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Obama's Opening Moves

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 10, 2008.
Now is the time to mobilize so we can establish the style, pace and structure of Obama's presidency.

What Should Democrats Do Now?

By David Sirota, AlterNet. November 7, 2008.
Election 2008: Americans envision enormous progress in the months ahead, and Democrats will have no one to blame for failure but themselves.

Obama Has a Mandate to Spread the Wealth

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 6, 2008.
Election 2008: Barack Obama won the presidency after clearly saying that he wants to spread the wealth. Let's make him do it.

Census Ignores Same-Sex Couples

By Deb Price, AlterNet. November 3, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Lawmakers need data that tell truthful stories about America's diverse households -- yet another reason DOMA needs to get wheeled to the curb.

The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. November 3, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Our economy didn't melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington.

FDR vs. Reagan

By David Sirota, AlterNet. October 31, 2008.
Election 2008: The final stretch of the Presidential race has become an ideological proxy war between Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.

What Progressives Need to Do After November 4th

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 28, 2008.
Progressives must push for economic justice, health care for all, civil liberties, environmental protection and demilitarization.

Northeast States Take the Lead in the Battle for Gay Rights

By Deb Price, AlterNet. October 27, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Connecticut just legalized same-sex marriage. The next marriage-celebration fireworks will likely be set off in New Jersey, New York and Vermont.

Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on Taxes and Economic Issues

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. October 25, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Republicans push policies that redistribute income from working and middle-class Americans to the rich. No wonder people are turning to Obama.

Is John McCain Stupid, or Does He Think We Are?

By David Sirota, AlterNet. October 24, 2008.
Election 2008: That's the question, as he slams Obama for his plan to lower taxes on the middle class and raise them on the super-rich.

The Battle for Obama's Economic Soul

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 23, 2008.
Election 2008: Let's hope Obama continues to rely on economic advisers whose vision for the country extends beyond their own bank accounts.

The Battle for a Progressive Congress

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 22, 2008.
Election 2008: Moving a progressive agenda on Capitol Hill will take more than defeating Republicans. It will also require electing strong progressives.

Why You Should Work Less

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 20, 2008.
Americans are working longer hours and taking less time off -- an unhealthy habit that heightens stress and lowers life expectancy.

Senate Race Upset-orama: Political Earthquake Hits Oregon

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 20, 2008.
Election 2008: The ritzy elitist GOP senator from Oregon is the latest to find himself behind in the polls to a populist Democratic challenger.

Our Rights Are Under Attack

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 15, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Recent steps by the FBI and other law enforcement organizations have severely undermined the right to privacy.

News Media Propaganda Helped Push Through Failed Bailout

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 14, 2008.
Media and Technology: The news media played a pivotal role in stampeding the country into a bailout that was unwise and unjust.

Gay Americans Have a Friend in Obama

By Deb Price, AlterNet. October 13, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: With the exception of marriage, the Democrat supports all major gay rights.

Why the Bailout Won't Help

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The bailout's supporters said Congress had to do something to unfreeze the credit markets. It didn't work.

Henry Paulson: Good Businessman or Very Bad Communist?

By David Sirota, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Paulson looking to socialize risk and privatize gain? The answer could be the difference between economic disaster and recovery.

Progressives: Don't Underestimate the Power of McCain's Dirty Tricks

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Election 2008: Some progressives believe the McCain campaign is doomed. Let's not forget how low the Republicans will go to win.

McCain and Bush: Unconcerned with the Needs of Ordinary Americans

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 8, 2008.
Election 2008: McCain is not a perfect replica of George W. Bush. But neither man seems to have any sense of how we actually live or what we need from government.

Why It's Hard to Change People's Minds

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.
A new study shows that after being exposed to information contradicting their ideas, most people still cling to their prejudices.

Opposition to the Bailout Will Not Destroy America

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 1, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Instead of applauding representatives who, for once, heeded the public, the pundits blasted those who dared get out of line.

Let's Renegotiate NAFTA and the WTO Agreement

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. September 30, 2008.
Trade is not an end in itself -- the goal is to improve people's living standards.

Wall Street Bailout Takes Us Back to the U.S.S.R

By David Sirota, AlterNet. September 26, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Lawmakers are pushing kleptocratic socialism -- a system where the objective is theft.

Troy Davis Deserves a New Trial

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. September 25, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: The Supreme Court will decide Monday whether it will take Davis' case. If it doesn't, he likely will be executed, despite evidence of his innocence.

The Wild Stuff that Makes Its Way Around the Internet

By The Masher, AlterNet. September 23, 2008.
Media and Technology: You won't see this stuff in the mainstream media.

Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. September 22, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Free market ideology comes down to socialism for the rich, capitalism for everybody else.

What Obama Is Doing Wrong

By David Sirota, AlterNet. September 19, 2008.
Obama is eschewing the populism that could undermine the royalist Right and fix the economy. And the GOP is filling the resulting void.

The Wall Street Bailout: Why Politicians Can't Be Trusted

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. September 18, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Now that the government is bailing out the finance industry, taxpayers should be in the driver's seat -- not politicians beholden to Wall Street.

Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: This legislation would give employees a fighting chance to regain some of their lost rights.

Country First? Not for Republicans

By David Sirota, AlterNet. September 12, 2008.
Election 2008: As the RNC revealed, jingoism, partisanship, and Bible-thumping social conservatism seem to have priority over 'country' in the conservative mindset.

Are 'Real' Journalists Jealous of Jon Stewart?

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. September 12, 2008.
Media and Technology: It blows the conformist minds of big-name journalists to see "The Daily Show" regularly slam right-wing rulers.

Maddow's Debut Show Launches on MSNBC: She Fights Lies Uttered by Politicians, Repeated by Media

By The Masher, AlterNet. September 9, 2008.
Media and Technology: Maddow shows that smart, provocative, truth-telling journalism and commentary has a potential massive audience on cable TV.

In Fight Over Law Securing Workers' Right to Organize, Corporations Bill Themselves as Underdogs

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. September 5, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.

Palin Helps Alaska Get Rich Off Oil While the Rest of the Country Suffers

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. September 3, 2008.
Election 2008: We're all part of one nation. So why do the people of Alaska get a cut of oil company profits when the rest of us don't?

A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain's White House

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. September 1, 2008.
Election 2008: McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.

The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 29, 2008.
World: This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement.

If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. August 28, 2008.
Election 2008: Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.

Bolivia: Can the Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. August 27, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: A wealthy minority in Bolivia seems determined to thwart the changes demanded by a majority of the population.

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