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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Vote-scam fliers target black neighborhoods
10-8-2008 – 8:19 am | Comments

“An anonymous flier circulating in African-American neighborhoods in North and West Philadelphia states that voters who are facing outstanding arrest warrants or who have unpaid traffic tickets may be arrested at the polls on Election …

Obama Leading In Ohio, Poll Finds
10-7-2008 – 2:36 pm | Comments

Edge Is 6 Points In a State Looming Large for McCain
by Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Washington Post
Aided by the faltering economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has the upper hand in the race …

McCain-Palin lip-shtick won’t work
9-23-2008 – 7:12 pm | Comments
McCain-Palin lip-shtick won’t work

“No Way. No How. No McCain-Palin.”
by Kim Gandy, NOW President and NOW PACs Chair
John McCain and Sarah Palin pay lip service to women’s rights. But you and I know that having a woman on …

Conyers to McCain: “Halt Republican Vote Suppression Efforts”
9-22-2008 – 2:46 pm | Comments
Conyers to McCain: “Halt Republican Vote Suppression Efforts”

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 …

NOTES from Denver
9-1-2008 – 8:41 am | Comments

by Joanne Solnick, PDA-Ohio
As an Ohioan never in attendance at a political party convention city before, I was amazed at the level of excitement and heavy security that encapsulated the city of Denver during the …

Another US War Resister From Canada Court-Martialed
8-27-2008 – 9:36 am | Comments

by Ann Wright | co-author of “Dissent: Voices of Conscience” Progressive Central Speaker
In June, 2008, by a vote of 137 to 110, Canadian parliamentarians in a non-binding resolution asked the Harper government not to deport …

DNC Warehouse “Concentration Camp” Uncovered By Reporters
8-16-2008 – 6:53 am | Comments

Cells topped with barbed wire to be used to hold protesters rounded up in mass arrests
by Steve Watson | Infowars.net
A CBS news crew has uncovered a huge warehouse holding facility in Denver, consisting of …

De-regulation and choice
7-21-2008 – 11:58 am | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
There is one more element in the equation that goes into the effort to roll back legal abortion in test cases like South Dakota, and that is how strange it is that …