by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog
If Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives go forward with a floor vote to hold ex-White House chief of staff Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, a petition drive spearheaded by Brave New Films, People for the American Way, the Campaign for America's Future...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog
Los Angeles rocked and rolled its way through a 5.8 earthquake shortly before noon today. In California, that's considered a good middling-size shake -- enough to throw stuff off bookshelves, pop tile off the walls, instigate minor power and phone interruptions, and...
by Anne Thompson | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog
Campaign for America's Future, in conjunction with the new campaign Health Care for America Now, captures the health insurance industry failing to deliver on its promise to listen to citizens’ ideas about how to create “affordable, high quality health care for every...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog
We are an odd group, we Unitarians. Conventional wisdom says that we're soft in all the places our society values toughness. Our refusal to adhere to any dogma must mean that we're soft in our convictions. Our reflexive open-mindedness is often derided as evidence...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 28, 2008 | Blog
There is a saying in many African-American communities that our system of criminal “justice” means “just us.” While overstated, the expression reflects longstanding, as well as very recent, experiences of racial profiling and unequal treatment. For many years the...
by Bill Scher | Jul 28, 2008 | Blog
Who is really going to benefit from opening up our coastal shores to oil drilling? You, or Big Oil? Follow the money and get your answer. Last month, Sen. John McCain changed his position on coastal oil drilling. And all of a sudden, the fossil fuel crowd took a big...