New Orleans My son subscribes to Wired magazine, the glossy, tech and computer boosting publication. I like it and read it regularly once he’s finished. Yesterday, it was in the pile of publications I toted to the basement of the Criminal Court jury rooms to pass the time in my required biannual service as a …
Category: Voting Rights
Huge Obstacles to Beating Scott Walker in Wisconsin Recall
Madison The life-and-death struggle in Wisconsin to turn back the radical and sweeping rightwing program of Governor Scott Walker being waged by progressive forces is entering another set of critical challenges. The primary to choose a Democratic opponent to Walker votes on May 8th only weeks away with the general election a month later on …
Corporations and Foundations OK with ALEC on Voter Suppression, Not Killing
New Orleans The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has glowingly taken credit for many of the bills sweeping newly elected Republican state houses. ALEC and its 2000 legislative members has long been the driver of the far right agenda. Finally, they have been forced to retreat from published reports because of the withdrawal of foundation …