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    Dec 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Tea party down but not out

    Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated.
    Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...

    Tags: John Boehner, Jim DeMint, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Elections

    2. Dec 30, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Before we sail into Ponce land, let's salute some milestones of 2012

    We're about to plunge into a mega-anniversary year, marking 500 years since Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. But before we leave 2012, let's tip our Flashback bonnet to a couple of milestones noted this year.
    We're about to plunge into a mega-anniversary year, marking 500 years since Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. But before we leave 2012, let's tip our Flashback bonnet to a couple of milestones noted this year. A century of 'leavening the loaf' Like...

    Tags: White House, Ku Klux Klan, Feminism, Theodore Roosevelt, Elections

    3. Dec 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Robert Shipley Auerbach, co-founder of Maryland Green Party

    Robert Shipley Auerbach, one of the founding members of the Maryland Green Party and the party's three-time nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, died Dec. 12 from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident that evening in Greenbelt. He was 92.
    Robert Shipley Auerbach, one of the founding members of the Maryland Green Party and the party's three-time nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, died Dec. 12 from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident that evening in Greenbelt. He was 92....

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Politics, New York University, U.S. House of Representatives

    4. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. Column: Tea party down but not out

    Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated.  For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...

    Tags: Jim DeMint, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Sheldon Adelson, Republican Party

    5. Nov 19, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  5. Weak tea

    Change of Subject
    The Southtown Star reports: Steve Balich said the Will County Tea Party movement he helped organize is disbanding in name, but not spirit, after gains by Democrats in the Nov. 6 election.... Balich, of Homer Glen, blamed the movement’s demise......
    6. Aug 14, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  6. For once if not for all, election will offer a real choice

    Change of Subject
    Supporters of the tea party movement and I find ourselves in a rare moment of agreement: This is shaping up as the election we want. By asking wonky, far-right Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate, presumptive......
    7. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  7. Yale Students Push For Divesting in Fossil Fuels

    Back in the 1980s, “divestment” was a term for a student-driven campaign to force colleges and universities to end their financial connections to companies doing business with South Africa’s brutal white apartheid regime.
    Back in the 1980s, “divestment” was a term for a student-driven campaign to force colleges and universities to end their financial connections to companies doing business with South Africa’s brutal white apartheid regime. Today, the...

    Tags: Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Politics, Activism

    8. Nov 18, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. McManus: The death of the moderate Republican

    Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6.
    Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6. "We have the second-largest Republican House...

    Tags: Conservation, Joe Walsh, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Trey Gowdy

    9. Oct 27, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  9. Facebook, politics: Mix with caution

    <span style="font-size: small;">Emily Ransom, 29, described political sentiment during the presidential elections of her college days as somewhat hidden &mdash; the discourse was there for those who sought it out, yet it wasn&rsquo;t in your face.</span>
    South Bend Tribune
    Emily Ransom, 29, described political sentiment during the presidential elections of her college days as somewhat hidden — the discourse was there for those who sought it out, yet it wasn’t in your face. But Facebook was just emerging when...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Elections, Purdue University, Politics, Religion and Belief

    10. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. The 'F' Word

    In 1998, a Time magazine article asked the question, "Is Feminism Dead?" Today, the belief that we are living in a post-feminist era is widespread. Because of the gains in legal and institutional equality that were made over the past 40-plus years,...

    Tags: Miss America Pageant, Minority Groups, Voting, Sexual Assault, Entertainment Events

    11. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  11. Police, FBI Investigate Reported Threat Against Rep. Akin

    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape.
    CNN
    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape. There is "an active, open investigation, Lt. Kimberly Schneider said,...

    Tags: Mitch McConnell, Rape, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, John Ashcroft

    12. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. On Facebook, the revolution is a lot less demanding

    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott during the civil rights movement. People died during the United Farm Workers boycott of grapes and lettuce during the 1970s.
    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott...

    Tags: Rick Santorum, Family, Planned Parenthood, Sandwiches, Republican Party

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