AltWeeklies Wire
Forget Post-9/11, Get Ready for the Post-Obama Eranew
There have been generations of children who have bitterly told their parents -- and themselves -- that they had no real chance to make it, because they were black. I like to think that if Obama wins in November -- and maybe even if he doesn't -- that no little black kid will ever be able to say that with a straight face again.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
06-17-2008 |
Commentary
Donald Cravins Jr. Sets His Sights on Louisiana's 7th Congressional Districtnew
The 37-year-old Democrat says he is "99.9 percent sure" he will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany this fall for Lafayette's congressional seat and is taking meetings with national Democratic interests.
America: The 'Oops' Nation
Prisoners at Guantánamo and possibly other American gulags, will now be allowed to demand their day in court. Since the government doesn't have evidence against them, legal experts say, most if not all of "the worst of the worst" will ultimately walk free. "Liberty and security can be reconciled," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
In short: Oops.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-16-2008 |
Commentary
All Eyes Are on Denver as it Gets Set to Host Dems in Augustnew
For months now, activists have been planning protests designed to draw the attention of the media that will be gathered to hear Sen. Barack Obama and Democratic leaders speak. In response, Denver police have purchased millions of dollars of "non-lethal" crowd-control technology. In the middle stands the American Civil Liberties Union, concerned about potential arrests and the treatment that protesters will receive.
Boulder Weekly |
Dana Logan |
06-16-2008 |
Politics
Ron Burkle Confronts Life Without the Clintons and Instant White House Accessnew
With Senator Barack Obama winning the Democratic presidential nomination, and with a definite power shift within the party that's moving away from Bill and Hillary Clinton, political observers are already wondering if Burkle -- a top-echelon supporter of the Clintons -- will end up some kind of loser.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
06-13-2008 |
Politics
Congressman Paul Ryan's 'Roadmap for America' Is a Dead Endnew
Unlike many in Congress, Ryan at least is putting the energy into laying out a plan. But fresh thinking it is not. Unfortunately, Ryan's road map is the same old far-right-wing agenda that has been promoted by conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and Club for Growth.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis |
06-13-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: What We're Learning About Race, Age and Gendernew
How could it be that after a 2008 primary season that is historic in so many ways, that all of the racial, gender and age stereotypes and barriers that appeared to have been broken still remain issues going into the November general election and beyond?
City Pulse |
Kyle Melinn |
06-13-2008 |
Commentary
For Obama to Win, He'll Have to Crib from Ronald Reagan's Playbooknew
Can a significant portion of the electorate abide Barack Obama as its next president? Right now, it's an open question. And for Obama to get the answer he wants, he's going to have to be another Ronald Reagan or another Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
06-12-2008 |
Commentary
Obama Has Two Chances to Win, One More Far-Fetched Than the Othernew
He might enlarge his impressive work in the Rocky Mountain states and move four or five of them out of the Republican column to join the fixed big-state Democratic electoral base, or else he can subdue the prejudices of white rural voters across the South and upper Midwest and persuade them to vote their pocketbooks. Even to an old denizen of the Jim Crow South the second looks like the better prospect.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
06-12-2008 |
Commentary
Without Clinton, Democrats Face Challenge in Arkansasnew
Though Democrats control the Arkansas statehouse, both the state's U.S. Senate seats, and three of four seats in the U.S. House, the party likely will be hard-pressed to win the state in November's general election.
Arkansas Times |
John Williams |
06-12-2008 |
Politics
Looking Past Obama: For Millions, it Still Sucks to be Black in America
Good for Barack Obama, but what about the millions of people of color who aren't getting ahead?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-12-2008 |
Commentary
Elizabeth Dole Sides with Oil Industry on Key Votesnew
The North Carolina Senator, who is up for reelection this year, joined fellow Republicans in blocking Democratic measures, including one that would have repealed $17 billion in oil industry tax breaks over the next 10 years.
Is al-Qaeda Near Defeat?new
If it is, no one has yet informed its A/V department. In the past year, Osama bin Laden and his loyal cavemate Ayman al-Zawahiri (the Smithers of jihadi terrorism) have swamped my al-Netfliqs queue with at least 19 audio and video missives between them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
Tim Pawlenty Flip-Flops on Cuba Just in Time to Cozy Up to McCainnew
In late April, the fiscally conservative, free-trade Republican Governor from Minnesota, vetoed a non-binding resolution urging the president and Congress to end the embargo, which surprised some local Cuban-Americans. Of course, the elephant in the room is Pawlenty's Pennsylvania Avenue ambitions.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
06-11-2008 |
Politics
The Democratic Veepstakes Winners
Colin Powell and other vice president picks so crazy they might just work for Obama.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
