HomeTagged ‘Kansas’
Brownback challenged from his Right
It looks like the latest challenge to the political right in Kansas is…the even further right? (…)
Screenings in Kansas – Two in October
Two groups in Kansas have taken us up on our standing offer of holding Community Screenings of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
The first screening will take place this Friday, October 2 at 7:00 pm, in Wichita. The Kansas Democratic Party is hosting the screening at the Murdock Theater, 536 N. (…)
Tiller’s murderer considering “justifiable homicide” defense
Scott Roeder, who’s accused of shooting Dr. George Tiller to death in his own church, is hiring lawyer Michael Hirsch to present a “justifiable homicide” defense, according to the Associated Press.
Bella Online weighs in
Bella Online, “The Voice of Women” attended our New York premiere screening, and has filed a dispatch praising the movie and reflecting on the conversation it generated that night at Lincoln Center. (…)
NY Times has more detail on Tiller and his murder
The New York Times today published a lengthy and detailed story about Dr. (…)
Kansas as a battleground state for abortion
Inevitably, the press has recognized that Kansas has an unusually combative culture when it comes to the abortion debate. The AP filed a story laying out the recent history. Here is an excerpt:
In part, it’s a power struggle — conservative Republicans, many of them evangelical Christian, battling over abortion and other hot-button social issues with moderates of their own party and with the Democrats. (…)
The next generation
Okay, so everyone’s been impressed by now by how much Obama inspired youthful activism in the 2008 election cycle. In making our movie, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” we spent a fair amount of time with young conservative activists who were equally impressive. So check out this kid at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC.) He’s profiled in today’s New York Times. (…)
Kansas Populism, then and now
Thomas Frank, in his column in today’s Wall Street Journal, calls the billions of dollars in Wall Street bonuses an outrage, and refers back to, yes, his home state of Kansas and the Populist movement which took the state by storm in the 1890s. (…)
Why Kansas?
The very first comment on our YouTube page said “Whats the matter with LA, NY, Miami, Las Vegas! (…)