One of progressive politics' greatest challenges is to continue to evolve and expand even as its allies in government are in power. All the incentives change and motives and direction get complicated. It's a nice problem to have, but it's a problem nonetheless. more »
Marcy Wheeler hosted a panel on torture at the AFN conference featuring Rep. Jerry Nadler and Christopher Anders of the ACLU, in which Nadler set forth a couple of ideas that are illuminating about the thinking among political players on the subject.
Marcy writes about one of them here:
Yesterday, Jerrold Nadler announced he will hold a hearing on state secrets on Thursday. more »
A theme that seemed to run through the three acceptance speeches of the award recipients at the America's Future Now! gala dinner Tuesday night was that people who have been left out or left behind in the move toward the American Dream are due their chance for prosperity, and now is the time for the progressive movement to take the lead in making that happen. more »
Progressives tend to focus on federal policy. Yet, a lot more legislating occurs at the state level. Every year, state legislatures consider 150,000 bills and enact 75 times as many laws as the U.S. Congress. And most domestic spending is directed by states—including bedrock programs such as public education, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, transportation, and public safety. more »
Forging a strategy that brings the ideal of green energy and green-collar jobs into political and practical reality is the focus of a luncheon panel discussion with Sen. more »
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Is Scott Roeder, the man who was charged today in the murder of Dr. George Tiller, best understood as a lone-wolf extremist or as a member of a community that supported and encouraged his actions? more »
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As progressive organizations meet in Washington for the America’s Future Now conference, Laura Flanders of GRITtv asks probing questions about the role of the left in American politics. Darcy Burner, executive director of the American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation; Isaiah J. more »
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Gov. Howard Dean, who recently became chairman of the board of the Progressive Book Club, joined organizers to announce details of the largest grassroots mobilization of progressives ever on behalf of health care reform on Monday at a news conference sponsored by the Campaign for America’s Future. more »
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More than 70 years ago during the height of the Great Depression, my father, a machinist, organized his factory into a union. Why can’t Americans do the same today? Why is it that more than half of workers want to join a union, but less than 8 percent of private-sector employees are union members today? more »
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