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Shifting the Balance of the Class War
When the history of the early 21st century is debated a hundred years hence, perhaps a central point of contention will be the variant forms used by capitalists to …
The Age of Activism
The world is convulsed in protest. In recent months, people have filled the streets in the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa, and many parts of the United States. Their …
Failure to Open “New Chapter of Engagement” Will Dog President Obama on Visit to Latin America
When President Obama embarks on his trip to Latin America this week, he will encounter a very different political environment than he found at the Summit of the Americas …
Class Warfare, the Final Chapter
“There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.” -Warren Buffett to The New York Times, November 26, 2006 There …
The Embarrassments of Empire: Washington Wonders What to Say About Arab Freedom
From Egypt to Pakistan, February 2011 will be remembered as a month unusually full of the embarrassments of empire. Americans were enthralled by a spectacle of liberty in which …
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Walking the Walk
Read the Articles Below: Help Obama Find His Shoes The Betrayal of America's Middle Class Was a Choice, Not an Accident: An Interview With Authors Donald Barlett and James …
Peter King: Reactionary, Rash and Wrong
Rep. Peter King (R-New York) is a tough guy - the kind of man you call on to do distasteful, but necessary things. In his first hearing since regaining …
Peter King: Reactionary, Rash and Wrong
Rep. Peter T. King (R-New York), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 29, 2010. (Photo: Drew Angerer / …
Public Teachers: America’s New “Welfare Queens” (2)
Protesters in Tallahassee, Florida on February 26, 2011. (Photo: A Florida Studio) In 1976, on a failed campaign to the White House, Ronald Reagan coined one of …
Introducing the Progressive Strategy Handbook
Are you ready to build the progressive movement that America desperately needs? This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. We’ve finished writing the Progressive Strategy Handbook that you …