Julie Driscoll: We trusted Komen to have the best interests of women at heart, until the “best interests of women” Komen had previously played up turned out to be denying poor women much-needed breast cancer screenings.
Friday Feedback: Do Newt, Mitt and the Boys Even Like Most People?
January 26, 2012 By
Friday Feedback: This week, an article by Steve Hochstadt, Do Republican Candidates Like Most Americans?, drew a series of comments, supportive and not. We’ll lead with Steve’s aggregate response, then include the observations by others he comments on.
Obama and Leftists Survey — Question 5
January 18, 2012 By
After the November election, how will America look in the coming four years?
Obama and Leftists Survey — Question 3
January 18, 2012 By
How best can the progressive community move the Democratic Party leftward?
Obama and Leftists Survey — Question 1
January 18, 2012 By
As a progressive (or liberal or lefty), will you support President Barack Obama’s re-election?
As Feds Abandon Cities, Corporate Clout Grows
January 17, 2012 By
Randy Shaw: The federal government’s slashing of funding for urban America has made all cities more dependent on corporate investment than at any time since the 1930’s, raising new challenges for urban progressives.
The Top 10 Best and Worst of U.S. Politics in 2011
December 19, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: Occupy Wall Street’s emergence in September raised progressive spirits, as has the unexpected rise of Newt Gingrich as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Here’s my list of the top ten best and worst political events that occurred across the nation in 2011.
Are Mitt and Newt Channeling their Inner Progressives?
December 12, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Gingrich has tried to defend himself by saying Freddy paid him as a “historian,” but anyone with half a brain knows Freddy wasn’t interested in history.
Friday Feedback: “Occupy” Occupies Burlingame
November 24, 2011 By
Friday Feedback: The Democratic Party, like the Republican Party receives THE MAJORITY of its funding from corporate sources. Democrats have supported the insane wars and the THREE NEW NAFTAs.
A Passionless Presidential Race?
November 12, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Occupiers and others have had enough.
Yet paradoxically the presidential race that officially begins a few months from now is likely to be as passionless as they come.
Occupy Movement, Labor on Collision Course with Obama
November 3, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: If President Obama and fellow Democrats agree to a deficit reduction deal that cuts Medicare, Social Security, and other programs serving the 99%, expect an electoral calamity for Democrats in 2012.
Obama Job Plan: The Promise and the Drawbacks
September 14, 2011 By
Time for a 2012 Democratic Primary Challenge?
August 8, 2011 By
Karen Bernal: As elated as we were when President Obama was elected in 2008, after a disastrous eight years under the repressive and war-mongering Bush Administration, the Obama Administration has been a major disappointment to the working class and Progressives of this country.
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Cenk Uygur: Can Progressives Reclaim the Democratic Party?
Sharon Kyle: Cenk is viewed as a kindred spirit by many in the Caucus, partly because of his unyielding progressive stance but also because Uygur is no stranger to challenging the status quo.