Pair of Brothers

Dan Oppenheimer: A Voice on the Arts and Pop CultureWith just a few freelance articles and a master's degree in nonfiction writing under his belt, Dan Oppenheimer deemed his first "real journalistic job"—covering the arts beat for the Valley...

The New Advocate Century

Imperium Watch grew out of our idea that an alternative paper evolves in relation to events and to its readers' needs. The Advocate began as a local paper, giving its readers a voice for their issues. The Vietnam War ended two years later, and through the 1970s,...
Going Gonzo

Going Gonzo

This is what Wikipedia has to say about Al Giordano's career before 1989, when he joined the Advocate as a reporter: "In 1976, when he was sixteen, he went to Albany and testified before a legislative commission in the state senate against nuclear power, felt...

An Eye for the Advocate

Robert Tobey has been an eye for the Advocate family since he began working for the New Haven Advocate 31 years ago. "In 1977, I worked as a staff photographer and also wrote music reviews," Tobey recalls. "It was a real lifesaving job at the...

Imperium Watch: “Clean Technologies Don't Work”

Here's something you should know when you start to evaluate John McCain's energy policy: he doesn't believe a massive changeover to renewable, really clean power is possible. This is what McCain said at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, N.H. last December...