AltWeeklies Wire
Obama Campaign Pours Resources Into North Carolina Triad Regionnew
A capacity crowd packed the Obama campaign's Winston-Salem headquarters during a grand opening on Feb. 29 in which organizers urged volunteers to sign up for phone banking with neighborhood team leaders.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-08-2012 |
Elections
Rep. Bennie Thompson Pulls Ranknew
As a member of Congress, Bennie Thompson sees his role as a conduit for grants and other kinds of support, but he is frustrated that cities and counties in his district don't always take full advantage of federal cash.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-08-2012 |
Elections
Style and experience set apart conservative candidates in N.C. District 74 GOP primarynew

Forsyth County Republican voters will get the opportunity to choose among three conservatives, including two experienced politicos and one newcomer, in the primary contest to determine who succeeds Rep. Dale Folwell in NC House District 74.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-08-2012 |
Politics
A Woman's Powernew

Forty years after Roe v. Wade, conservatives are shoving women's backs to the wall. Again.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-07-2012 |
Commentary
Indiana Supreme Court Sausage Festnew

Without a woman on its Supreme Court, Indiana is an outlier on gender diversity - in the company of only Idaho and Iowa.
San Antonio Scientology spat may rope Cruise's best mannew
Last week saw a flurry of legal wrangling in the Church of Scientology lawsuit against a former leading member here earlier this year.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
03-07-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Scientology, sex trafficking
Today’s GOP is off the deep endnew

The question used to be, "What's the matter with Kansas?" The question now is, "What's the matter with the GOP?" The two questions are related, of course...
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
03-07-2012 |
Commentary
Are You Ready for Stupor Tuesday?new

Romney & Sons are favored, but his favorability ratings aren't too hot.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
03-05-2012 |
Elections
Greensboro Residents make noise about proposed ordinancenew

Greensboro City Council won’t vote on proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance until March 6, but residents are already fired up.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-05-2012 |
Politics
Arms Over Medsnew

Conservatives in the Arizona legislature want guns galore on campus -- but not a whiff of weed.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-04-2012 |
Politics
Muslim parents and Guilford schools join forces against bullyingnew
Karen Mujali sat at a table apart from her three children, who crowded into a booth at Nazareth Bread Co. Bakery and Restaurant with the children of the restaurant and bakery's owner on a recent Friday night.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-04-2012 |
Politics
The Starting Gatenew

The race to finish Gabrielle Giffords' term is formally under way.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-03-2012 |
Politics
Durham DA Tracey Cline's fate awaits Friday rulingnew

Cline testified: "Even though this has been difficult, I promised to do what was right. And after doing all that I could do, I had to protect the people of Durham County."
What the Retirement of Olympia Snowe Really Meansnew

Olympia Snowe is leaving the U.S. Senate, in a move that apparently surprised even her own staff. It changes the political landscape in Maine and around the country.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
02-29-2012 |
Politics