AltWeeklies Wire
Conventional Wolf: An Interview with Wolf Blitzernew
In the midst of the chaos of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer reflects on his favorite interviews, the future of cable news and growing up with a most unconventional name.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
08-06-2004 |
Politics
Tags: convention, DNC
Generation Next: Dems Woo Youth Votenew
After years of neglect, the Democratic Party is finally reaching out to young voters.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-06-2004 |
Politics
Hear Our Voices: Getting Young Women to Votenew
More than 20 million single women did not vote in the 2000 federal election. National and local organizations are mobilizing to educate and inspire young women to become politically active.
Eugene Weekly |
Kate Storm |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Moore's Armynew
With house party screenings of Fahrenheit 9/11, MoveOn.org galvanized neighborhood networks across the country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Florida and Beyondnew
In the wake of the Florida debacle, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, which provided $3.86 billion to replace ossified punch-card systems with silicon-based voting machines and improve voter education. Now gadflies and activists say the new machines, most notably touch-screen voting terminals, could prove as problematic as their analog predecessors.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Road Trip for Changenew
Voter registration groups, including Stand Up! Florida and DrivingVotes.org, have sprouted up in the last year, sending dozens of Bay Area denizens on swing state registration drives.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Megan Cahn |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Florida, fraud, states, Up, vote, Moveon.org, voter, swing, count, drivingvotes.org, registration, stand, standupflorida.com
Regime Changenew
Here are 10 things you can do to defeat Bush and save this country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian Staff |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Four Days In Boston: Connecting Local to National Politics
John Kerry gave prominent mention of port security, a key issue in Los Angeles, in his acceptance speech
Random Lengths News |
Frank O'Brien, National Correspondent |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
So Now It Begins Again
While the crowd cheered wildly for John F. Kerry, I was thinking to myself that this is the person who could fulfill the abrogated presidency of JFK, completing, as it were, his second term of office.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-05-2004 |
Commentary
Ralph Nader Sues to Get on Illinois Ballotnew
The independent candidate is challenging the constitutionality of Illinois election law in federal court. His lawsuit contends that Illinois' definition of a qualified voter "imposes significant burdens" on his campaign's First Amendment rights.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
The Big Show in Bostonnew
Onstage, the only word less spoken by the conventioneers than "Kerry" is "Iraq." The two really big elephants in the room aren't Republicans but a profound ambivalence about the "presumed nominee" and the fact that we are still involved in an occupation about which no one wanted to talk.
Illinois Times |
Gale Walden |
08-05-2004 |
Politics
Writers Say It's Time to Ride GOP Scalawags Out on a Railnew
My fellow travelers also were writers, whatever their day jobs, and we had trekked over from the Carter Center where the group had celebrated the publishing of a book of their essays, Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent.
Even the title is pretty risky. After all, dissent is endangered in this nation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-05-2004 |
Commentary
Democratic Team Stresses Labor and Leadership Issues in Ohionew
If the "conventional wisdom" is to be believed on the potential weak spots of the Kerry/Edwards ticket, the candidates hit the proper notes at Saturday's rally in Zanesville, Ohio.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
08-03-2004 |
Politics
Sharp-Tongued Al Sharpton Gives Spineless Dems Some Soulnew
Al Sharpton's skeleton-filled past makes Ted Kennedy look like Mother Teresa. And yet he managed to steal the show, at least temporarily, at the Democrats' most important dog and pony display in years.
Nashville Scene |
John Spragens |
08-02-2004 |
Politics
Pork-Pillow Politics: Senator Helps Out Her Husband's Employernew
Seattle-based SSA Marine, which has been awarded no-bid deals in Iraq, has contributed money to Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who has, in turn, sought federal dollars for SSA. But the real conflict of interest is the fact that Murray's husband works for SSA. She cites his retirement fund as her major personal asset.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-30-2004 |
Politics
