Andy Love: Bill Clinton once said that “Democrats fall in love, while Republicans fall in line,” but the distaste among the Republican rank-and-file for Romney has got to be deeply worrying to the Grand Old Party.
The Frothy Mix of GOP Candidates
February 8, 2012 By
Disclose Act: Save This Bill, Get a Rush
January 30, 2012 By
We have about a day and a half to save a groundbreaking bill that will make corporations and big-spending One Percenters who buy political ads, reveal their identities in their commercials so you’ll know who’s trying to manipulate your vote. The California DISCLOSE Act, AB 1148, authored by progressive champion Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D – [...]
Is Capitalism on Trial?
January 29, 2012 By
Peter Dreier: The high unemployment rate among today’s youth, and the enormous increase in debt owed by college students and recent graduates, has something to do with their growing doubts about capitalism. So does their uncertainty about their own future and the country’s future.
Marcy Winograd Guest Hosting “Connect the Dots” Monday
January 28, 2012 By
On Monday morning, 7-8 am, on KPFK (90.7 FM – Los Angeles), listen to Marcy Winograd guest-host Connect the Dots, first with a commentary on why we must Occupy the English language.
Are Black Conservatives Simply Useful Idiots?
January 27, 2012 By
David Love: Now, when the GOP is tea party-owned and steeped in 100% pure corporatism, greed, intolerance and white supremacy, black conservatives are simply useful idiots.
Why Egyptians Remain Optimistic One Year Later
January 23, 2012 By
Denis Campbell: Liberals in Egypt are up against a party that spent 83 years in hiding as an illegal entity, yet remained, quietly, very well organized.
Obama and Leftists Survey — Question 4
January 18, 2012 By
Occupy and Democrats: dating, marriage, just friends?
Free Enterprise on Trial
January 17, 2012 By
Robert Reich: The Right’s blather about free enterprise risk-taking has it upside down. The higher you go in the economy, the easier it is to make money without taking any personal financial risk at all. The lower you go, the bigger the risks.
“Facts Are Stupid Things”
December 30, 2011 By
Berry Craig: A lot of liberals think the nuttier these tea party-tilting Republicans talk, the more likely they are to turn off John and Jane Q. Public. I hope my fellow lefties are right.
Stop Picking on Poor Plutocrats
December 27, 2011 By
David Swanson: After 10 months of election obsession and lesser-evilism, this place could look more or less the way it would have had Occupy never arisen.
The Donald’s Christmas Present to Obama
December 27, 2011 By
Challenging Ron Paul’s Followers on Racism
December 27, 2011 By
Mark Naison: Ron Paul’s presidential run, either as a Republican or an independent, cannot gain traction without gaining support from at least some people of color, leftists and liberals.
Obama, Reid and Pelosi Lead Charge Against Tea Party Millionaire Party
December 24, 2011 By
Brent Budowsky: There are smiles today throughout the Democratic base because the fighting spirit is back for the Dems.
Iraq: Out Like a Lamb
December 21, 2011 By
Dick Price: I can now honor the service of the military men and women who have fought so long in Iraq—the great majority of whom who have acted honorably under fire—just as I hold fast to the notion that the Iraq invasion was undertaken for disreputable ends.
Why the Republican Crackup Is Bad for America
December 21, 2011 By
Robert Reich: Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932. That’s bad for America.
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