick Coolican |
11-01-2010 |
Elections
Johnny Got His Pillsnew
The U.S. military brass who are searching for solutions to the growing problems of soldier suicides aren't looking at the answer under their noses: their own dispensing of drugs to soldiers as a way to keep them functioning too long in too hellish a place.
Fort Worth Weekly |
E.R. Bills |
10-29-2010 |
Commentary
Up From the Streetsnew
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s radiantly short life is revealed in a new documentary.
Monday Magazine |
Robert Moyes |
10-29-2010 |
Reviews
How to Fix the Foreclosure Crisis
Millions of mortgages are going to need reduced interest rates and lower principal to reflect the new reality of the housing market. So who's going to pay?
The Couch Potato’s Guide To Tracking the National Election Resultsnew
Election 2010: What to watch for, from the comfort of your living room.
Boston Phoenix |
David Bernstein |
10-28-2010 |
Elections
Dark Beers Are All Treat and No Tricknew
Distilling the troubling myths of delicious, sinister brews.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
10-27-2010 |
Food+Drink
