by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
Norman Lear was the too-rare Hollywood producer who could get television audiences to laugh heartily and think deeply at the same time. Television shows like "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons" and "One Day At a Time" not only entertained but enriched by tackling...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
One of the underappreciated success stories of 2008 is the growing ability of the progressive movement to accumulate resources and use them to push toward a set of common goals. That was on clear display at a news conference here at the Take Back America conference,...
by Sara Robinson | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
A while back, while I was deep in the midst of my maundering three-week wander
by Bill Scher | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
At the "New Green Deal" luncheon, Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx just delivered one of the most powerful presentations heard at Take Back America 2008, detailing her efforts to bring green-collar jobs and open spaces, sparking a transformation of the poorest...
by Bill Scher | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
Earlier this morning at Take Back America 2008, some of the leading lights of the progressive blogosphere -- Chris Bowers, Digby, Terrance Heath, Tracy Russo and Pam Spaulding -- gathered to discuss how blogs have successfully influenced the political and media...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2008 | Blog
In the heat of the 1960s civil rights movement, Rev. Jesse Jackson was a young lieutenant to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roger Wilkins was a White House insider. But reflecting on their different vantage points at the Take Back America conference, they have...
