Stories by Micah L. Sifry
MoveOn's popular Flickr photo-sharing account shows how political causes can engage people who are already socializing online.
Posted on Dec 24, 2005
Thanks to web-savvy agitators, insiderism and elitism are under heavy attack. The era of top-down politics is over.
Posted on Jan 20, 2005
Maine and Arizona voters reaped the benefits of their public funded clean election systems on Nov. 2.
Posted on Dec 6, 2004
Regardless of who won the election, it can't be denied that technology is energizing participation in electoral politics, and enabling the campaigns that use it.
Posted on Nov 3, 2004
Forget the speeches at the Fleet Center. The real fun for the politicians has been at the corporate-sponsored parties held in their honor.
Posted on Jul 28, 2004
Market Democracy: It's payback time for the wealthy and corporate interests who have reaped huge royalties for their support of the president.
Posted on Jun 25, 2003
While public interest in third parties remains high, the mainstream press continues to dismiss alternative candidates, be it Jesse Ventura or Ralph Nader.
Posted on Apr 22, 2002
Ralph Nader's meager returns in the election have spawned hard questions. Did his campaign drift too far left? Was Winnona LaDuke the right running mate? Did the Green party help or hurt him? Third party expert Micah Sifry finds out.
Posted on Nov 28, 2000
After the smoke clears, will the chaotic Little Campaign that Could still be standing? What is the future of this "new, progressive political movement" Nader says he's building?
Posted on Nov 3, 2000
How can we explain Nader's surge, when Third Party candidates, especially those who lack money and media attention, traditionally fade in the last weeks before an election?
Posted on Oct 31, 2000
The Supreme Court made a critical decision on Monday that shocked Republican ideologues and warmed the hearts of activists everywhere working for campaign finance reform. The decision affirmed what nearly every American believes: that big money plays a pernicious role in our politics and that we have a compelling interest to reduce corruption.
Posted on Apr 26, 2000
Whether it's to reconcile the conflicts between expectations and reality, or to justify the unjustifiable, all politicians lie; it's the nature of their work. The public knows this, indeed, many citizens take pleasure in spotting their leaders as they lie. In most cases, their body language gives them away. Richard Nixon would blink quickly. Jimmy Carter smiled.(In his own mind, Ronald Reagan never lied--hence no cues.) Clinton bites his lower lip.
The problem with political body language is it can't be read in print. You have to be watching to catch them fibbing. That's why Newt Gingrich's verbal tic is so handy. Every time he says "frankly" you know some kind of lie is coming.
Posted on Apr 26, 2000
