No shortage of young folks at the Republican Youth Convention. Of course, some of them weren’t Republicans. By Michael Scherer and Barry Yeoman. Originally published in the online edition of MotherJones.com. THE SOUVENIR STAND AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN was doing a brisk business Wednesday morning as 2,000 adolescents and young adults convened for the 2004 Republican […]
Beyond Betrayal
The vast majority of GOP leaders won’t be embracing gay Republicans any time soon. In fact, many of them still think they’re good for an easy laugh. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. IN 1972, JAMES WAGSTAFF WAS A POSTER CHILD for the Republican Party—quite literally. Posing with a Dallas Cowboys fullback, the […]
The Political Fortunes of the Radical Right
As the Republican convention kicked off in Madison Square Garden, the party’s influential conservative activists were holed up across the street—with a handful of reporters and a large bag of fortune cookies. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. AS THE IMAGE-CONSCIOUS REPUBLICANS GAVELED OPEN their national convention Monday morning—kicking off a four-day festival […]
Immoderate Republicans
While George Bush’s handlers are vetting every word spoken at the convention, it’s on the street—among the counter-protesters—that the unfiltered rhetoric of GOP activists can be heard. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. IT’S ONLY 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING, but already the crowds are growing thick across the street from New York’s Pennsylvania […]
Deadly Dependence
The South’s economic reliance on military bases has left a toxic legacy throughout the region. Originally published in Creative Loafing and The Weekly Planet. ON A SUMMER DAY THREE YEARS AGO, Elijah Robinson was digging in the yard of his brand-new patio home in Columbia, S.C., when an unexpected sensation washed over him. Even though he was covered in […]
Forbidden Science
What can studies of pornography, prostitution, and seedy truck stops contribute to society? Originally published in Discover. YORGHOS APOSTOLOPOULOS WAS AT HIS OFFICE at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta last October when his red voice-mail light started glowing. When he picked up the phone, he heard a somber voice. “We need to speak,” said […]
A Taste for Tolerance
Years of struggle taught Charlotte, North Carolina, and other American cities that diversity is a growth industry. Originally published in AARP The Magazine. Charlotte TV station WBTV looks back at the student sit-ins in Charlotte. REGINALD HAWKINS COULD FEEL HIS HEART RACING as he and three friends made their way through Douglas Municipal Airport in Charlotte, North […]
Need An Army? Just Pick Up the Phone
Originally published in The New York Times. THE MURDEROUS ATTACK ON FOUR AMERICAN CIVILIANS in Falluja, Iraq, brought home gruesome images of charred bodies dangling from a bridge over the Euphrates River. It also introduced Americans to a company few had heard of: Blackwater USA, which was providing security for food delivery convoys when its employees were […]
Bush’s Bagmen
Meet the Pioneers and Rangers, the president’s A-team for campaign cash. Originally published in Rolling Stone. CAROLE BIONDA DARTED THROUGH THE HALLS of the Capital Hilton, armed with a red-white-and-blue tote bag bulging with checks made out to Bush-Cheney ’04. Three hundred executives from the nation’s most influential construction firms were meeting at the hotel last June, […]
Stolen Lives
Thousands of older Americans are being robbed of their freedom, dignity, and life savings by a legal system created for their protection. How can this happen? Originally published in AARP The Magazine. THE CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE THE COURTS STRIPPED Inez America Carr of her independence, she woke up earlier than usual to help prepare the traditional family […]
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