Highlights from the past two weeks include:
Exclusive reports by our teams in Iowa and Colorado, documenting how extremist talk show hosts have been stoking fears of terrorism and religious intolerance against Muslim Americans. In Iowa, radio host Steve Deace argued that the Fort Hood killings “may have done America a favor” because the shooting rampage [...]
Breaking news from throughout our network. Some highlights from the past two weeks:
TWI’s Dave Weigel traveled to upstate New York to cover the controversial House race in NY-23. As one of the few national reporters providing up-to-the-minute reports, Weigel was interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show and NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.” His analysis of [...]
Breaking news network-wide on:
• Arlen Specter’s about-face on Dawn Johnsen’s nomination for U.S. Office of Legal Counsel;
• Minnesota conservatives’ assault on Jim Llanas who, if elected, would be the first Latino and first openly gay candidate of the Maplewood city council, and
• Kalamazoo, Michigan’s ballot initiative fight over the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance. Anti- ordinance [...]
October 2009: Third Quarter Impact Update
As we put our third quarter report to bed, some fantastic new news to report:
The Center for Independent Media’s national site, The Washington Independent (TWI), just took the highest U.S. political news site slot on Technorati’s “Top 100” list—widely considered the “definitive list” of the Internet’s most influential news sites [...]
Good news from New Mexico: Traffic doubled in the past 12 months, and great political reporting is a big reason why.
Our feisty team has made the The New Mexico Independent a top destination with its tough, behind-the-scenes investigations of Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration, suspect real estate and energy deals, questionable lobbying schemes, and elections like [...]