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At a time in which voters are widely described as being in an anti-politician, anti-government rage, and with a particularly strident strain of conservatism portrayed as on the ascendancy, it might seem harder to support the conclusions of a series of Campaign for America's Future reports that portray America as fundamentally a "center-left" nation. more »

Zach Carter discusses the road ahead on the Senate financial reform fight. In the wake of demonstrations on Wall Street on Thursday, he sounds an optimistic note about the ability of progressives to influence the upcoming floor debate on Sen. Christopher Dodd's legislation and lays out where progressives should focus their attention.

Isaiah Poole interviews George Goehl of National People's Action, which is leading a series of actions against Wall Street financial institutions designed to rein in the Wall Street casino and hold the bailout barons accountable. more »

In this video, CNN's decision to air four hours of programming based on conservative deficit propaganda from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation is subjected to a forceful take-down by Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey and Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. more »

To celebrate the passage of health-care reform, we're highlighting this mash-up of will.i.am's groundbreaking 2008 "Yes We Can" music video with the signature line from House Minority Leader John Boehner's speech against health-care reform before it passed the House March 21, 2010.

Democrat Nancy Pelosi and Republican John Boehner made the final arguments for their parties before the House voted in favor of President Barack Obama's health care reform overhaul.

Progressive Caucus member Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., explains his support for the Local Jobs for America bill, which progressive activists consider one of the most important actions Congress can take this year to help lower the unemployment rate and jump-start the economy. more »

On March 9th, thousands of people performed a citizens' arrest of the insurance companies as they were meeting in Washington, DC to plot to kill health reform.

We need reform, we need it now, and we won't let their lobbyists or their money stop Congress from passing it. We will fight, and we will win.

Health insurance executives who came to Washington's Ritz-Carlton Hotel for their big trade conference on March 9 were greeted by a "citizen's posse" armed with arrest warrants charging them with crimes ranging from fraud to the involuntary manslaughter of 45,000 people who could not get health coverage. more »

Syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post offers his prescription for how President Obama and congressional Democrats can regain political traction in the wake of the Massachusetts Senate election that cost the Democrats its filibuster-proof majority. He says that the Democrats get into a "useless argument" over whether to move to the left or to the center. more »