AltWeeklies Wire
Lawmakers Laser in on Financesnew
Legislatively speaking, it was a bad week for Mississippi's new Republican majority.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-06-2012 |
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
How Mississippians Defeated Personhoodnew
Grassroots activists used social media and homegrown outspokenness to stop an extreme anti-abortion measure on the ballot.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-28-2011 |
Elections
Grassroots Mamas: ‘We Did It!’new
Just before 10 p.m. last night, Lori Gregory Garrott ran out of her Fondren home, stood on the front lawn and looked around before shouting, "We just won!" She yelled again, louder: "We just won!" The co-founder of Parents Against 26 had to tell the night sky a third time that Mississippi grassroots mamas defeated the Personhood Initiative.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-09-2011 |
Elections
Personhood Supporters Shocked, Undeterrednew
Supporters of Initiative 26 were unprepared for defeat Tuesday evening, as a group of about a hundred gathered after the polls closed for a "watch and pray" event. Children played in a nearby fountain while teens and adults watched election results flash on the bottom of an oversized TV projection.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
11-09-2011 |
Elections
The Hypocrisy of the American Pro-Life Movementnew
For pro-lifers to consistently and enthusiastically vote for leaders whose foreign policies will admittedly lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians — women, children, babies — in order to achieve political objectives is something I cannot understand.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-28-2009 |
Commentary
In California, the Mystery Voters Have Their Waynew
The record-breaking 13-million-plus voters proved to be a mercurial throng who followed no code or discernible ideology, placing into the state constitution a ban on gay marriage, even as they trampled a proposal to require notification of parents whose daughters seek abortions. It was an almost schizophrenic Coalition of Whatever.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
11-07-2008 |
Politics
Sarah Palin Boosts Planned Parenthoodnew
A viral email has urged people who disliked the Alaska governor's under-no-circumstance view on abortion to donate to Planned Parenthood, in her honor.
Boston Phoenix |
Shuchi Saraswat |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
Obama and McCain on Reproductive Rightsnew
To be sure, personal and private health decisions won't be at the top of people's minds when they step up to the ballot box, what with the economy crumbling around us and two wars still raging overseas. But it's important to know where our next president stands.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-25-2008 |
Politics
Obama Needs to Talk Tougher on Abortionnew
It's not that Obama doesn’t have sound bites. It's that he's got to lead with the right ones before he delves into the complexity of framing an issue -- and he needs better ones on abortion.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
08-27-2008 |
Commentary
Anti-Abortion Activists Confront Feminist Dems in Denvernew
During this week of the Democratic National Convention, it's hard to walk more than a few blocks in downtown Denver without encountering clusters of abortion opponents carrying billboard-sized photos of fetal remains.
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Againnew
In the coming fight for abortion, women must claim not just the autonomy of doctors or patients, but the liberty of women; we must defend not just our health but our lives.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Abortion
Newborn Tragediesnew
There is no question that abortion restrictions hurt women.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
08-31-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Abortion
Roberts the Eldernew
John Roberts has an understated personality, but he could become a live torpedo in a harbor crowded with 5-4 doctrines.
The Village Voice |
Jonathan Turley |
09-14-2005 |
Politics
Making Bush the Issuenew
Throughout a debate, Iraq veteran and Democrat Paul Hackett attacked George W. Bush aggressively while Republican Jean Schmidt championed the administration's policies. The two are competing for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Ann Driscoll |
07-28-2005 |
Politics
