Democrats

In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …

No doubt there are Republicans who are both racist and politically unprincipled in their attitudes to President Obama.

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson chose not to believe Americans were condemned to “soulless wealth” and elucidated a new version of American exceptionalism, “The Great Society.”

The increasing popularity of French economist Thomas Piketty's book points to how Democrats hope to make inequality a political issue in November elections.

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus see activism and organization as key to Democratic turnout in the midterms, but activists are looking for a politics that puts people and …

Unlike most government officials, Leon Panetta's reputation has been protected even after the former CIA director offered up highly classified material to an unsecured crowd.

Activists should learn from Occupy about the dangers of being co opted.

The relationship between the Democratic Party and people working for change may result in getting the progressive agenda onto the political agenda.

An enduring Watergate mystery is whether Democratic powerbroker Robert Strauss earned his GOP spurs by secretly helping the Republicans in the spy scandal.

If the Democrats are wondering why their electoral chances in the mid-terms are looking so dismal, they should look no further than the progressive wing of their own increasingly …