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Who We Are and Why We Fight: "People Who Do Drugs, and People Who Don't, Will End the War on Drugs"

Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

The foremost U.S. authority on the harm of the drug war paints a clear and brilliant picture of the path to a better future.

Doom Is Not Inevitable: Hope Is Out There, We Just Have to Work For It

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com. July 31, 2011.

They may not make it into mainstream news, but hard working activists who understand that hope is not guaranteed continue to give us reasons to be optimistic.

Change or Die: How People Cling to Outdated Traditions That Will Hurt Them in The Long Run

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

A debate within a gentlemen's club reveals how some men cling to outdated sexist traditions that may come back to haunt them.

Let's Bring Love and Revolution Together

Grace Lee Boggs, Boggs Center. July 24, 2009.

Radical activist for more than sixty years, Boggs says a new generation of change-makers have embraced the idea of love to bring about revolution.

How to Reframe the Poverty Debate

Margy Waller, The Mobility Agenda. December 2, 2008.

The policy discussions we're currently having about poverty will not lead to much progress.

Republicans Turn to Dirty Tactics in Georgia

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 23, 2008.

Of all the issues Republicans could have picked, this has to be the most offensive.

Desperate Republicans See Georgia Senate Runoff as a 'Firewall' Against Progress

Blue Texan, Firedoglake. November 13, 2008.

With races in Alaska and Minnesota not going well for them, the GOP is determined to hold on to Saxby Chambliss' seat.

Here Are the Real Numbers That Tally Iraq's 'Progress'

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. September 10, 2007.

As Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus prepares to give his own cooked-up statistics on the 'progress' in Iraq, here's the rundown on the numbers that give the true picture of what a disaster the occupation has been.