MCCAIN, THE ANTI-MAVERICK
By Jim Hightower – Mon., 10/13/08
John McCain keeps calling himself “a maverick” and is even calling the McCain-Palin ticket, “Maverick Squared.”Puh-leeze. It’s been my privilege to know some …

by Mimi Kennedy, PDA National Advisory Board Chair, Election Integrity Activist and Leader
I’m writing to tell you about an important new documentary, "FREE FOR ALL" by John Wellington Ennis, Co-founder, "Video The Vote." OUT ON …

by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
As you’re probably aware, Washington is abuzz these days over ongoing negotiations surrounding an economic package to stabilize the financial and lending markets. President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson have …

No More Bubbles, Busts or Bailouts!
from David Swanson AfterDowningStreet.org and Bill Moyer BackBoneCampaign.org
The following demands emerged from an emergency conference call of over 50 progressive activists from around the country getting advice from economists …

from Brad Blog
The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, is calling on the John McCain campaign to “immediately halt Republican vote suppression efforts,” as seen recently in Michigan–where a county GOP …

Mimi Kennedy, PDA National Advisory Board Chair, Election Integrity Activist
Forewarned is forearmed. Here comes November. Check your registration, work for your candidates and sit down with one of the four great election protection movies …

by David Swanson PDA Board Member | AfterDowningStreet.org
12:10 Mark Anderson of American Free Press asks what went wrong with attempts by Ramsey Clark and others to prosecute Bush I and what could be done differently …

by Norman Solomon
Contents this post:
Unpacking The Sights and Sounds of Opening Night
Media Bubbles and Consequences
The Subtext of Race
The Opportunity Society
Whatever might be said about Hillary Clinton’s speech on Tuesday night, it was superb in comparison …