Here is a show that beams out to the entire country, and one of its reporters concluded a piece by telling 37 million African Americans that the issues in their community do not matter.
We have been trained to think of states as the supposed "laboratories of democracy," but what they really are these days are a check and balance against federal inaction and Potomac Fever.
Clinton is trying to set expectations in advance of the Indiana primary, with the goal of making it seem as if a victory is "unexpected." In reality, she has been ahead from the beginning.
As all of this racism oozes out of the political establishment for all to see, we can recognize just how bigoted American culture is -- and recognition is the first step towards addressing a problem.
My situation is emblematic of a health care system that is both immoral and broken. Throwing people off their health insurance with no warning is sick and wrong.
Some in Washington, D.C. have said that states should simply wait for the Wise Elders of the Beltway to act -- but a new poll suggests that's not the way the public feels.
It's a whole new level of craziness for progressive resources to go to promote Grover Norquist -- a shady operative who has been pushing some of the most pernicious right-wing policies out there.
Far from quelling anti-Americanism and building diplomatic bridges, our current trade policies exacerbate anti-Americanism and burn what few diplomatic bridges we have left.
Progressives certainly need more voices out there making the case that a radically different foreign policy is not just a good idea -- but a necessity.
Join the book club for David Sirota's upcoming book, The Uprising, due out on 5/27. ...
The Oregon results may explode the idea that Obama cannot win white working-class voters. But if both Oregon and Kentucky go the way they are expected to go, it will further confirm the Race Chasm.
A big theme in my upcoming book, The Uprising, is our culture's inability to see anything other than elections - and specifically federal elections - as a major instrument of social change or democracy.
Most of the new resources that have been spent in the name of the progressive movement have, in reality, been spent in the name of partisan politics and elections -- not in support of writers.
Well, today is the big day - the launch of my new book, THE UPRISING. You can order the book at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Tattered Cover, P...
Last night, I joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vermont to officially launch my new book, THE UPRISING (yes, I know - we look like we...
Just a quick note to let you know I am going to be on The Colbert Report tonight (5/29) discussing my new book, The Uprising. I've been on the show on...
Before the show, Stephen came by the green room to say hello and chat. He's much different off the air than on, in that he's not in character.
