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The Margin Walker

Veteran punk rocker Ian MacKaye on what has shocked him most during the Bush Era and why Obama gives him hope

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Dear Brother Obama, You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being… more

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22 to Know

Our Picks for an Obama Cabinet: Parts 1 & 2

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Loyalty First

Palin's selection doesn't augur well for Washington's warped nomination process

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A Post-Rational Society?

The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again this week, bashing Barack… more

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Dixie Turning Blue

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's tepid keynote address to the Democratic convention Tuesday night was little noted and… more

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Moving Obama Left

After Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) secured his party's nomination in June, his tightly knit campaign message began to… more

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Keep the Heat on Obama

In 1992, when Bill Clinton won the Democratic nomination, Washington progressives -- the leaders of unions, think tanks… more

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Will Obama Wave Bayh Bye to the White House?

If you believe the chatter, Barack Obama is desperately seeking a white guy -- any white guy --… more

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Poison Pill Slipped Into Indian Health Bill

Pro-life amendment used to derail legislation

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Holding Barack Accountable

In recent weeks, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has treated his supporters to a series of unsettling revelations about… more

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Dismantling the Myth of McCain

How the Republican senator's maverick image is a sham

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ICE Cold to Kids

At 10 a.m. on May 12, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended on a meat processing plant… more

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An Anti-Clinton For VP

You can't turn on a television or have a conversation about politics without being accosted by speculation about… more

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Why Democrats Won’t Stop the War

The nationwide opposition to the Iraq War is based on a host of populist impulses. Some people hate… more

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Winning the White Working Class

Tom Lewandowski, a former General Electric factory worker, heads the central labor union council in this northeastern Indiana… more

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The Democrats’ Path to Victory

The public demand for progressive politics is growing stronger

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Primary Importance

For leaders of interest groups and social movements, power comes from being able to show elected officials that you know who, where, and how numerous these hell-or-high-water voters are within your ranks, and within their districts, at all times

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iPower to the People

The perils and promise of point-and-click politics

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Talking American Democracy in China

Chinese democracy does not involve much voting, awareness of how the government works, information about politics, or what I like to call "facts," yet the Chinese government claims to be democratic, and many of my Chinese friends will agree that this is true

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The Left’s Identity Crisis

What does it mean to be a progressive in 2007? What do we stand for? What do we believe in?

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A Campaign of Ones Own

Connie Schultz talks about her column, feminism, endorsing Hillary, and her lovely husband, Ohio senator Sherrod Brown

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Obama’s in the Eye of the Beholder

Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive and a post-ideological unifier?

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Trending Toward Inanity

Mark Penn's new book, Microtrends, is so epically awful that it could take the entire polling industry down with it

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Universal Health Care for Wisconsin?

In late June, the Wisconsin state senate ratified "Healthy Wisconsin," a plan that is "the boldest and most comprehensive health care reform from any state," according to the Progressive States Network

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Bloomberg Could Tie Centrists in Knots

If the New York mayor runs, he will stymie the ability of the Democratic nominee to play both sides of the fence on issues like guns, gay rights, immigration and choice

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The Enduring Lies of Ronald Reagan

Though the GOP continues to canonize the fortieth president, we can't forget his legacy as a liar and a foreign policy flop

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At What Price Victory?

In order to pass their budget, House Democrats have proposed increasing the funding of a harmful abstinence-only program

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Dancing Into the Majority

Once alienated, grassroots activists are finding ways to work with the Democratic Party establishment

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Jeremy Horton

"I was always politically interested and involved, but I'd never really done anything in politics before 2000," Jeremy… more

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Paula Villescaz

Villescaz's first serious foray into Democratic politics occurred last summer when she attended the state party convention as… more

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Hello, Im a Democrat

Meet the netroots activists who have moved online and into political office

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Obamas Base: Broader Than Black

Black leaders, be wary. If you eschew the Obama phenomenon, you may have to pay a price. On… more

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Dreaming Up New Politics

Thinking different in an age of fantasy

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Upon Her Shoulder: Women Gain Wider Role in Government and Politics

When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to Washington's Kennedy Center in late December to take in "The… more

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We Are All Waiters Now

Why higher taxes would make Americans happier, and why, despite this, we still won't raise them

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Outing is In Again

Did Bill Maher break the Barney Frank Rule?

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The Second Clinton Ascendancy

On a post-election edition of PBS's "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," presidential historian Richard Norton Smith told… more

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Turning Back the Tax Revolt

Voters reject "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" spending cap measures and tax cuts across the country, paving the way to funding progressive priorities.

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The CBC and Speaker Pelosi

Progressive members of the Congresssional Black Caucus poised to chair committees, meanwhile "Blue Dog" and "New" Democrats pulling the party to the center.

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