All 44 articles by Phoebe Connelly

  • 09 Oct 07

  • Culture

    The Politics of Everyday

    The political changes for which we've striven have made a material difference in the way women conceive of their lives, writes Katha Pollitt in Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories MORE »

  • 22 Jun 07

  • Features

    Two Degrees From Devastation

    George Monbiot's book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning argues that we must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent MORE »

  • 18 Oct 06

  • News

    SOSing the Vote

    Secretaries of State are essential to making free and fair elections possible MORE »

  • 10 Feb 06

  • Culture

    Of Crafts and Causes

    Crafts are officially cool again. At many a chain bookstore, ReadyMade magazine's new book, ReadyMade: How to Make ... MORE »

  • 29 Sep 05

  • The ITT List

    Roberts Confirmed: 78-22

    To the surprise of no one, John Roberts was confirmed this morning as the 17th Chief Justice of... MORE »

  • 24 Jun 05

  • The ITT List

    Durbin Apologize?

    Well thanks Dick. Thanks for stepping up and apologizing for your "very poor choice of words." Luckly, you... MORE »

  • 15 Jun 05

  • The ITT List

    Wedekind on the Radio

    Check out the amazing Jennifer Wedekind talking with Deepa Fernadez of WBAI, the New York City Pacifica station.... MORE »

  • 12 May 05

  • The ITT List

    Chutes and Ladders

    A missive from the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis Missouri... The conference began with a... MORE »

  • 05 Jan 05

  • The ITT List

    Fat, Sex and the New Year

    The post-holiday obsession with dieting and health. New Year's resolutions to give up bad habits (cigarettes) and take... MORE »

  • 08 Nov 04

  • The ITT List

    and even more maps….

    these even more pleasing because they are cartograms. A cartogram, for us non-cartographers, is: a map in which... MORE »

  • 03 Nov 04

  • The ITT List

    Electorate tourism, part IV

    Observers from around the world report that they were inspired and moved by America's most recent attempt to... MORE »

  • 03 Nov 04

  • The ITT List

    Voting Problems, Part II

    Global Exchange had a mostly positive report about the polls that they were able to get their observers... MORE »

  • 03 Nov 04

  • The ITT List

    Voting Problems, Part 1

    Election Protection, one of the groups that led poll monitoring efforts (see "Making Every Vote Count") posted reports... MORE »

  • 31 Oct 04

  • News

    Making Every Vote Count

    This year’s presidential election has spurred massive registration drives. States are hiring extra help to process applications... MORE »

  • 30 Aug 04

  • News

    Protest Protector

    Located three blocks from Madison Square Garden, the New York Civil Liberties Union Protecting Protest Storefront Space is... MORE »

  • 29 Aug 04

  • The ITT List

    Bikes as Protest

    Bike-based activism has been an intriguing aspect of the protests here at the RNC. The Critical Mass ride... MORE »

  • 11 Aug 04

  • Views

    Getting It Right

    Smackdown 2004!, the first national convention of the League of Independent Voters held mid-July in Columbus, Ohio, was a... MORE »

  • 16 Jun 04

  • The ITT List

    Obama on the Hotlist

    Having saturated the usual outlets, Barack Obama hits big time with a mention on the Elle "Hotlist": "He's... MORE »