The coming election presents a historic opportunity for progressives to take control of Congress, and those candidates desperately need all available resources to finish off strong. That's why I'm thrilled that 1,200 of you participated in our Progressive Champions contest, and together we raised over $130,000 to 24 progressive...

Watching the political theater surrounding Sarah Palin's nomination has been head-spinning in many ways.

I have worked my entire life to ensure that all women have opportunities and choices - about having children, raising families, pursuing careers, moving into professional and political leadership. To me, this represents the heart...

The Right Wing has a mantra about Supreme Court nominations: No New Souters. They're talking about Justice David Souter, who was nominated by the first President Bush but left conservatives feeling burned. They thought he would be another Scalia or Thomas but were apoplectic when he failed to go along...

Justice Antonin Scalia made a rare appearance on 60 Minutes Sunday night, the subject of an interview by an unusually gushing Leslie Stahl. Scalia generally avoids cameras, but he's hawking a new book about advocacy for lawyers. In the course of the segment viewers got a good look at Scalia's...

"I'm proud to be a liberal." That was John F. Kennedy back in 1960. You haven't heard too many people in public life saying that in recent years, but I think you'll be hearing a lot more of it.

It's true that right-wing strategists have worked for years to turn...