By Sander Hicks | AlterNet
Then the U.S. government can be an investor instead of a reluctant donor.
Just this morning, I heard that my favorite union printing press had closed its doors. Last night, I heard …

By Joel R Finkel | AJJP
American Jews for a Just Peace (www.ajjp.org) is initiating an emergency campaign to send an Open Letter to Israeli Soldiers from the international Jewish Community.   Our goal is to obtain hundreds of …

From the AFL-CIO
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
Implement a meaningful economic recovery package that rebuilds our economy and creates millions of new jobs, including “green jobs.”
Provide affordable and quality health care for all.
Members of the …

WASHINGTON, DC – The Nation magazine has named Progressive Democrats of America its Most Valuable Political Group of 2008.
“Paul Wellstone’s ‘Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party’ finally has a functional voice,” wrote John Nichols in …

By William Rivers Pitt | truthout.org
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you’re the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the …

By Nancy Keenan | NARAL Pro-Choice America
The Bush administration has consistently defied common sense by refusing to fund proven sex-education programs and funneling billions to programs with failing track records.
As a former teacher …

By David Swanson | Let’s Try Democracy
As the 111th Congress was being sworn in on Tuesday, a seemingly endless line of figures dressed all in black with stark white masks slowly marched single-file around Capitol …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Barack Obama’s decision to select Leon Panetta to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency was a stroke of brilliance. Panetta will not only add dignity, but moral decency to …