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How to Save the Economy and Slow Climate Change at the Same Time
Imagine: The year 2034, late October. America is no longer dependent on coal and foreign oil, and the economy is nearing full-employment. Coincidence? Or the result of a sustained and major investment in clean energy?
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Senate Hinges On Turnout "50,000 doors knocked in Alaska" reports W. Post: " In Alaska, Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska.) is betting on his ground operation to beat Republican Dan Sullivan. With an extensive network across the state, which his campaign claims to have...
Clear Lessons from Tuesday's Election Muddle
Key elections are going down to the wire. Activists are mobilizing; dark money is flooding in. But some lessons seem clear. We're witnessing not a conservative revival, but the beginnings of a populist upheaval.
AFSCME's Lee Saunders' Fight To Protect Public Workers – And All Of Us
For being a true populist champion, Lee Saunders, president of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, is being honored at the Campaign for America's Future Awards Gala.
Democrats Run Away from Success of 'Obamacare'
Stealing a page from the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl playbook from last year, the Democrats have spent the fall campaign hiding from the most successful federal government program since Medicare.
Wingnut Week In Review: The Nuttiest Candidates of 2014
Every election year, the GOP comes up with a new crop of wingnut candidates for office. This one is no exception. Will any of this election's nuttiest wingnuts become the next Todd Akin or Christine O’Donnell?
Here's How One Campaign Is Using The Trade Issue To Win
Trade is a huge issue for many blue-collar voters and in "rust-belt" regions that have been wiped out by the offshoring of our jobs and factories. This has given North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan an opportunity.
Tax-Dodging Deal Fails Thanks To Obama's Inversion Rules – And Us
When you sign an online petition, send an email and especially donate to a cause, it can make a real difference. In the case of companies “renouncing their citizenship” in order to dodge their taxes, it really did work.
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Positive Signs For Dems In Early Voting "Early Voting Numbers Look Good for Democrats" reports NYT: "Democratic efforts to turn out the young and nonwhite voters who sat out the 2010 midterm elections appear to be paying off in several Senate battleground states. More...
Big Money Taking Over Education Politics
Big money is now altering the electoral process in school board elections and state level contests for school administration. The results are apt to be the same we’ve seen in more popular elections – a distortion of democracy
