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Halloween ghouls curse political fools
By Andrew Flohr-Spence
As I stood in the crowd at my friend’s Halloween party this weekend, a pale-faced, mannequin-looking gentleman brought up the midterm elections. A roar of mixed enthusiasm filled the room. Being a party in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood – a relative hotbed of students, homosexuals, musicians, radicals, artists and freaks of all sorts – the group was jubilant at potentially seeing the Republican Party get its ass whupped this Nov. 7.

Recipe for empowerment
By Jennifer Lucas
A woman does not need to be hairy, sloppy or makeup-free to be a feminist. We come in many different types.

Violence in Oaxaca claims journalist's life
By Zoë Williams
At the Republican National Convention protests of 2004, I met Independent Media Center journalist Brad Will, a lovely man who was incredibly committed to the peace and social justice movement.

Meddling North stirs election furor
By Erik Wiesner
The upcoming election in Nicaragua has taken a strange turn. Oliver North has visited the country to support conservative candidates who oppose leftist Daniel Ortega. The U.S. government did not endorse his visit but takes a similar stance on the election.