AltWeeklies Wire
The government shutdown, my boyfriend and menew

Furlough hits home
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Kimberly Lawson |
10-16-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: government shutdown, furlough
Left and right join to stop NSAnew

Bipartisanism — remember that word? — still exists.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-01-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: John Conyers
Confederacy of Duncesnew

Compared to South Carolina, our idiots notthat bad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
05-24-2013 |
Commentary
GOP bills ensure less voting, fraudulent or legitimatenew

More ways to keep North Carolina Dems from polls.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
04-11-2013 |
Elections
Will the Democratic South Rise Again?new

New committee launched at inauguration hopes to re-energize at local level.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
01-30-2013 |
Commentary
A Tale of Two Electionsnew

Democrats may have won nationally, but Republicans now have control of North Carolina.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mike Cooper |
11-07-2012 |
Elections
The Real Voter Fraudnew

GOP's campaign is a cruel joke.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-11-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Voter fraud, Voter ID Act
An Open Letter to Mr. Romney From a Latinanew

Just because you talk the talk doesn't mean you walk the walk.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen J. Arreaza |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Arizona, Spanish, president, Cuban, News, White House, cumbia, Latin, healthcare, Mexico, 47 percent, Aileen Arreaza, Cuban-American, jalapeƱo
Exploiting the DNCnew

Charlotte struts her stuff for a piece of the political pie.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie, Joanne Spataro and John Grooms |
08-15-2012 |
Elections
Tags: DNC 2012, DNC Charlotte
East and west Charlotte vying for a slice of the DNC pienew

Tired of Uptown getting all the attention, surrounding neighborhoods are trying to get in on the convention action.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
07-25-2012 |
Elections
Tags: DNC 2012
Charlotte's Underworld Hungrily Awaits the DNCnew

Hookers, pimps and drug dealers are ready for the VIPs.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Christina Wilkie and Ryan Pitkin |
07-19-2012 |
Elections
DNC 2012 Notebook: Adding a banana to the Uptown viewnew

Wednesday, Chiquita unveiled its logo on the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
06-19-2012 |
Elections
The DNC Memory Holenew

Political circuses, the new Prozac.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-14-2012 |
Commentary
Yet again, Republicans deny women their rightsnew

The Senate Minority blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, telling women across the country that they are not entitled to the same pay as their male counterparts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
06-09-2012 |
Politics
DNC 2012 Notebook: Youth is Served (but will they vote?)new
Young voters swayed the 2008 election in Obama's favor. Will they do it again this year?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
05-29-2012 |
Elections