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GOP Wants Fewer People to Vote for Them

Tina Dupuy: Romney is a niche candidate of a tiny percent of Americans who think working for a living describes what your money does for you.

A Corporate Versus a People’s City Budget

By Shamus Cooke

Shamus Cooke: Portland is simply following a national trend on a city, state, and federal level where Democrats and Republicans have agreed that taxing the wealthy and corporations must not be an option in addressing the social crisis that resulted from the Great Recession, regardless of the vast inequality of wealth that has erupted over the last 30 years.

Survey Saturday: Voting Rights for the Formerly Incarcerated

By Dick Price

Survey Saturday: Here in California, people who have a felony conviction are only barred from voting if they are still in state prison or on parole.

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The Stimulus, Koch Meeting Attendees Guarded By Police Saved By Stimulus

By Lee Fang

Lee Fang: Koch Industries takes advantage of government money for the same reason it funds climate change-denying journalists, academics, front groups, and think tanks: its goal is to maximize profit, even if it comes at the expense of the American public.

California Fair Elections Kickoff

By Wendy Block

Wendy Block: It’s impossible to eliminate money from politics, and there’s no reason to. But release candidates from huge campaign contributors and the special favors that follow victory, and you’ll see miracles after every election.

Progressives Shouldn’t Mimic Teabaggers In Promoting Health Reform

By Randy Shaw

Activists often make the mistake of fighting battles on their opponent’s turf. Small town hall meetings are so easy to disrupt that they offer a perfect forum for the passionate Rush Limbaugh crowd that lacks a broad base

A 9/11 Reformer’s Final Plea for Justice in Washington

By Anthony Toth

Beverly Eckert rose very early on February 6 to catch the 8 a.m. Acela train out of Stamford, CT, but she was eager to make the trip to Washington, DC, this time around. On past journeys, the doors of official Washington would too often slam in her face. But now, she and other 9/11 family [...]

The Iron Rainbow

By Sharon Kyle

Self-Segregation in the Democratic Party? Over the past few months, my husband, Dick, and I have attended several functions put on either to raise funds for or celebrate victories that were ultimately achieved in three local California Assembly Districts: ADs 44, 45, and 48. The two of us enjoy good relationships with people in all [...]