AltWeeklies Wire
Black Democrats Revive Benjamin Banneker Clubnew
The club, named after an African-American intellectual and astronomer who died in 1806, sees its mission as encouraging minority-citizen participation in the Democratic Party process as well as identifying and promoting minority candidates for public office in New York State's Onondaga County.
Syracuse New Times |
Walt Shepperd |
06-15-2004 |
Politics
Delusions of Power
U.S. censorship and American propaganda are leading the country in the wrong direction.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
06-15-2004 |
Commentary
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
Reagan Made Me a Liberalnew
I was 16 when Ronald Reagan was elected, 24 when he left office—prime age territory for molding a young man's future political thought.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
06-11-2004 |
Commentary
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
Reagan Was No Intellectual but a Thinkernew
Fables aside, Ronald Reagan’s true legacy is the parade of conservative ideologues who followed him to power.
Boston Phoenix |
Francis J. Connolly |
06-10-2004 |
Commentary
Sorry Reagan Was Ever Presidentnew
May Ronald Reagan rest in peace--and may Americans recognize all the harm that his presidency caused.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Reagan
As President, Ronald Reagan Was a Mediocritynew
In the coming months, the Republican propaganda machine will work hard to turn Reagan into a saint. Then George Bush will try to ride Ronald Reagan's coffin back into the White House.
The Memphis Flyer |
Ed Weathers |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
Reagan Mastered Con Game Called Compassionate Conservatismnew
Far be it from us to speak ill of the dead. We’d rather skewer the living. But we’re willing to make an exception to add some balance to the idolatry being heaped upon Ronald Reagan.
Metro Times |
News Hits Staff |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
Ronald Reagan Destroyed America's Sense of Realitynew
A noted fantasist, Reagan is perhaps best remembered for the eight years he spent believing he ruled an entirely fictional United States. To the old trouper's delight, this was a delusion shared by most of his compatriots, which is why his imaginary nation still subsumes ours to this day.
The Village Voice |
Tom Carson |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
Great Communicator, My Assnew
I’m in no mood to join the joyful eulogies upon the passing of Ronald Reagan. Among other things, we’ve forgotten the corruption -- not just the Constitution-shredding outrage of the Iran-Contra scandal, but a modern record for the number of criminally indicted officials.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-08-2004 |
Commentary
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
