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With only eight months in office, Rep. Alan Grayson is showing Democrats how to respond to the manufactured outrage from the right-wing. Rep. Grayson took to the floor of the House to tell Americans the truth— the Republicans do not have a plan to provide health care....

The forum on American debt and deficit had it right. First, don’t panic. Don’t stop the stimulus spending or raise taxes with the economy still near the bottom. The Center for American Progress and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities convened the forum. Guests...

How do we build a new economy out of the collapse of the old economy? How do we start fresh to begin creating jobs again, while building in economic and environmental sustainability, as well as workplaces that respect human needs and rights? How do we change things so...

The new Boxer-Kerry Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act gives progressives a second chance to influence climate legislation, if we learn the right lessons from both the legislative process for the House climate bill and the ongoing health care debate. Many...

"Vandalism" screams the cover of The Economist, depicting President Obama leaving an ice pick in the tire of free trade. (No racial overtones there; after all, as the president explained, he was black before he was elected.) When the president imposed...

The Senate Finance Committee, as expected, minutes ago voted to reject two separate version of a public health insurance option. The three Democrats voting to reject both, including the weaker version that did not drive down costs by pegging reimbursements to Medicare...

Tonight, I'm going to the Washington, DC premiere of Micheal Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story. I know there are people who can't stand Moore, but I've seen just about all of his movies.

For six years the Campaign for America's Future organized the annual Take Back America conference, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country. At the conference progressives came together to discuss how to improve the country, through goals like...