Stories by Donnell Alexander
Seven Days, Vermont's alternative newsweekly, gave a thorough review of Start Making Sense this week that we really enjoyed chewing on. Ever the opinionated one, tho, I want to respond to reviewer Ken Picard's commentary...
Posted on May 31, 2005
Laura Flanders, one of the most amazing progressive women ever, interviewed Lakshmi Chaudhry and Van Jones on Your Call on Thursday, May 26. Listen online as they talk about Start Making Sense, and talk to...
Posted on May 29, 2005
The youth turnout rate was the largest demographic jump in 2004 -- an increase of a whopping 11 percent. Check this out, courtesy of CIRCLE: New Census Bureau data released today shows that the voter...
Posted on May 27, 2005
Loads of you have written to me railing against the current electoral system and the myriad of problems with it, predominantly with electronic voting. "How can 'freedom' truly exist in a country that cannot even...
Posted on May 25, 2005
Last night's compromise thoroughly endangers progressive agendas everywhere on every level... Evan blogged a great entry over in Peek, courtesy of Huffington Post which sums it up neatly. Find your senators now and tell them...
Posted on May 24, 2005
Just got this in for anyone in the Boston area who's interested in attending a forum on Asian Americans' role in politics:The Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts and The Asian American Center at Northeastern...
Posted on May 23, 2005
Planned Parenthood has just launched a phenomenal campaign to go after pharmacists who refuse on "moral" grounds to dispense birth control pills -- including emergency contraception -- to women. Check out FillMyPillsNow.com for loads of...
Posted on May 18, 2005
People for the American Way has set up an incredible one-stop-shopping resource for all things related to stopping the nuclear option on the Senate filibuster -- this is a must-see and must-do for anyone interested...
Posted on May 16, 2005
The wonders of technology -- you can now listen to the panel discussion that launched the Start Making Sense book tour on May 4th in San Francisco. Introduced by Don Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet,...
Posted on May 12, 2005
I've always been a fan of Sojourners and their message of peace... and now they're having monthly meet-ups to discuss Jim Wallis' new book, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left...
Posted on May 10, 2005
The AFL-CIO Working Families group sent out this info about how Bush's Social Security plan affects Minnesotans: Seventy percent of Minnesota's Social Security recipients--535,367 Minnesotans--would lose an average of about $258 a month if the...
Posted on May 9, 2005
We received word from our publishers, Chelsea Green, this week that the book is already entering its second printing -- and it just hit stores this week! If you don't have your copy yet, you...
Posted on May 8, 2005
Attention, Oregonians... this was just sent to us: Registration is now open for Democracy for Oregon's first annual Progressive Leadership Summit on May 21st at Portland State University. The Summit--which features keynotes by Congressman Earl...
Posted on May 6, 2005
This just in from the Rapid Response Network: Issue: The committee which will be choosing NY's voting machines seems to be dragging its feet. As Bo Lipari explains in his email message (following in full,...
Posted on May 2, 2005
Attention readers in Minneapolis! There's a workshop happening next month about organizing for young people in communities of color: The Center for Civic Participation and the League of Rural Voters present a one-day workshop for...
Posted on Apr 27, 2005
MoveOn is organizing local rallies on Wednesday to stop Cheney and Frist in their tracks: http://www.moveonpac.org/event/judicialrallies/ You can look for one near you, or host your own if there's not one in your town yet!...
Posted on Apr 25, 2005
lterNet reader Mark Perloe wrote in to tell us about the houseparties they've been organizing in Georgia:In Georgia, we have put together a task force that is exploring ways to bring disparate groups of Democrats...
Posted on Apr 21, 2005
Tom Cosgrove wrote a great open letter to Howard Dean... he calls for a mid-term convention for the DNC. One big pow-wow for getting the D's act together. Read more here....
Posted on Apr 19, 2005
NARAL has launched a new legislative tracker that breaks down anti- and pro-choice legislation currently pending in states' legislative bodies. Check it out -- and then use the SEIU's representative finder to tell your local...
Posted on Apr 18, 2005
Concerned about election reform? Back at the end of January, members of various election reform groups met in Casewood, Ohio to address concerns post-election. Among the 120 people present were members of CASE-Ohio, Ohio Vigilance,...
Posted on Apr 17, 2005
According to a Broadcasting and Cable article on Apr. 4, the Pope drew up guidelines for the ever-advancing world of technology and news dissemination in an Apostolic Letter in late January. The following is an...
Posted on Apr 6, 2005
Since the Bush administration hasn't been interested in listening to any dissenting opinions on the federal deficit, the World Bank has now stepped up to the mic and issued a warning: The incredibly high U.S....
Posted on Apr 6, 2005
Evan has unfortunately succumbed to the flu for the day, and we've decided that his Theraflu-induced rantings weren't really appropriate for Peek today. He'll be back tomorrow; in the meantime, I'll be keeping an eye...
Posted on Apr 6, 2005
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