Kristina Wilfore, Ms. Magazine. September 19, 2008. It's easy to get lost in the drama of the presidential contest. But some of the most important issues this election will play out at the state level.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 15, 2008. McCain and Palin reach a new level of campaign dishonesty as they tell lies about their records and their opponent. But will they pay a price?
Cristina Page, RH Reality Check. August 26, 2008. The issue many candidates don't want voters to think about is not abortion, but contraception -- and the media hasn't called them on it.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 26, 2008. Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. August 21, 2008. Critiques of Barack Obama's suitability for the office of the presidency have been bookended by astonishingly contradictory stereotypes.
Tim Kalich, Commonwealth. August 18, 2008. Developments in the investigation of the failed Mississippi Beef Processors plant may derail a democrat's bid to win a set in the U.S. Senate.
Suman Raghunathan, Feet in 2 Worlds AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2008. The occupational hazards of being a reporter for the Arab press in America: Al Jazeera English.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 1, 2008. Many filmic treatments of Washington present a more hard-edged political reality than most of today's so-called journalism.
Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. June 30, 2008. Black was an early innovator of the GOP attack machine, and a very successful lobbyist and political strategist in the Reagan and Bush eras.
Lisa Witter, Newsday. June 27, 2008. The media bring us the most important issues of election 2008: which candidate's wife bakes, cleans and most closely resembles Jackie-O.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 27, 2008. In a reactionary political calculation, Barack Obama comes out in support of the death penalty for child rape.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. June 19, 2008. Asks supporters to help him run first presidential campaign in decades without public funds.
Courtney E. Martin, The Women's Media Center. June 9, 2008. Progressives need to make sure that young people's excitement over the primaries turns into long-term civic engagement.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. May 30, 2008. Much of what made progressive movements great has been lost in America's pathological entitlement, exceptionalism, and imperialism.
Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check. May 19, 2008. John McCain used to positioned himself as a "maverick" in the GOP. But this election, he's embraced Republican-style extremism.
