Mike Lux, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2009. One central goal should drive all progressives initiatives over financial policy: the biggest banks should have less economic and political power.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Health and Wellness. January 28, 2009. Hard to imagine why Obama didn't want to keep Mark Dybol around ... oh right, the whole hating on women and condoms stuff.
Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2009. Paul Krugman worries that President-elect Obama is relying too much on tax cuts in his stimulus plan in an effort to appease Republicans.
Staff, The Progress Report AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2009. President-elect Obama is moving forward with what he has billed as his top priority: the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan."
David Bacon, The Nation. November 26, 2008. A new administration that has raised such high expectations should look for new ideas, not recycle the bad ones of the last few years.
David Sirota, Open Left. November 26, 2008. Obama's early list of names for his staff doesn't bode well for all the progressive policy promises Obama made during the campaign.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Election 2008. November 10, 2008. Some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 10, 2008. Outside of a few social issues, Americans are firmly in the progressive camp, but that hasn't prevented a lot of bloviating to the contrary.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Election 2008. October 13, 2008. Obama struck an optimistic yet pragmatic tone in a policy speech on the economy today.
Sarah Bates, Science Progress. July 16, 2008. While some are proposing a new national water commission, others have a different idea that is less talk and more action.
Joe Brewer, George Lakoff, The Rockridge Institute. February 28, 2008. How politicians communicate has more influence than policy details. Why else would the public accept destructive practices like domestic spying?
Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. May 23, 2007. No one seems to like the Senate immigration bill in its current form-- except President Bush and New York Times columnist David Brooks.
Kari Lydersen, In These Times. March 9, 2007. The Bush administration is muscling its way past environmental protections by dictating how federal agencies interpret and enforce policies.
Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. January 24, 2007. There was little to nothing for middle class Americans and those struggling to become middle class in last night's State of the Union address. Here's some facts on why.
Sen. Russ Feingold, TomPaine.com. November 21, 2006. Setting a target date for redeploying American troops is critical not just for the future of Iraq but for our national security.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. October 11, 2006. In 2002, Bush put North Korea on a list of potential targets for U.S. nuclear weapons. It's no surprise, then, that Kim Jong Il has responded by creating a threat of his own.
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. October 9, 2006. I realize that foreign relations were never W's strong suit, but his public response to North Korea's nuclear test was pathetic.
