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, …

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 …

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 …

by Jon Swaine | The Telegraph
� He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
� He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball
� His name means “one who is blessed” in …

by Linda Milazzo
According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, The Daily Breeze, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative democrat, is up for a high level intelligence position in the Obama administration. The …

by Stephen Zunes
I had really wanted to celebrate Barack Obama’s remarkable victory for
a day or so before becoming cynical again. I really did.
And yet, less than 24 hours after the first polls closed, the
president-elect chose …

Els Herten, coordinator of Kola/IPF, an organization advocating the rights of indigenous peoples, comments about Barack Obama’s election victory.
I sigh of relief. He made it! And I think that a large part of the world’s …

The consensus bottom line: This is just the beginning.
From The Peace Arena
Gloria A. Totten | Progressive Majority
The message couldn�t be clearer: voters wanted progressive change. They elected an outstanding progressive as the next president. They …