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Progressives: Take Back America!

This song, recorded and produced by Campaign for America's Future, is adapted from Willie Nelson's anthem "A Peaceful Solution." Nelson welcomed people to re-record the song in their own styles, create new lyrics and use the song to promote peace and justice. Below...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

Another weak performance for the Sunday shows, failing to ask the key Watchdog queries. Neither CBS' Face The Nation or Fox News Sunday pressed McCain's top campaign aides about their vocation as corporate lobbyists and the inherent conflict of interest that presents...

The Society of the Owned: Under the Bus

Part Two of a series. Consider this scenario. You're standing at a busy street corner when you see someone about to step off the curb right into the path of an oncoming bus. You have just enough time and you're close enough to reach out and stop them before it's too...

Pete Seeger: Changing the World With Song

Folk singer Pete Seeger's book, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," includes a tribute to the people who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that recalls the spirit of fortitude and hope of the early civil rights movement — and asks us to recapture it in a post...

Weekend Watchdog

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....

Green, the Color of Good Jobs

The union movement is turning green. Not with envy, but with an escalating sense that the nation must work to address climate change and that we must be part of the effort to create good jobs that also are green jobs. Last December, an unprecedented delegation of...

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