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Losing common ground

A rift between science and activism is undermining progress in the fight against AIDS
Among the chaos of fractious voices at the 17th International AIDS Conference, it’s hard to discern a clear message, and even harder to know who might be receiving it.

By: DAVID KISH | October 03, 2008

Photos: Bulls on parade

"Security" at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN, September 3, 2008.

By: KATHY CHAPMAN | October 02, 2008

Among the Republican thugs

Fear and pepper spray in St. Paul
Minnesota is known innocently enough as the Gopher State, but for one terrifying, riot-gear-and-grenade-filled week this past summer, it was a police state.

By: ANNE ELIZABETH MOORE | October 01, 2008

Stock stupidity

Self-declared financial ignoramus revels in the fact that investing ‘geniuses’ probably know less than she does
In my wildest dreams, I never thought my stock-market ignorance would be something to brag about.

By: KARA BASKIN | October 03, 2008

Captain chaos

Steering a suddenly lost GOP ship,
The past two weeks or so have seen at least one historic meltdown.

By: STEVEN STARK | October 02, 2008

Odium at the podium

This year, with such a close contest, the debates could have an impact like never before. Here’s what to watch for.
In most presidential elections, the importance of the debates is over-rated.

By: STEVEN STARK | September 25, 2008

Blunt object

The political fight over a November marijuana-reform ballot question has sparked a Battle of the Bong
Question 2 supporters claim Massachusetts district attorneys committed “at least 15 violations of Massachusetts campaign-finance and election laws” in the runup to the marijuana-decriminalization vote.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | September 25, 2008

Are universities selling out to oil nations?

As big bucks beckon, Gulf campuses of American universities are booming
As Academia searches for elusive dollars in a downward economy, oil-rich nations are enticing American schools to open satellite campuses in the Gulf.

By: HARVEY SILVERGLATE | September 25, 2008

Personally speaking

Abortion and Life tells whole truths
For decades, feminists have rallied behind the phrase “the personal is political,” meant to remind us that our personal lives are intrinsically affected by politics.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 24, 2008

I had an abortion

Forty percent of American women have abortions by the time they're 45. I'm one of them.
Does anyone think about us, the people who have actually gone through with an abortion, and accepted that it was the right decision, for whatever reason, at that time?

By: ANONYMOUS | September 24, 2008

Sarah, get your AK-47

The Alaska governor is dominating the election as we head into the fall — Why that is bad news for the Obama campaign
Ever since John McCain selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate, she has been the focus of the campaign.

By: STEVEN STARK | September 17, 2008

Fall preview 2008

Your arts bible with sneak peeks at the best TV, movies, books, video games, and more

By: PHOENIX STAFF | September 12, 2008

Murder in six degrees

Peter Ivers — pals with john Belushi to the Circle Jerks — was killed in 1983. A new book recalls his fascinating life — and mysterious death.
You’ve probably never heard of Peter Ivers.

By: MIKE MILIARD | September 10, 2008

Peacock problem

MSNBC is in Barack's corner, which may cause an electoral backfire for the Democrats
A recent Rasmussen Report poll shows that about half the country thinks the press is out to get Sarah Palin, with a full quarter saying this makes it likelier they’ll vote Republican.

By: STEVEN STARK | September 10, 2008

Photos: March on the RNC

Protesters rallied in St. Paul

By: KATHY CHAPMAN | September 08, 2008

Dawg days

The 2008 campaign is turning out to be our first-ever American Idol election
Despite gains by blogs, podcasts, and social-networking Web sites, television is still our dominant mass medium.

By: STEVEN STARK | September 03, 2008

Feeling Minnesota

If McCain wants to gain on Obama, he needs to achieve these four goals in St. Paul
The overall success of the event will largely come down to one question: how effective and memorable will Barack Obama’s acceptance speech prove to be?

By: STEVEN STARK | August 28, 2008

By George, it's Barack!

To win over the working class, Obama should study the acceptance speech of George H. W. Bush
Right now, everyone is focused on Barack Obama’s vice-presidential choice. But historically, convention acceptance speeches matter even more.

By: STEVEN STARK | August 20, 2008

Pot Edward Island

Canada's most picturesque province is surprisingly also the fertile center of an underground marijuana explosion
It seems modern-day islanders have discovered another way to smile through the summer and avoid the blues during the bleak local winters.

By: ALAN R. EARLS | August 19, 2008

Breaking the press

Democrats need to look past the media's feel-good coverage of Obama and deal with the realities of the campaign
The narrative of this campaign was supposed to be how a triumphant Obama rode discontent against the Bush administration to an overwhelming victory.

By: STEVEN STARK | August 13, 2008

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Eye candy: praising the new Herald--updated!
Dont Quote Me | October 07, 2008 at 3:38 PM

Chin up, Los Angeles/Orange County metro area!
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My Old Wilkerson Post
Talking Politics | October 07, 2008 at 2:03 PM

Awaiting The Debating
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Awarding an unlikely feminist character (and the author who created her)
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