(5 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Arizona Law Highlights Need for Meaningful Reform Most Americans want immediate action on comprehensive immigration reform, new polling data revealed this week.

SHARE        Tuesday, August 18, 2009
State Legislators Press for Public Option in Health Reform On the heels of media reports that the Obama administration might support a Senate bill that excludes a public insurance program, the White House Working Group of State Legislators for Health Reform reiterated its support for a health reform package that includes a public insurance option.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, August 15, 2009
Fox News: Still Unfair and Unbalanced In addition to some of its major personalities promoting disruptions and even violence at congressional town hall meetings, the guests and commentators invited to appear on Fox News programs seem to overwhelmingly oppose health reform as well.

(3 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 2, 2009
GOP Budget Little More than "Talking Points," Says White House Producing an alternative to the Obama budget plan has been something of a fiasco for congressional Republicans. They began in February by debating the scope of the Obama budget, criticizing the spending growth and inherited deficits as if President Obama created the problems facing the country.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Obama tackles comprehensive education reform Outlining his proposals for education reform in a speech this week at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama praised the "legacy of excellence" of America's schools and colleges, but added, "we have let our grades slip, our schools crumble, our teacher quality fall short and other nations outpace us."

(2 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Left-center unity and the 2008 elections A slew of articles in recent days have announced, commented on, or criticized Barack Obama's "shift to the center." Look at a recent op-ed from The Nation, for example. We are regaled with the signs and wonders that indicate a centrist candidate, and implicit in it is the call to help move Barack Obama to the left.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, May 16, 2008
Obama Fires Back At Bush, McCain on War and Terror In a speech May 16 in Watertown, South Dakota, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama rejected criticisms this week leveled by George Bush in the Israeli parliament about Obama's plans for a diplomatic surge to bring peace to Iraq, Iran and the Middle East.

SHARE        Wednesday, April 30, 2008
McCain-Clinton Gas Tax Holiday is Bunk If you don't support a gas tax holiday as the solution to high energy costs and economic woes then you're "out of touch" with ordinary working people, Hillary Clinton and John McCain recently claimed.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 20, 2008
Obama: Impact of the Bush-McCain War on Communities, Economy In Charleston, West Virginia, Mar. 20, Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama continued his criticisms of Bush's handling of the Iraq war. To a standing ovation, Obama pledged to bring the Iraq war to an end in his first term as president.

SHARE        Monday, March 17, 2008
White Men Talk Barack In her article, "Black Women Talk Barack," (The Nation), journalist Amy Alexander cuts through big media misrepresentations and distortions of who supports Barack Obama and why, distortions which often result from poor thinking and bad reporting and others simply are racist provocations.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 19, 2007
Katrina: More Than Two Years On Recall the images of anger, despair, fear, and violence that filled the television when, after the storm receded, the social problems of racism and economic inequality and a callous Republican-led government, like debris washed up on a beach, were laid bare for our nation and the world to see.

SHARE        Thursday, July 12, 2007
Congressional Antiwar Efforts and the Role of the Peace Movement Seven out of 10 Americans want most of the troops home from Iraq by April 2008, according to a recent USA Today poll. And a measure being debated in the Senate could make that possible.

(4 comments) SHARE        Friday, April 13, 2007
Surges and Czars and Bombs, Oh My: How to End the War At least 45 U.S. service members have been killed in Iraq in the first 11 days of April alone, making it on pace to be one of the most deadly months of the war for U.S. troops.

(4 comments) SHARE        Saturday, November 4, 2006
How Much does a Republican Cost? Allegations of corruption continue to dog Republican candidates in three key congressional races, marring their reelection chances.

SHARE        Sunday, October 29, 2006
New Jersey Court Stops Short of Marriage Equality Wednesday, Oct. 25, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to the same state benefits, protections, and obligations as different-sex couples.

(2 comments) SHARE        Saturday, October 28, 2006
US Interference in Venezuelan Elections Ongoing Bush's timeworn hostility for President Chávez is well known. Top secret US government documents released through Freedom of Information Act requests show that the administration's anti-Chávez operations may even pre-date the September 11th terrorist attacks and the launch of the "war on terror."

(2 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 6, 2006
The Reality of Venezuela Right-leaning media bias in the US has so carefully selected the information it provides about Venezuela that most people in the US probably know precious little other than that it is an oil-producing country whose president recently called Bush the devil.

SHARE        Monday, October 2, 2006
Rethinking the "War on Terror" Everyone agrees that the people who planned the attacks on September 11th 2001 ought to be brought to justice.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, September 29, 2006
Dems Call for Closing the "Donut Hole" in Medicare Plan Last week, Democratic members of Congress and leaders of a group called Campaign for America's Future (CAF) held a press conference urging an end to the "donut hole" in prescription drug coverage for millions of seniors who receive Medicare.

SHARE        Wednesday, September 27, 2006
DeVos Takes Hard Right on Religion in Public Schools The truth about Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos' hard right values is being revealed more and more every day.