On AlterNet: progressives
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "progressives"
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. April 21, 2008.
Obama has the potential to become as great a president as FDR, while activists have the potential to prompt change comparable to the New Deal.
Kerry Trueman, Take Part AlterNet: PEEK. March 24, 2008.
He’s faster than a speeding blog post! More powerful than a local motormouth! Able to leap tall blowhards in a single soundbite!
Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future. March 15, 2008.
Part III of a series exploring how conservatives took their worldview to the streets, undermining long-held views about government and society.
John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. March 13, 2008.
Paterson has been handed a remarkable opportunity to be not just a state officials but a national leader.
Sara Robinson, TomPaine.com. March 13, 2008.
The same strategies that allowed Conservatives to take control of the country can help us undo their damage. (Part one in a series.)
William Astore, Tomdispatch.com. February 6, 2008.
The military is not from Mars. We must understand its endless appeal if we ever hope to change it.
Jonathan Stein, Mother Jones AlterNet: Election 2008. January 31, 2008.
Regardless of how legitimate the numbers are, Obama has now been tagged. Will Hillary Clinton use it against him?
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: MediaCulture. January 17, 2008.
Stewart picks apart Goldberg's insane and disingenuous attempts to link modern progressivism with fascism in a testy interview.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. January 14, 2008.
The Democrats' fizzle in the face of the power-grabbing Bush administration is doing serious damage to America's political psyche.
John Halpin, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. November 15, 2007.
These advertisements seek to explain the progressive movement's core values and policy ideas, its historical accomplishments, and its philosophical differences with conservatives.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2007.
Steve Benen: London's Telegraph has finished its lists of the most influential liberals and conservatives in the U.S. Some of the finalists are, well, odd.
Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 13, 2007.
The failure by the current administration and its congressional allies to care for America's children gives progressives the opportunity to reclaim an area they've tragically neglected.
Jeanine Plant, AlterNet. May 8, 2007.
This fall, viewers will say goodbye to Rosie O'Donnell, a woman who, in spite of her unorthodox voice and often polarizing views, remains overwhelmingly popular. So what is it about this social misfit that so attracts the public?
Don Hazen, AlterNet. March 30, 2007.
10 questions for MoveOn.org's co-founders Wes Boyd and Joan Blades about the recent progressive debate over how Democrats in Congress approached stopping the war in Iraq and their plans for the future.
Zack Exley, In These Times. March 21, 2007.
Some churches have left progressives in the dust in terms of serving and engaging people directly. Now, a new evangelical movement offers tips for the left.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2007.
What is it?
Martin Kearns, Jonathan Schwartz, TomPaine.com. February 6, 2007.
Wikipedia, one of the Web's most valuable resources, is based on thousands of volunteers. Can progressives make that same power of networked volunteers work for us?
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. January 23, 2007.
"He's weak, and you sense he knows it." Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is "Flummoxed!"
Nick Pinto, AlterNet. January 18, 2007.
Social club? Revolution? A new progressive organization takes politics into the barroom and just about everywhere else.
Jonathan Tasini, TomPaine.com. January 3, 2007.
Let's start off the new year with some real resolutions like universal health care and a nationwide free wireless network.
Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2006.
40 Facts on The State of Inequality in America
Molly Ivins, AlterNet. November 9, 2006.
The Democrats won this election because we are involved in a disastrous war. We know how to do this: Declare victory, and go home.
Andrew Gumbel, Huffington Post. November 9, 2006.
Karl Rove's dream of ushering in a generation of Republican rule is officially dead. What now?
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. November 9, 2006.
In the 24 states that voted to raise their minimum wages, it just got a bit more worthwhile to get up for work each morning.
David Roberts, Grist.org. November 8, 2006.
Another reason to get happy: The anti-enviro Rep. Richard 'Dick' Pombo (who embodied the cozy corruption of the 109th Congress) is no more.
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