Home
Archive
Columnists
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Register to Vote: Rock the Vote, powered by Working Assets Wireless
  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Stories by Chris Nolan

Bob Novak Plows into Pedestrian on K Street, Attempts to Flee the Scene

Robert Novak struck a man in the street this morning while driving his black corvette convertible to work.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008

Pay-to-Play: Karl Rove Taking Lead on George W. Bush Presidential Library

Rove is spearheading the $500 million "partisan institute and think tank."
Posted on Jul 22, 2008

Lobbying Firm Brags About Smoothing Way for a Stolen Election

Lobbyist Stephen P. Payne, a new rising star of pay-to-play politics, makes Jack Abramoff look like a piker.
Posted on Jul 14, 2008

Blogger Fired After Criticizing US Attorney

Alabama US Attorney denies any involvement in university editor's termination.
Posted on Jul 11, 2008

John McCain on Insurance Coverage for Viagra vs. Birth Control

Awkward eight-second pause while candidate tries to remember how he voted.
Posted on Jul 11, 2008

Karl Rove Flees the Country

Bush's Brain flouts subpoena, leaves US without telling Congress.
Posted on Jul 11, 2008

Comic Dave Chapelle Misses Fundraiser for Brooklyn Congressional Hopeful

Comedian's absence a setback for progressive, hip-hop themed campaign.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008

Rachel Maddow on the FISA Capitulation

Maddow blasts Bush appeasers in the Senate on Olbermann's Countdown.
Posted on Jul 9, 2008

White House Briefing Materials Describe Italian PM as "Amateur", "Hated by Many"

WH apologizes to PM Berlusconi, a close ally of Bush and backer of Iraq war.
Posted on Jul 8, 2008

Young Feminist Activist Murdered by Ex-Boyfriend

Victim had worked to reduce violence against women.
Posted on Jul 8, 2008

Nude Prosecutor Wants Job Back

Judge rules that Scott Blauvelt is entitled to civil-service job protections.
Posted on Jul 8, 2008

Woman Arrested at McCain Event for "McCain=Bush" Sign

61-year-old librarian single-handedly proves that McCain=Bush.
Posted on Jul 7, 2008

FBI Headquarters Not Cleared for Classified Intelligence

J. Edgar Hoover Building unfit to store classified documents, Senate Appropriations Committee told.
Posted on Jul 7, 2008

Michelle Obama Watch

Women unite to counter racist and sexist media coverage of aspiring First Lady.
Posted on Jul 7, 2008

Race-Baiting Former Senator Jesse Helms Has Died

Conservative Republican railed against "Negro hoodlums", opposed the Voting Rights Act, backed terrorists, and died an unrepentant segregationist.
Posted on Jul 4, 2008

Watermelon is the New Viagra

USDA-funded research helps Americans put some pizazz in their picnic baskets this fourth of July.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008

Wal-Mart Broke MN Labor Laws Over 2 Million Times

Settlement will cost retail giant less than $3.25 per law-breaking incident.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008

Is the Department of Justice Tracking Your Mobile Phone Without a Warrant?

The ACLU sues the DOJ to learn more about warrantless triangulation.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008

Judge: President Can't Just Make Up His Own Wiretapping Rules

Only FISA law can authorize wiretaps.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008

Progressive Journalist, AlterNet Contributor, Shot Three Times in Attempted Mugging

Brian Beutler recovering in D.C. hospital, expected to make full recovery.
Posted on Jul 2, 2008

Olbermann: Obama Makes a Play for Evangelical Support

Interview with Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.
Posted on Jul 2, 2008

Fake Federal Agent Fought Own Private Drug War

Sgt. Bill said he didn't need a warrant because he worked for the federal government. Turns out, he was just some random guy.
Posted on Jul 1, 2008

TSA Recovers Over $1 Million in Loose Change From Airport Security Bins

Small windfall for TSA, like finding lunch money in the couch cushions...
Posted on Jul 1, 2008

Pentagon Ramps Up Drug War in West Africa

Schools of the Africas to replace School of the Americas?
Posted on Jun 30, 2008

High School "Pregnancy Pact" an Urban Legend

Rumors of reproductive conspiracy greatly exaggerated.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008

John McCain Jokes: "And I Stopped Beating My Wife..."

Candidate tries to deflect question about divorcing Nevada governor with spousal abuse gag.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008

Thousands of Californians Sign Petition to Rename Sewage Plant After George W. Bush

Synchronized flush planned to mark renaming and Bush's exit from office.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008

Judge: NSA Not Compelled to Disclose Spying on Gitmo Attorneys

Federal judge reject lawsuit against NSA.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008

Sneak Peek

News from around the blogosphere: Guns, wolves, and the DOJ.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008

Historian Rick Perlstein Demolishes Pat Buchanan on MSNBC

Author of Nixonland gives smug Republican a history lesson he won't forget.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008

Supreme Court Slashes Damages for Exxon Valdez Spill

The incredible shrinking settlement: How a $5 billion jury award dwindled to $500 million in the courts.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008

Premiere: Tech Grrl Tips with Deanna Zandt

AlterNet's tech guru launches her own show.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008

Further Adventures of 22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Efraim Diveroli

Hearings on Capitol Hill today.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008

Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA

How much is the Fourth Amendment worth? For some Dems, less than a compact car.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008

McCain Right, Obama Wrong! (On Ethanol.)

Obama's troubling ties to ethanol lobby.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008

Pentagon Watching Scotch Distillery Webcam

Making single malt a lot like making chemical weapons, spooks explain.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008

Marriage Counselling Can Hurt Your Credit

Company secretly discriminating based on purchasing, lawsuit alleges.
Posted on Jun 22, 2008

22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Arrested in Miami

Efraim Diveroli landed $300 million Pentagon contract, allegedly sold rotting ammo.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008

Family Values: House Passes Paid Parental Leave Bill

Bill would cover all federal employees.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008

Networked Percolators at Risk of Distributed Denial-of-Coffee Attack

Internet-connected espresso machine vulnerable to hackers.
Posted on Jun 19, 2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next