2010: A progressive strategy to win
11-18-2009 – 12:50 pm | Comments

By Brent Budowsky | The Hill
Progressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, …

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Oregon Carpenters’ Local Endorses HR 676
1-29-2009 – 5:11 pm | Comments

Portland, Oregon. Carpenters’ Local 247 has endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).
An informal group of union members from different crafts, calling themselves Cross Trade Solidarity, has …

Crystal Strait Announces Candidacy to Become President of the Young Democrats
1-28-2009 – 5:13 pm | Comments

Cross-posted from Michael Connery’s Blog | FutureMajority.com
Today, Crystal Strait, the Political Director of the California Democratic Party, announced her candidacy to become YDA President. As I reported in my book, YDA underwent huge …

Shared Destiny
1-28-2009 – 5:05 pm | Comments

by Byron DeLear
Brit Olam has broken through into the media this past week here in Israel. We recorded a campaign song and it’s been played several times on the radio and on television – …

PRESIDENT OBAMA: MEET CITIZEN BOB WHO ANSWERED YOUR CALL!
1-28-2009 – 12:30 pm | Comments
PRESIDENT OBAMA: MEET CITIZEN BOB WHO ANSWERED YOUR CALL!

PRESIDENT OBAMA: MEET CITIZEN BOB WHO ACCEPTED YOUR CHALLENGE!
By Linda Milazzo
President Barack Obama of the Capitol of Washington, it is my most sincere honor to introduce you to Citizen Bob Alexander of the State of …

Needed: Middle East Volunteers!
1-28-2009 – 12:23 pm | Comments

After a long series of wars and disastrous U.S. foreign policy decisions in the region, it’s time to turn a new page in the Middle East. As a small step toward making this change a …

Dangerous Executive Orders
1-28-2009 – 12:18 pm | Comments

By David Swanson | After Downing Street.org
The Center for Constitutional Rights has expressed concern that President Obama’s executive order banning torture may contain a loophole. But no president has any right to declare torture legal …

Don Siegelman, Victim of the Republican Cause
1-28-2009 – 12:15 pm | Comments

By Roberta McNair
It may take years to deconstruct all of the machinations within the two-term George W. Bush Administration, but arguably the modus operandi for every action by every cog in the machine was Karl …

What if we held an impeachment, and nobody came?
1-26-2009 – 9:15 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
You’ve got to admire newly ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s chutzpah, or cajones, for showing up on the set of “The View,” and making the rounds at the talk circuit, today instead …