by Mark Roessler | Dec 26, 2007 | News
It appears that at least 30 minutes of the December 6, 2007 Northampton City Council meeting were staged and deliberations were conducted in bad faith, with the vote's outcome prearranged. During that time, the Council voted to amend a resolution they'd only...
by our readers | Dec 26, 2007 | News
Don’t Blame NaderIn “Bali Low” [Dec. 20, 2007], Alan Bisbort asserts that “Ralph Nader… threw the [2000] election to Bush.” I would like to challenge the premise of his assertion on several statistical and electoral grounds. These...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 26, 2007 | News
Before the presidential election of 2004, the Advocate Newspapers ran a short weekly feature entitled Ejection ’04, which offered a reason a week why the country needed to oust George Bush from the White House. Though Bush was the target, the writers of Ejection...
by Salim Muwakki | Dec 27, 2007 | News
Deepening class conflict within the black community has produced some interesting symptoms. Every Saturday, black protesters march around the Washington, D.C. home of Black Entertainment Television President and CEO Debra Lee, demanding that the network stop airing...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 27, 2007 | News
The U.S.'s system of checks and balances is under seige, but it was still lurching along late in December as the Supreme Court disappointed the White House with a ruling in a crack case. In a 7-2 decision, the justices said judges did not have to stick to federal...
