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MediaReformSC Takes on the Profit-Driven Media Machinenew

An important public deadline passed on Oct. 31. Did you notice it? No? Well, you're hardly alone. Halloween was the last day for citizens to file comments or objections with the Federal Communications Commission regarding the renewal of radio broadcasting licenses in South Carolina. You say you didn't hear anything about this deadline on any local radio stations? Neither did I. At the time I wrote this column, I had yet to read anything about it in the good old Post and Courier. Apparently, it was a pretty well kept secret.

Charleston City Paper | Will Moredock | 11-03-2011 | Commentary

More Minority-Owned Firms are Participating in City Projectsnew

The result: African-American participation in the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center was at 15.5 percent, up from 6 percent for the Dock Street Theatre, while the percentage of women-owned firms working on the project were higher for the community center than with the theater, rising from 5 percent to 6 percent. (Women-owned firms also received 8 percent of the work on the Bees Landing Recreation Center.) This is progress. But we have to build on this by working with city government to develop more ways to get minority firms involved.

Charleston City Paper | Kwadjo Campbell | 11-03-2011 | Commentary

Foreign Intervention Can Create More Problems Than it Solvesnew

The current U.S. foreign policy is a disaster. For many Americans, this sounds harsh. Yet, it is something most of us can admit after examining our most recent foreign interventions individually.

Charleston City Paper | Jack Hunter | 11-03-2011 | Commentary

Tags: foreign policy, U.S.

Ketchum Voters Will Decide on Power Shiftnew

A referendum on the Tuesday, Nov. 8, ballot in Ketchum, Idaho's famed resort town, will give voters the chance to adopt a new form of government at City Hall and, in the process, completely overhaul the City Council. The current mayor is lobbying hard against the change, but as it turns out, he was in favor of the policy change before he was so staunchly opposed to it.

Boise Weekly | Michael Ames | 11-03-2011 | Elections

The QueQue: Racist Gun Instructor Shame-Free and Other Storiesnew

Hill Country gun instructor Crockett Keller has become Texas’ latest racist heard ’round the country. “Attention. Be a victor not a victim,” begins his advert for concealed handgun courses before taking an abrupt racist, xenophobic turn – a rant that’s now become a YouTube sensation.

San Antonio Current | SA Current News Team | 11-03-2011 | Commentary

The Apoca-Listnew

AKA The "We're Fucked" Index

San Antonio Current | Greg Harman | 11-03-2011 | Commentary

Finish Linenew

The election for Tucson's mayor and City Council races is almost here

Tucson Weekly | Jim Nintzel | 11-03-2011 | Elections

Tags: Elections, rick grinnell, shirley scott, tucson election 2011, tyler vogt, jennifer rawson, paul cunningham, jonathan hoffman, mary decamp

Poll Shows Ballard Leading Mayoral Racenew

Ballard topped Kennedy 44 percent to 33 percent in a WISH-TV/Franklin College poll. The Libertarian candidate, Chris Bowen, had 2 percent.

NUVO | Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism | 11-03-2011 | Politics

Can Jean Quan Recover?new

The mayor's decision to raid Occupy Oakland shocked many of her liberal supporters, and it remains to be seen whether she can regain their trust.

East Bay Express | Robert Gammon | 11-02-2011 | Politics

Tags: Jean Quan, Occupy Oakland

Bauer Decries GOP's Right-to-Worknew

The Democrat leader in the Indiana House said Wednesday that his members reserve the right to push right-to-work legislation in the General Assembly's 2012 session.

NUVO | Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism | 10-27-2011 | Politics

The QueQue: Pearl Railroaded, ACLU Sues ICE, CCA over Hutto Assaults, TCEQ Exposednew

Despite a no vote from District 10 Councilman Carlton Soules and District 5 Councilman David Medina’s no show, San Antonio’s Council bravely vaulted fringe objections from the Homeowner Taxpayer Association (“Mayor Castro, do not railroad us!”) and Tea Partiers (“We don’t need a Solyndra in San Antonio”) to course down the tracks toward a “multimodal” future and our first urban rail project.

San Antonio Current | SA Current News Team | 10-27-2011 | Commentary

Tags: TCEQ, ACLU, ICE, lawsuit, CCA