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On AlterNet: progressive

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "progressive"

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: My New Online Show from Brave New Films

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: My New Online Show from Brave New Films

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: World. August 10, 2009.
I hope you’ll join me for my new show, Senator Sanders Unfiltered produced by Brave New Films. Follow my show on Twitter at SandersShow.

Bogus Think Tank

Bogus Think Tank "Third Way" Pops Up to Thwart Health Care Reform

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. June 30, 2009.
Third Way is drenched in corporate money, tangled in ties to big business and bent on Clintonian triangulation. How dare it call itself progressive?

Naomi Klein: The Financial Crisis Presents a Huge Opportunity for Change -- We Can't Let Obama Blow It

Naomi Klein: The Financial Crisis Presents a Huge Opportunity for Change -- We Can't Let Obama Blow It

Naomi Klein, AlterNet. June 13, 2009.
There is nothing undemocratic about pushing through a set of radical policies that will actually solve the crisis.

Rachel Maddow: Right-Wing Terrorism Must Be Stopped

Rachel Maddow: Right-Wing Terrorism Must Be Stopped

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC. June 8, 2009.
The tactics of anti-choice extremists are designed to change policy by terrorizing Americans. How do we stop them from committing violent acts?

Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. June 1, 2009.
MSNBC's star pundits have positioned the network as the progressive alternative to Fox.

Equal Rights: Iowa, Vermont, DC ... Virginia next?

Equal Rights: Iowa, Vermont, DC ... Virginia next?

Adam Green, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 9, 2009.
"As a delegate, I'll make it one of my top priorities to ensure civil liberties for all Virginians."

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Change Moment

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Change Moment

ZP Heller, Open Left AlterNet: Video. March 3, 2009.
Applying Mike Lux's recipe for progressive change in Congress.

Obama Goes Big: Spending Plans Are a Major Break from the Politics of the Past 30 Years

Obama Goes Big: Spending Plans Are a Major Break from the Politics of the Past 30 Years

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. February 28, 2009.
President Obama's new budget represents a clean split, and a lot of promise for future progressive programs.

Cutting Social Security Should Not Be on the Table

Cutting Social Security Should Not Be on the Table

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. February 20, 2009.
When did the "liberal" position become that "modest tax hikes and benefit cuts on social security" are necessary?

Hot: Celebrating Valentine's Day, Rachel Maddow Style

Hot: Celebrating Valentine's Day, Rachel Maddow Style

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 12, 2009.
Ok ... not so much hot as fun and silly.

Towards an Economic System That Works for People and the Planet

Towards an Economic System That Works for People and the Planet

John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies. December 9, 2008.
A civil society statement on the G20 summit from IPS Director John Cavanagh and coalition members.

Stop Hating: Here's Why Obama Is a Progressive

Stop Hating: Here's Why Obama Is a Progressive

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2008.
Do you even begin to understand what we've accomplished (and what we averted)?

Setting Sights at the Top is the Key to Governing from the Middle

Setting Sights at the Top is the Key to Governing from the Middle

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 13, 2008.
To govern effectively for the middle of America's economic ladder, Obama is going to have to take aim at the top.

The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller, The Nation AlterNet: Video. September 16, 2008.
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.

Jim Hightower, Raising Hell

Jim Hightower, Raising Hell

Jonathan Rowe, YES! Magazine. August 20, 2008.
The Texas populist's new book shows how ordinary Americans can in fact make a difference, and have.

Are Obama's Supporters Getting a Centrist Candidate They Never Bargained for?

Are Obama's Supporters Getting a Centrist Candidate They Never Bargained for?

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. July 1, 2008.
We could -- and still might -- do a lot worse than a rerun of the Clinton years. But Mr. Obama’s most fervent supporters expect much more.

Is Obama a Conservative or a Progressive Realist?

Is Obama a Conservative or a Progressive Realist?

Isaac Fitzgerald, The Real News Network AlterNet: Video. June 30, 2008.
Eric Alterman and Pepe Escobar duke it out over Obama's recent moves on the campaign trail.

Progressive Philanthropist and Radish-lover Stewart R. Mott Dies

Progressive Philanthropist and Radish-lover Stewart R. Mott Dies

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 18, 2008.
Bloggers pay their respects to eccentric patron of liberal causes.

Move over Book-of-the-Month: New book club courts liberals

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2008.
Lefty book club step forward in progressive infrastructure-building.

Progressive Religious Leaders Drowned Out in Conversations About Sex

Progressive Religious Leaders Drowned Out in Conversations About Sex

Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check. June 6, 2008.
Mainstream media perpetuate the false assumption that sex and family values don't mix by only talking to conservatives about religion and sexuality.

Obama's Economic Go-to Guy

Obama's Economic Go-to Guy

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. March 12, 2008.
A self-described 'centrist' is minding Barack Obama's economic policy store.

'Cancer' in the Congressional Black Caucus as That Body Has Become Increasingly Pro-Corporate and Anti-Community

'Cancer' in the Congressional Black Caucus as That Body Has Become Increasingly Pro-Corporate and Anti-Community

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. November 17, 2007.
The cancer in the Caucus must be removed one cell at a time, but it requires courageous candidates backed by enough non-corporate money to go the distance.

Progressive NYT Columnist Bob Herbert Is Doing God's Work ...

Progressive NYT Columnist Bob Herbert Is Doing God's Work ...

T. A. Frank, Washington Monthly. October 30, 2007.
... Too bad some people don't think it's exciting enough.

Self-Declared Liberals Have Nothing to Be Afraid of

Self-Declared Liberals Have Nothing to Be Afraid of

Greg Colvin, AlterNet. September 21, 2007.
Should we bury the word "liberal" and try to define ourselves along a spectrum that puts progressives on the left side and conservatives on the right? No, for several good reasons.

Bloggers and Billionaires, MoveOn and Howard Dean: The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

Bloggers and Billionaires, MoveOn and Howard Dean: The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

Don Hazen, AlterNet. August 21, 2007.
Matt Bai's new book, The Argument, pits Washington insiders against the progressive rebellion for control of the Democratic Party, but he's spent too much time inside the Beltway to get the story right.