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Campaign Cash Harry Reid Under Siege by Swift Boat Billionaire Bob Perry
Remember that horrible 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad that helped derail John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid? Well, Bob Perry, the billionaire tycoon who financed that smear campaign is back, and he's underwriting a barrage of dirty ads that target politicians...
Campaign Cash Corporations Get More Power Political Parties Get Less
War chests from right-wing billionaires and corporate titans are funding tremendous portions of political activity, from the so-called grassroots activism of the Tea Party to the streamlined lobbying assaults of the nation's largest corporations. In the aftermath of...
The Post-Election Game Plan Cut Social Security Soak the Middle-Class and Keep Taxes Low For the Rich
Yesterday the Deficit Commission used the New York Times as a messenger service to tell politicians - and you - exactly what they intend to do if the election goes as expected. It's all laid out in black and white: They'll cut benefits, increase the financial burden...
Campaign Cash Why Conservative Attack Ads Wont Stop After Election Day
Today is the first election in American history in which corporations have been allowed to spend their own money to buy political favors. This legalized corruption comes courtesy of the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which...
How Howard Zinn Would Face Today
Moyers delivered this speech October 29, 2010, as part of the Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. I was honored when you asked me to join in celebrating Howard Zinn’s life and legacy. I was also surprised. I am a journalist, not a historian. The...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/2/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Don't forget to vote today! Check...
Progressive Breakfast Get Out And Vote
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Don't forget to vote today! Check...
Why We Still Suffer with Our Suffrage
Let's try to get more precise. America's super rich aren't 'buying' our elections. They're making an 'investment' in prosperity. Their own. And so what have Americans learned from the now-concluded 2010 mid-term election campaign, aside from the existence of an Aqua...
Reclaiming our Story
Whatever the results this Election Day, it’s clear that visionary progressive ideas will be less welcome at the start of the next Congress. And that’s saying something, given their track record in this Congress. But with that reality comes a new opportunity: the...
Local Progressive Voter Guides (Share Like Crazy)
Which is better, voter guides or sliced bread? I say voter guides. Please drop whatever you're doing right now (you're reading my article so technically you're all mine for the next 60 seconds). We're going to swing an election together. Somewhere in the country....
