UNDERNEWS: Department of Good Stuff: Politics

Political news GOP news
Green Party news
Obama news
Campaign financing

How Mad Men control politics
No one left but us
Brain drain: The hazards of grad school politics A capital without doubt Why politics doesn't matter much anymore
Sam Smith's 1999 speech on campaign financing Democratic Party news
Populism
Hints your country may becoming fascist
How minorities change America
The end of politics
Sex & politics in DC
When bribery is called free speech
All in the family
History's hints for third parties
What's a bribe?
The politics of myth
Bucking the system: A scorecard over time
Why you shouldn't vote for a corporate exec
Bringing politics home
The non political side of politics

ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader

UNDERNEWS

March 8, 2016

Department of Good Stuff: Politics

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