Stories by Alex Kane

Alex Kane is AlterNet's New York-based World editor, and an assistant editor for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane. subscribe to Alex Kane's feed

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New information has emerged that bears little resemblance to the narrative the GOP has written.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The remarks against women voting came from Janis Lane, the president of the Central Mississippi Tea Party.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Kirby Martensen has filed suit in federal court against a Koch brother over the allegations.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Walter De Vries, who was close to the senior Romney, blasted the GOP candidate in a letter distributed to journalists yesterday.

Posted on: Oct 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Each year taxpayers get stuck paying hundreds of dollars more because of corporate tax avoidance.

Posted on: Oct 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Top Romney surrogate Rudy Giuliani tells Fox News that Romney "should be exploiting" the Obama administration's handling of Libya.

Posted on: Oct 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The GOP appeals to racism to help get out the vote.

Posted on: Oct 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing 10 boys.

Posted on: Oct 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Huffington Post investigates how Bain & Co. ensured that a British tobacco company would gain access to the newly privatized Russian market.

Posted on: Oct 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Arkansas Times discovered Charlie Fuqua’s endorsement of the death penalty for kids after reading his book, "God’s Law: The Only Political Solution."

Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Soledad O’Brien repeatedly questioned Tara Wall, a communications adviser for the Romney campaign, in an appeareance on CNN.

Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Friends and family are demanding answers as to why the student, 18-year-old Gil Collar, was shot by police.

Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney's Virgina speech on foreign policy was boilerplate content, with nods to the belligerent neoconservative wing of the Republican Party.

Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The big yellow bird was sleepy--'Saturday Night Live' is way past his bedtime.

Posted on: Oct 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A CNN poll stating that 67 percent of voters thought Romney won the debate is turning heads.

Posted on: Oct 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Your conservative relatives should see this.

Posted on: Oct 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

From GPS devices in candy bars to codes on headstones, we're living in a scary new world.

Posted on: Oct 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Here’s an extreme case of Biblical literalism.

Posted on: Oct 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt Romney's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on foreign policy signals a return to the cowboy adventurism of the George W. Bush years.

Posted on: Sep 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Anti-Muslim blogger and activist Pamela Geller fought to place anti-Palestinian subway ads in New York. And they helped reveal the racism at the heart of her right-wing Zionist message.

Posted on: Sep 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Is Paul Ryan already trying to distance himself from the toxic Romney brand?

Posted on: Sep 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt Romney's neoconservative comments on Iran are partly a ploy to appeal to donors like Sheldon Adelson, who is hell-bent on bombing Iran.

Posted on: Sep 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Drug tests of middle school students, already up and running in 9 states, are demeaning to young people.

Posted on: Sep 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Sep 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Romney campaign is having another extremely bad day.

Posted on: Sep 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

An alliance of Egyptian Coptic Christians, right-wing American Christians and anti-Muslim activists is behind the "Innocence of Muslims" film.

Posted on: Sep 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe.

Posted on: Aug 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Aug 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How many more lives will be lost before we get our heads on straight?

Posted on: Aug 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Aug 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Romney campaign courts anti-Muslim bigots for political gain while the Democrats stay silent, despite an alarming spate of attacks on Muslim religious centers.

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