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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Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008
12-18-2008 – 6:05 pm | Comments

by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
Now in their 17th year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation’s stinkiest media performances. As the judges for these annual awards, we do our …

Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center
12-3-2008 – 12:19 pm | Comments

Shahid Buttar | Huffington Post
In the wake of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency, many progressives have bemoaned the seeming betrayal of his electoral mandate by the political moderation apparent in the President-Elect’s early appointments. …

Fearful of Hillary Clinton?
11-23-2008 – 9:24 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Some in the Arab world are reportedly fearful of having Hillary Clinton as our next Secretary of State. There is concern that the New York senator is hawkish, and that her pro-Israeli …

New Tasks of the Left Following Obama’s Victory
11-18-2008 – 9:47 pm | Comments

by Carl Davidson | Progressives for Obama
American progressives have won a major victory in helping to defeat John McCain and placing Barack Obama in the White House. The far right has been broadly rebuffed, …

More Than A Prison
11-17-2008 – 5:29 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Last night, in his first interview since being elected, Barack Obama told “60 Minutes” that among his top priorities is to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
But, Guantanamo Bay is …

DISCUSS: Obama’s Iraq Challenge
11-15-2008 – 12:36 pm | Comments

by Robert Dreyfuss | The Nation
A new and growing Sunni resistance movement in Iraq could shatter the false sense of post-surge calm–and it might get Russian support. There’s no question that for the vast …

America Is a Center-Left Country No Matter How Much the Corporate Media Say Otherwise
11-10-2008 – 1:28 pm | Comments

Outside of a few social issues, Americans are firmly in the progressive camp, but that hasn’t prevented a lot of bloviating to the contrary.
by Joshua Holland | AlterNet.
The American people are center-left (or at least …

POST-ELECTION POLL: PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PROVIDES MANDATE FOR BOLD CHANGE
11-10-2008 – 1:13 pm | Comments Off

Voters Seeking Bold Changes in the Economy, Iraq, Energy and Health Care
by Toby Chaudhuri and Jennifer Ettinger | Campaign for America’s Future
WASHINGTON – The 2008 elections saw the consolidation of a progressive majority providing a …