Special Coverage: Politics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 23, 2009.
Harry Reid may have gotten the Senate to move his health-care bill forward, but a handful of conservative Democrats could still keep the bill from getting a final vote.

New Right-Wing Craze: Using Bible Quote to Pray That Obama’s 'Days Be Few'

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress. November 20, 2009.
A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.
Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.

Forty Years After Its First Episode, Sesame Street Is Still Saving the World

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 19, 2009.
Thanks to lots of research (and, of course, to Jim Henson's genius), Sesame Street continues to aid in early childhood development.

Iraq Throws Obama a Curve Ball, Key 2010 Elections in Peril

Raed Jarrar, Erik Leaver, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Obama has muddied the waters in his response to the current election crisis.

Organizers Fire up Grassroots for Immigration Reform Fight Ahead

Marcelo Ballve, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Organizers are putting together a series of “house parties” after the White House said it was preparing to push Congress on immigration reform early in 2010.

Is House Health Care Bill a Threat to Our Constitution?

Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. November 18, 2009.
The House health-care bill isn't just a threat to women's rights; with the Stupak amendment, it's a breach of the Constitution.

Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. November 18, 2009.
To liberals, she epitomizes the anti-choice far right of the GOP. But to American Right to Life, Sarah Palin is not pure enough.

A Year After the 2008 Election Galvanized Young Voters and Organizers, Where Are They Now?

Elizabeth Méndez Berry, The Nation. November 17, 2009.
Getting to the bottom of who the "Yes We Can" generation really is.

An Open Letter to Harry Reid: Here's How to Cut Health Care Costs

Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 17, 2009.
Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle.

Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?

Does Racism Drive Opposition to Health Reform?

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2009.
In a recent study, prejudiced people were more likely to support the health plan when it was linked to Bill Clinton, than when it was linked to Obama.

Supremes Hear Case Hinging on Immigrants' Right to Get Cases Reviewed in Fed Courts

Beth Werlin, Immigration Impact. November 17, 2009.
The case may hinge on a technical matter, but the case highlights an important legal principle.

Copenhagen: An Anti-Globalization Movement Comes of Age

Naomi Klein, The Nation. November 16, 2009.
Ten years after the Seattle protests, climate activists are poised to make the U.N. climate change summit their "growing up party."

American Youth in the 21st Century: Pathologized, Criminalized and Disposable

Henry A. Giroux, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.
Young people today face imprisonment, the prescription of psychotropic drugs, psychiatric confinement, and zero tolerance policies that model schools after prisons.

Immigration Hardliners Gearing Up to Kill Pragmatic Reform Once Again

Maribel Hastings, America's Voice. November 16, 2009.
Organized anti-immigrant groups range from extremist neo-Nazi organizations to respected Washington, D.C.-based think tanks.

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.
First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage.

Napolitano Signals Reform to Come in First Major Discussion of Immigration

Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. November 15, 2009.
Napolitano challenged Congress to do its share, to be brave enough to give her the tools she needs to enforce and transform our immigration laws.

Lou Dobbs Is History at CNN ... Now What?

Angelo Falcón, New America Media. November 14, 2009.
Will we be seeing more Latino executives, anchors, commentators, contributors, and producers at CNN?

Sarah Palin's Poison: The Secret of Her Right-Wing Success

Richard Kim , Betsy Reed, The Nation. November 14, 2009.
Some may secretly relish the embarrassing spectacle that is Sarah Palin. But she's dangerous; the more we chuckle, the more indignant her army becomes.

The Democratic Party: Whose Team Is It, Anyway?

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. November 14, 2009.
In the wake of the passage by Democrats of a radical anti-abortion measure, Democratic women are asking, "Whose party is this?"

Memo to the Tea-Baggers: God and Country Aren't with You

Glynn Wilson, Locust Forks News-Journal. November 14, 2009.
You don't appear to know what "freedom" means.

Single Payer Now!

Sen. Bernie Sanders. November 13, 2009.
In my view, the real solution to the problem of how to reform health care in this country is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.

Why the Catholic Bishops Who Pushed Through the Stupak Amendment Are Hypocrites

Jon O'Brien and Nancy Keenan, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.
The same language the bishops thought too weak to truly ban public funding for abortion maintains their charities' own access to public money.

How Catholic Bishops Threw the Health Care Debate into Turmoil with Anti-Abortion Maneuver

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 12, 2009.
It took a virulently anti-choice measure to pass the House's health care reform legislation. Progressives are strategizing how to keep it from the final bill.

VIDEO: Stand With the Vets, Say No to Obama

Robert Greenwald. November 11, 2009.
News reports indicate that in the next few weeks, President Obama plans to announce his decision to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

Immigrants and Health-Care: What Part of LEGAL Doesn't Washington Understand?

Marielena Hincapié, New America Media. November 11, 2009.
Congress inexplicably restricts low-income legal immigrants from the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, which provide a modicum of security for the most vulnerable.

Afghanistan Is Worse Off Than Ever, Thanks to the Sham Army We're Propping Up

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 11, 2009.
Cultural barriers and naked corruption have rendered the Afghan National Army completely inept.

Recent Democratic Victories May Grease the Wheels for Immigration Reform in Congress

Marcelo Balive, New America Media. November 10, 2009.
The House's shift is modest. But it might be just what's needed to enact meaningful changes to our immigration policy.

What Obama Is Up Against in His Own Branch of Government

Russ Baker, TruthOut.org. November 10, 2009.
Americans harbor a quaint belief a new president takes charge of a govt. eagerly awaiting his orders. But there are huge power centers that have their own agendas.

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