2012 will come down to a handful of votes in key races swayed by voter suppression and voter depression. To win, progressives must overcome both. This will require courage in calling out the acts of our opponents and in changing our own patterns of advocacy in order to succeed.

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Women in America cannot achieve our full economic and personal fulfillment as long as the concentration of wealth and power in the top 1% continues to stifle democratic voices and progressive policies.  Citizens United reform -- where we disclose donors, reform campaign finance laws, and amend the Constitution to enshrine...

American women face a stark choice in the Iowa caucuses: re-elect feminist President Barack Obama who has advanced equality or caucus for a Republican who pledges to roll back generations of progress. 

By the time California (where I chair the state Democratic Party's Women's Caucus) will cast votes for president,...

Duty. honor. country. Those words shape the ethos of generations of American service members, millions of whom we honor this Veterans weekend. Yet those words ring hollow at the Citadel, where we have only just learned of a years-old coverup at the highest level that prevented an alleged child sex...

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms. President Obama must be heartened and his Republican challengers concerned about the people's vetoes of extreme tea party corporate libertarian overreach in Ohio (workers' rights) Maine (voting rights) Arizona (immigrants' rights) Mississippi (reproductive freedom), and Iowa...

Had enough of the corporate libertarian efforts to debrand, defund and demoralize center-left institutions in America? Tired of being force-fed satan sandwiches? Want to free America from Republicans gloating about holding America's good faith and credit "hostage"? Don't agonize, organize. Channel your frustration into action by volunteering today...

Every now and then a moment sparks a movement. The Wisconsin moment began with the threat of an overreaching governor passing a corporate tax cut then firing workers to fill the budget hole he created; the movement began when the workers struck back. Now Wisconsin is a symbol for the...

In their quest to defeat President Obama and hold a White House Tea Party, Republicans and their corporate allies have a new youth outreach message: Don't Vote. While our troops fight and die for the rights of young Afghanis and Iraqis to vote and our leaders call for a freedom...

By carpool and caravan, populists are crowing the capitol to stand up for working people. Millions of Americans are standing together today saying "we are all Wisconsin workers." All eyes are on Madison, watching to see whether America's public service workers will continue to have a voice on the job...

I'm excited by the new venture: as long as HuffPost and AOL's shared vision imagines creative contrarian content, this site will flourish. But that will depend as much on the community as it does the leadership.

Candidly, when I first got the HuffPost-AOL news, my thoughts turned to another high-profile...

Many Democrats want a better vision for America than the initial deal struck with Republicans. Call us TARPed out -- weary from bailout fatigue, we just can't see meeting Republican hostage takers' demands. Watching Bill Clinton help Barack Obama extend George Bush tax cuts -- something no one could have...

They keep coming. We just stopped them at the ballot box, but they keep coming. We have stopped them in the courts, but they keep coming. We have stopped them in our communities, but they keep coming. They are the anti-immigrants. Their latest act: the Son of SB 1070 --...

Though millions of Americans paused to remember those who served our country and honor those who still wear the uniform on Veterans Day, our civilian-military divide persists and must be healed. As a proud family member of three generations who wore the uniform, I'm convinced that we can do more...

On Veterans Day we must stand up to the Debt Commission and reject their recommendations to balance the budget on the backs of our people. At a time when we strive to honor generations of service, the Debt Commissions comes out with draconian cuts that will have drastic...

It's Election Day and with the polls still open, pundits aplenty are predetermining the election outcome as a pack, with few free thinkers straying from the herd. But the voters must still have their say. I've been on the phones nonstop with organizers in the field and their refrain, especially...

When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote. This difference in orientation frames the debate over America's civic sacrament, a debate that...

Over the next 7 days, last-minute campaigning will separate winners from losers. Candidates and volunteers must have a solid grasp on how to get out the vote (GOTV). To convince people to exercise our right to vote, you must flex your organizing muscle. Take the Campaign Boot Camp GOTV Quiz...

When votes are at risk, our democracy's at risk. Men and women fighting for democracy abroad must participate in America's civic sacrament at home. Unfortunately, some states have failed to comply with the MOVE Act passed by the Democratic Congress and signed into law by President Obama last October. This...

There is a rising tide of anger in America -- voters who refuse to sit down and shut up. We are millions of pro-immigrant Americans who are fighting for reform and refuse to be intimidated by cynical attempts to tap into our frustration that change didn't happen fast enough. Today...

As a feminist who believes in equality without apology for all women regardless of age, race, national origin, philosophy, creed, disability, sexual orientation or identity, I wanted to like Meg Whitman. Not vote for her as my governor -- I believe government should choose providing services over rendering business profits....