by Bill Scher | May 20, 2009 | Blog
David Roberts laments the political squeeze the Waxman-Markey climate compromise puts on progressives, forced to choose between "what justice and prudence demand and what's possible within the current constraints of power politics" but ends on a hopeful note: "if a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 20, 2009 | Blog
David Sirota's post Tuesday asks why Washington political leaders won't even discuss a single-payer health care system, with a leading Democrat going so far as to exclude single-payer advocates from participating in a Senate Finance Committee hearing last week at...
by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2009 | Blog
A crisis that demands fundamental change. A president with a mandate to drive it. A Congress, controlled by Democrats, ready to act. Now comes the hard part: actually getting something real done. These are salad days for Democratic lobbyists, because deep pocket...
by Bill Scher | May 19, 2009 | Blog
When progressive House Democrats were blocked from a floor vote on their proposal requiring an exit strategy for our Afghanistan military mission, and several in turn voted against funding for the mission, McClatchy Newspapers concluded, "the anti-war crowd remains as...
by Leo Gerard | May 19, 2009 | Blog
The economic structure of Jim Henson's cartoon realm called Fraggle Rock reflects our own. In one HBO episode, the industrious, hard-hatted Doozers prepare to leave the rock, which would have quickly left the Fraggles starving. Somehow, politicians and powerbrokers in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 19, 2009 | Blog
A bill that will clamp down on some of the most egregious practices of credit card companies is rushing toward final passage in the Senate, and the industry—and its conservative buddies—are gearing up for retaliation. For example, one conservative group has already...
