AltWeeklies Wire
What Would Lincoln Do?
In a speech to MoveOn.org on May 26, 2004, former Vice President Al Gore discussed the failures of the Bush Administration, the Iraq war and prisoner abuse. His talk is excerpted here.
Random Lengths News |
Al Gore |
06-15-2004 |
Politics
State's Progressive Health Plan Stops Taking New Patientsnew
When Oregon Health Plan began in 1994, it was a groundbreaking attempt to provide health care to anyone in need. But now, because of the state's economic downturn, even prospective clients who earn less than the federal poverty level must either pay for their own health insurance -- or go without it.
Willamette Week |
Taylor Clark |
06-10-2004 |
Politics
Oklahoma Finally Honors Folksinger Suspected of Communism
How could Woody Guthrie, an artist described by Rolling Stone magazine as the most important American folk musician of all time, become the object of such scorn in his native state?
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
06-03-2004 |
Politics
How Ahmed Chalabi Started the War in Iraq
George W. Bush was willing to be happily towed along by the neo-conservatives in his administration. They were eager to embrace former CIA asset Ahmed Chalabi, who used them even more than they used him.
The Dean Effect: Howard's Crowd is Branching Out
Howard Dean tells Seven Days he doesn't want the base of supporters he energized during his presidential campaign to go away, just to be pointed in different directions. The alt-weekly interviews Dean and 10 of his former key staffers and volunteers -- including Joe Trippi and Zephyr Teachout -- to find out where they are now and how they were inspired the campaign.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
05-28-2004 |
Politics
Story of Buchanan Baby Helped Bush Win White Housenew
During the 2000 presidential campaign, longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative Roger Stone pushed an unsubstantiated rumor that Reform Party candidate Patrick Buchanan had had an illegitimate child while he was a Georgetown undergraduate and had paid the mother to keep it secret.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Jessie Singer |
05-19-2004 |
Politics
John Kerry Committee Denied Evidence of POWsnew
The Democratic contender's eagerness to normalize relations with Hanoi led him to suppress testimony and withhold intelligence information when he was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on P.O.W./M.I.A. Affairs, Sydney H. Schanberg contends.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
Florida Republican Plays Pivotal Role in Al Sharpton Campaignnew
"Roger Stone, the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative who led the mob that shut down the Miami-Dade County recount and helped make George W. Bush president in 2000, is financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton," the senior editor of The Village Voice reports.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and News Team |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
Doctor Cited As Victim Faces Malpractice Suitnew
In a speech in Little Rock, Ark., President Bush used Sara McBee as an example of a doctor who stopped delivering babies because of rising insurance costs that were a "direct result of too many junk lawsuits." What he didn't mention is that McBee is the subject of a malpractice suit for allegedly making mistakes that led to an infant's profound brain damage.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
