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John Conyers Is Beseeched to Impeachnew

Activists are pressing Conyers, who was a supporter of impeachment hearings before the '06 elections, to take up the cause again.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  11-27-2007  |  Politics

Mike Huckabee Courts Scary Evangelistsnew

In his desperation to collar the evangelical conservative vote, Huckabee has overplayed his hand rather badly. Five weeks before the Iowa caucuses he will be on national television for six days making common cause with Kenneth Copeland.
Arkansas Times  |  Ernest Dumas  |  11-26-2007  |  Commentary

The IAEA's Nuclear Make-Believenew

The world disregarded nuke agency's word on Iraq. Is scenario now part of Iran endgame?
NOW Magazine  |  Gwynne Dyer  |  11-26-2007  |  Commentary

John Edwards Takes Gloves Off for Health Carenew

If elected, Edwards says, he'll give Congress six months to enact universal health care, effective July 20, 2009.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  11-26-2007  |  Commentary

The D.A.'s Mixed Recordnew

Steve Cooley's pals may hinder his drive to clean up troubled cities.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Jeffrey Anderson  |  11-26-2007  |  Politics

Bill Richardson Has Yet to Snag Union Supportnew

"No one in labor that I know dislikes Richardson," says Christine Trujillo, president of the New Mexico AFL-CIO. "Most respect him and tout his pro-labor record, but with only $8 million in the bank versus what the others have, labor is just looking at who can carry the campaign all the way to the end."
Santa Fe Reporter  |  David Alire Garcia  |  11-26-2007  |  Politics

Chicago's True TIF Tallynew

Cook County clerk David Orr reveals -- nay, publicizes -- that TIFs sucked up more than $500 million in property taxes last year.
Chicago Reader  |  Ben Joravsky  |  11-26-2007  |  Politics

John Edwards on the Picket Linenew

Fishing for the union vote in Burbank.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Hanna Ingber Win  |  11-26-2007  |  Politics

Project White Housenew

Presenting the first ever Tucson Weekly presidential campaign contest!
Tucson Weekly  |  Jim Nintzel  |  11-21-2007  |  Politics

Through the Gates of Hellnew

The Bush administration is losing every semblance of sanity.
Tucson Weekly  |  Tom Danehy  |  11-21-2007  |  Commentary

Getting Denver Ready for the DNCnew

Denver needs to raise a total of $55 million before the Democratic National Convention hits town next August. And then there are the real challenges...
Westword  |  Patricia Calhoun  |  11-21-2007  |  Politics

Battle Over Feinstein Causes Friction for California Demsnew

Frustration over Feinstein's voting record has been simmering within some Democratic organizations and reached a head earlier this month when she voted to confirm Judge Michael Mukasey as U.S. attorney general despite his refusal to condemn torture or the inhumane practice known as waterboarding.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Lucas O'Connor  |  11-21-2007  |  Politics

Barack Obama's Momentnew

Presidential candidate finds his voice in San Francisco -- but can he still turn the race around?
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  11-21-2007  |  Politics

Dem at Your Own Risknew

The year 2000 was the dawn of the tort-reform craze in Mississippi, and the beginning of the end for Democrats in the state.
Jackson Free Press  |  Adam Lynch  |  11-20-2007  |  Politics

Old-Fashioned Butt Whoopin'new

Mississippi Democrats, you got your lunch handed to you, and the bully will keep bullying you until you hit him back in the mouth.
Jackson Free Press  |  Kamikaze  |  11-20-2007  |  Commentary

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