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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.
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A Picket Line for Civil Liberties: Activists Target Nancy Pelosi for Supporting the Surveillance State
A group of over seventy Sonoma, Marin, and other Bay Area citizens, activists, and community leaders recently took House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to task for supporting …
Will Obama’s Second Term Finally Fulfill His 2008 Promises?
Part three in a series that examines pportunities for the Obama administration, in its second term, to finally pursue his 2008 campaign promise to restore civil liberties.
Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support for “Most Important Labor Action in Decades”
"If it does not prevail, you can be certain that the template for the attack on the union will be carried out across the country against other teachers’ unions …
Joan Walsh Talks With Truthout About What’s the Matter With White People
Born into an Irish middle class family in New York, Joan Walsh offers a personal and analytical perspective on why so many white working class families defected from the …
The Other ALECs’ K-12 Education Agenda Exposed
For over 30 years, corporate America and its allies on both sides of the political aisle have carried out an assault on US workers, pushing down wages, slashing benefits …
Conversation With Henry Giroux: Let Us Make Haste While We Can (Part III)
While President Obama has acted less progressively than candidate Obama spoke, there are immense democratic possibilities within his administration