AltWeeklies Wire
On the Firing Linenew
Tucson, Ariz. is in the center of the nation's new fight against gun violence.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
01-31-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Gun Laws
The Starting Gatenew
The race to finish Gabrielle Giffords' term is formally under way.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-03-2012 |
Politics
Political Futuresnew
Arizona's new congressional map scrambles the electoral landscape.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
01-13-2012 |
Politics
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords: "It's Difficult. Difficult."new
When Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords woke up in a rehab hospital in Houston weeks after she was shot by her attacker, Giffords stared off into the distance, seemingly unaware of where or who she was.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
11-11-2011 |
Politics
Worthy Endeavournew
Gabrielle Giffords watches her husband lift off while her staff continues their work.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
05-19-2011 |
Politics
Music Therapy For Tucsonnew
As Gabrielle Giffords continues her recovery in Houston, rock 'n' roll helps her hometown heal.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-17-2011 |
Politics
Lives in the Balancenew
As he recovers from his wounds, Ron Barber, the director of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' Tucson office, looks for ways to help others.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-02-2011 |
Politics
Unbalancednew
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's response to Jared Loughner? Slash services from an already beleaguered mental-health system.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin and Amy Silverman |
01-21-2011 |
Policy Issues
Shoot The Messagenew
The attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords brought about another finger storm of thunderpoints in the media, each one blaming the other for the rhetoric that seems to be turning our nation into a tinderbox.
Dig Boston |
Media Farm |
01-20-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
Culture of Harsh Rhetoricnew
This weekend's massacre follows a culture of harsh right-wing rhetoric.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
01-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
The Skinnynew
A community reacts to a massacre.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel, Hank Stephenson |
01-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner
Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew
Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-14-2011 |
Commentary
Targeting the Tea Partynew
Giffords' shooting has nothing to do with the conservative movement.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-13-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party, Gabrielle Giffords
The Gift of Gabbynew
A former Tucson Weekly writer reminisces on covering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
01-13-2011 |
Media
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
