Alex Henderson

Alex V. Henderson is a veteran journalist who covers political, social, business and financial topics as well as arts and entertainment. He publishes the political website sexxxandpolitics.com and has written for  a long list of publications that includes Billboard, Spin, The L.A. Weekly, AlterNet, JazzTimes, Jazziz, XBIZ, Creem, HITS, Black Radio Exclusive (BRE),  Skin Two, CD Review, Players, Latin Style, Pulse!, Music Connection, All About Jazz, the R&B Report, Black Beat, and Cash Box. He has contributed several thousand CD reviews to The All Music Guide's popular website and serious of reference books (including AMG's rock, blues, R&B, country, electronica and hip-hop guides).

Alex has written numerous liner notes, bios and press releases for many well known record companies, including Verve, Concord, MCA/Universal, Island, GNP Crescendo, Chesky, Delicious Vinyl, TSR,  Rhino, Priority, Del-Fi and Challenge.
 
 

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 Recently Published:

Kinky Boots: An Enduring Symbol in Fetish Fashion Professional Domination and BDSM Erotica      (November 2013) 

How the GOP Is Literally Killing Its Voters      (November 2013)

The Leather Man: Spanking and Flogging the West Village Since 1965

(October 2013)



McDowell County, USA Has Close to Haiti's Life Expectancy: Welcome to Third World America (October 2013)

10 Past Republicans Who Would Never Make It In Today's Insane GOP  (September  2013)

10 Reasons Millennials Are the Screwed Generation   (September  2013)

10 Ways America Has Come to Resemble a Banana Republic  (September  2013)

10 Shocking Examples of Police Killing Innocent People in the War on Drugs       (August 2013)

Dommes and Dildos: The Legalities of Domme Strap-On Play  

(August 2013)

Ten of the Worst Terror Attacks by Extreme Christians and Far-Right White Men  

(July 2013)

Gearing Up: Professional Domination Comes With a Price

(June 2013)

Attorneys Give Closing Arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Holder Trial

(June 2013)

Poncho Sanchez: Standard Bearer

(June 2013)

Forward Fetish: The Evolution and Diversification of Fetish Fashion

(April 2013)

Revenge Porn: Cyber Assault on Reputation, or a New Business Model?

(April 2013)

Legal Concerns: Adult Entertainment Companies Have Their Own Unique Worries

(April 2013)



Fetisso Fantasy: Fetisso Latex Earns International Following With Authentic Quality

(February 2013)

Good Riddance: Maggie Gallagher's Family Values Column Ends After 18 Years  (January 2013)

Key Court Decisions That Prevent Right-Wing Christians from Controlling Your Sex Life (December 2012)

The Brothels and the Bailout: How Legal Prostitution Helped a Greek Soccer Team in Its Time of Need (December 2012)

Sexperts Weigh in on Groundbreaking New Study on Female Porn Stars   (December 2012)

President Barack Obama Wins Decisive Re-election Victory, Defeats Republican Mitt Romney: Where Does the Republican Party Go From Here? (November 2012)

Remembering Arlen Specter: the former Pennsylvania Senator Didn't Leave the GOP, They Left Him (October 2012)

Interview with Veteran Jazz Drummer Thurman Barker (October 2012)

Bill Clinton: The Real Deficit Hawk (September 2012)

Bobby McFerrin: Still Unpredictable (September 2012)

Remembering Pepper Adams (September 2012)

Interview With Jazz Saxophonist Ronnie Cuber (August 2012)

1Flesh: The Anti-Contraceptions Extremists Posing as Hipsters         (July 2012)

Most of My Heroes STILL Don’t Appear on No Stamp: Public Enemy Fights the Power 2012 Style (July 2012)

Porn and Beyond: How Young Adult Entertainment Performers Can Plan for the Future

(July 2012)

Hollie Stevens, The Queen of Clown Porn, Has Died at 30: Her Battle with Cancer Underscored the Need for Universal Health Care in the United States

(July 2012)

Let's Hear It For Jury Nullification: Say Hello to New Hampshire Law HB 146

(July 2012)

Cabbies, Hookers and Politicians: Misguided New Law Will Penalize New York City Cabbies For Transporting Prostitutes

(June 2012)

Michigan's Vagina Monologues (June 2012)

The Murder of Giovanni Falcone: 20 Years Later   (May 2012)

20 of the Top Religious Right Hypocrites of all Time           

(May 2012)

5 Countries That Do It Better: How Sexual Prudery Makes America a Less Healthy and Happy Place (April 2012)

The Bible Belt's Love Affair With (Gay and Straight) Porn                 

(March 2012)

"American Ecstasy": New Barbara Nitke Photo Book Remembers 1980 Erotica

(February 2012)

Fear of Foreign Languages: Why Are Some Americans So Proudly Monolingual? (February 2012)

At 92, veteran saxophonist Hal Singer fondly remembers his associations with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and other jazz legends (January 2012)

Rise of the Dominatrix: How to Make $300 an Hour Doing Sex Work..... Without Having Sex (December 2011)

Fighting the Culture Wars With Hate, Violence and Even Bullets: Meet the Most Extreme of the Radical Christianists

(June 2011)