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Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom; Will She Change Her Mind on Welfare Reform?
If the first few weeks of her presidential campaign are any sign, she's staking out ground firmly on the left.
Our America Initiative Will Sue Commission on Presidential Debates
The Our America Initiative has just released a powerful video exposing the fraud of the privately-owned Commission on Presidential Debates.
Elizabeth Warren Strikes Back as Citigroup Tries to Blackmail the Democratic Party
An unusual move by a thin-skinned too big to fail bank, Citigroup, to slap down the finance-skeptic faction of the Democratic party appears to be backfiring.
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Five Reasons No Progressive Should Support Hillary Clinton
In five key policy areas, Clinton has maintained positions to the right of liberal - and certainly not progressive.
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Thanksgiving and the Socialist Imaginary
Mainstream progressive politicians lack utopia, a vision of a fundamentally different society.
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Social Movements Need To Be Aware of Corporate Influence and Opportunists
Activists should learn from Occupy about the dangers of being co opted.
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Realistic Left Politics in Texas
In Texas and everywhere else, a realistic politics should challenge not only obvious opponents on the right, but untrustworthy allies in the center.
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Liberals Face a Hard Day’s Knight?
Democrats and liberals have become too fixated on election results, kowtowing to the status quo.
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Will Hillary Clinton Support Obama’s Peace Initiative With Iran?
As Hilary Clinton takes the forefront as a political superstar in the Democratic Party, many are urging her to use to power to push peace efforts through on the …
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Will the Tea Party Pay for the Shutdown?
The Democratic Party's failure to seriously challenge Wall Street could allow the Tea Party to hold on to the populist mantle.