2011
Five Myths about the Suburbs Washington Post, February 13, 2011 (most viewed opinion piece of the week)
Suburbs may be convenient, but are they really Cool? Dallas Morning News, February 15, 2011
2010
Non-Fiction Review New City Lit December 20, 2010.
Don’t Bomb The Suburbs talk endorses activism, encourages optimism, Oberlin Review, December 3, 2010
Pocho Hour of Power Radio Interview KPFK, December 3, 2010
Upski Grows Up: No Bombs, Please, In These Times, November 5, 2010
Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points, Billy Wimsatt, AlterNet, November 3, 2010
Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points, Billy Wimsatt, Huffington Post, November 3, 2010
Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points, Billy Wimsatt, The Nation, November 3, 2010
Local Progressive Voter Guides (Share Like Crazy), Billy Wimsatt, Huffington Post, November 1, 2010
Scenes from the Jon Stewart Rally, Politico, October 30, 2010
Photo Highlight, Reuters, October 30, 2010
Activists love/hate Stewart rally, Congress.org, October 30, 2010
Vote Sanity 11.02.10, Tucson Citizen, October 30, 2010
Can “Vote Sanity” stop the madness?, Salon, October 29, 2010
The Sanity of Our County Depends on Your Vote, Alternet, October 29, 2010
Vote Sanity: you’re mad, they’re CRAZY!, Daily Kos, October 29, 2010
Vote Sanity, Huffington Post, October 29, 2010
Vote Sanity, FireDogLake, October 29, 2010
The Weekly Yiderati: William “Upski” Wimsatt, Melville House Turns Down Award, Myla Goldberg, David Rakoff and More, Jewcy, October 28, 2010
School of Government Making Its Mark in National Electoral Politics, The Citizen, October 28, 2010
Hip-Hop Provocateur Defends ‘Burbs on Book Tour, AOL City’s Best Philadelphia, October 27, 2010
BOOKISH: Lots of new discoveries, Philadelphia City Paper, October 26, 2010
Upski’s Back: Please Don’t Bomb The Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt, Literary Kicks, October 25, 2010
My Generation, The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, October 25, 2010
Can the Youth Brigade Stop a GOP Takeover?, Mother Jones, October 23, 2010
The Next Chicago Voter, Gaper’s Block, October 21, 2010
Right-Wing Voter Guide Revolution: What Can Progressives Learn? Van Jones and Billy Wimsatt. FireDogLake, October 22, 2010
Progressives Need to Play Catch-Up in a Key Election Activity — Educate the Voters About What’s at Stake, Van Jones and Billy Wimsatt, Alternet, October 21, 2010
Right-Wing Voter Guide Revolution: What Can Progressives Learn? Van Jones and Billy Wimsatt. Huffington Post, October 21, 2010
Dork is the New Cool, Counterpunch, October 20, 2010
To Bomb or Not To Bomb, C-Ville, October 19, 2010
‘The Spark’ Episode 24: John Legend for President? + Billy Wimsatt & Mama Diva!, AOL BlackVoices, October 11, 2010
It’s A Billy Thing with Rev. Billy + Billy Wimsatt joining Billy Jam, WFMU FM. October 8, 2010
The Future of Political Action with Upski, First Voice, Radio Arte, October 5, 2010
Early Voting Starts, Columbus NBC Channel 4, September 28, 2010
Ohioans Begin Casting Early Votes, Columbus NBC Channel 4, September 28, 2010
Election 2010: What’ll Make Young Progressives Vote?, GritTV, September 22, 2010
Writer speaks about book, “Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs,” The Maneater, September 21, 2010
5 Books I’d Read, Washington City Paper, September 15, 2010
Old Friends, Hyde Park Herald, September 2010
William Upski Wimsatt, Author of Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs, Talks Tea Party and Missouri’s Progressive Potential, RiverFront Times, September 15,2010
A Few Good (White) Men (Community Voices), Oakland Local, September 14, 2010
Billy Wimsatt Offers a Midterm Report on the Youth Vote, WBEZ 91.5, September 13, 2010
Billy Wimsatt Returns with ‘Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs’, Publishers Weekly, September 10, 2010
“Bomb the Suburbs” Author Doesn’t Want to Bomb the Suburbs Anymore, Chicago Reader, September 9, 2010
William “Upski” Wimsatt @ 57th Street Books, Chicago Urban Art Society, Gaper’s Block, September 9, 2010
Billy’s interview on Vocalo Radio, Vocalo 89.5, September 9, 2010
William ‘Upski’ Wimsatt – Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs, Okayplayer, September 3, 2010
The 12 Week Plan: A Road Map to Not Getting Our A**es Kicked in November, Huffington Post, August 18, 2010
We Can’t Let Republicans Take Over in 2010 — All Hands on Deck!, Alternet, August 5, 2010
How About Coffee Parties So They Can Wake Up?, Global Grind, April 17, 2009
20 Questions With…Billy Wimsatt, In These Times, October 19, 2008
William Upski Wimsatt: The Radical Writer, Jewcy, November 28, 2006
2001-2005
Pissed Off Voters, Robert Christgau, August 10, 2004
Will Your State Be the Florida of 2004?, In These Times, June 16, 2004
Young, Righteous and…Voting, Yes! Magazine, May 20, 2004
The Jail Generation, Alternet, April 18, 2004
The Alisha Thomas Story, Brooklyn Rail, February 2002
Oy Vey Is Mir!, New Voices, February 21, 2002
1990-2000
Ideas for a Great Society and All That Crap, Spin, March 2000
Sidewalk Politics, Village Voice, November 23, 1999
Anonymous Benefactor, Chicago Reader, March 26, 1998
My Impossible Dream, Chicago Reader, June 13, 1996
Upski Named Visionary, The Oberlin Review, March 8, 1996
Don’t Even Go There!, Philadelphia City Paper, June 22-29, 1995
Wigger: Confessions of a White Wannabe, Chicago Reader, July 7, 1994
Save the World, Bomb the Suburbs, Chicago Reader, April 6, 1994
Reader to Reader, Chicago Reader, May 26, 1994
Art Attack, Chicago Reader, May 19, 1994
Delivery Man, Chicago Reader, May 13, 1993
Media Releases
Van Jones, Progressive Groups Aim to Impact Mid-Term Elections with Local Voter Guides, October 2010
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