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by Jim Miller and the team at Brave New Foundation

Last summer I got a …

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Representing the 6th Congressional District of California
It has been a busy couple of weeks here in Washington, and I wanted to take a moment to give you an update on some of …

IS IT GRASSROOTS or is it AstroTurf?
By Norman Solomon
In Marin County, where the typical campaign sounds “progressive,” an increasingly sophisticated base of activists is making clear distinctions between the authentic and the synthetic.
This trend does …

by Mike Hersh, PDA Staff
Impeachment is a major issue for PDA and has been since our start. We’ve organized events, cofounded afterdowningstreet.org, worked with anyone who would help us to promote this issue including former …

By Stephen Hershey
Jerry White, landmine survivor and cofounder of Survivor Corps [1], shares his own healing process while advising those who are suffering from tragedy in I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming …

RSVP for Conversation with Professor Andrew Valls
Monday, May 5, 5:30 PM Pacific/8:30 PM Eastern
By the Backbone Campaign
RSVP now to participate in Monday’s conversation with Professor Andrew Valls about housing discrimination and why it should form …

by Linda Milazzo (crossposted from opednews, afterdowningstreet, smirkingchimp)
Thank you, Larry King. When you bring it, YOU BRING IT! And last night, YOU BROUGHT IT!! Thanks to the few simple questions you asked Speaker Pelosi, viewers …

by Tad Daley | CommonDreams
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush,” said Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago during the second quarter of the 20th Century, …