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Freshman congressman Keith Ellison took on one of the movement’s most serious problems when he told progressives not to allow their frustrations with Congress’ inability to stop the war in Iraq to divide them. “You might be mad at the Congress because they didn’t and...

These are opening remarks at the fifth annual Take Back America Conference in Washington, a meeting of 3,000 leaders and activists from across the country and across the tribes of the progressive movement. Five years ago, when we started this venture, Washington was...

Better than usual performance from our Sunday shows this week. (Perhaps I set the bar too low this time.) Face The Nation's Bob Schieffer asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell point blank, "what did you mean" when he said there would be a "new direction" in...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Excitement is at a fever pitch as the Take Back America conference is a mere three days away. To sate your appetite until then, over at the TBA blog, we have more TBA Interviews with some of the engaging figures set to address the conference: Drum Major Institute...

According to the New York Times, renewable energy backers are just one vote short of the 60 needed to break any filibuster.

A majority of the Senate supports adding a provision to the Senate energy bill now under consideration that would require that 15 percent of our nation's electricity come from renewable energy sources by 2020 -- an increase from the current 2.4 percent, and...

The following, a more fleshed-out version of my earlier energy bill post, was originally published at The Huffington Post A majority of the Senate supports adding a provision to the Senate energy bill now under consideration, requiring that 15% of our nation's...