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Reweaving the Fabric of our Society by Joan Blades, Huffington Post | May 22, 2012
Reweaving the Fabric of our Society by Joan Blades, Huffington Post | May 22, 2012
Drowning in Dirty Money by Digby , OurFuture.org | April 27, 2012
How Mississippi's Black/Brown Strategy Beat the South's Anti-Immigrant Wave by David Bacon, The Nation | April 20, 2012
All Mobbed Up by Digby , OurFuture.org | April 13, 2012
Voter Suppression 101: How Conservatives Are Conspiring to Disenfranchise Millions of Americans by Scott Keyes and Ian Millhiser and Tobin Van Ostern and Abraham White, alternet.org | April 8, 2012
'Big Government' Isn't the Problem, Big Money Is by Robert B. Reich, The Nation | March 23, 2012
The Enemies of Campaign Ad Transparency by Bill Moyers, https: | March 22, 2012
Could Corporations Take Tax Breaks on Political ‘Dark Money’? by Justin Elliot, propublica.org | March 20, 2012
Ryan, GOP Unveil Suicide Pact Today, Rejecting American Majority by Roger Hickey , OurFuture.org | March 19, 2012
“Political Dispatch” podcast: 7/11- Robert Borosage
We are happy to bring you another edition of our “Political Dispatch” podcast series from PoliticalBuzz.com. “PD” is a weekly series bringing you insight and analysis from the best political journalists and strategists as well as exclusive interviews with top politicians and campaign staffers. This week we talked with… more »
The Return of Sanity
November 9th, 2011
The common thread in yesterday’s unbroken string of Democratic and progressive victories was the popular rejection of right-wing overreach. The series of elections held across the country yesterday weren’t supposed to yield a coherent narrative. Yet a common theme emerged: Radical-right Republicans hit a wall last night all over the country, even on a conservative social issue in what may be the most socially conservative state in the nation. So can Democrats take some hope from last night’s results? Provisionally; sort of. If Barack Obama can make next year’s election a choice between his ineffectual moderation and the Republicans’ wacked-out lunacy, the Democrats should do well. If next year’s election is a referendum on his stewardship of the economy the Democrats will likely get clobbered. It’s clear that Americans have had it with Republican extremism. Whether that will be a decisive issue in 2012 is not yet apparent.
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