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Tom Perriello To Head Center For American Progress Advocacy Arm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) a beloved progressive whom activists and party officials had pushed to consider a gubernatorial run in...

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Christina Wilkie

D.C. Parties: Obama, Pelosi, Stars On The Town (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It was a glamorous weekend in the nation's capital, as two of the year's most anticipated galas raised millions for good causes at the h...

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The Promise of Obama's Second Term

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.12.2011

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Hoyt Hilsman

While the President's failings in the first term have been well chronicled, what are the chances for a different, more successful second term in the White House?

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Top 5 lobbyist bundlers; power couple Tony and Heather Podesta top the list

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 09.27.2011

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The Center for Public Integrity

By Aaron Mehta, iWatch News 5:59 am, July 28, 2011If there was any doubt about whether Tony and Heather Podesta qualify as a Washington power c...

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What Effect Will More Corporate Ads and Interrupted Programming Really Have on PBS?

Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011

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Pearl Korn

At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.

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Obama's Civil Rights Moment

Robin McGehee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robin McGehee

LGBT Americans are not political prisoners of the Democratic Party -- nor should we be a political football for the Republican Party.

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Building Blocks Toward Global Climate Action

Timothy E. Wirth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Timothy E. Wirth

Rather than bemoan our human frailty, let us resolve to make what progress we can on climate change, when we can. Its rising impacts -- on our poorest neighbors today and on our children tomorrow -- demand no less.

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Lucia Graves

Rate 10 Things Obama Could Do Without Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has the executive authority to bypass a hostile Republican House of Representatives and a bitterly divided Senate...

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Why Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich Must Go

ft.com | John Podesta and Robert Greenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our leaders face the enormous challenge of navigating economic policy through a narrow channel. The president and Congress must provide near-term supp...

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The Top Ten Good Men Politicians

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Matlack

At the Good Men Project Magazine, we want to believe that there are a few good men in politics. We need to believe it. So we spent the last few months looking for them.

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Food For Thought

June Sarpong | Posted 05.25.2011

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June Sarpong

Welcome to my regular update of my food for thought session where I prepare and share a meal with the great and the good in political circles garnishe...

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Saddam's Social Network Not So Foreign

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bradley W. Bloch

If social network analysis is so powerful, why isn't it used more often--in intelligence and elsewhere?

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John Podesta: American Politics 'Sucks'

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Podesta, former Clinton chief of staff and leader of Obama's transition team, thinks American politics are in a sad state. Actually, he thinks it...

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Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Serious critiques of the internal game around Obama have to be read -- because Obama is not winning. He is failing, and people need to consider why.

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Sam Stein

John Podesta: GOP Criticism Of FBI 'Unconscionable'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic operative John Podesta on Sunday offered one of the most stinging rebukes yet of Republican claims that law enforcement agents mishandled t...

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Sam Stein

Stern Lashes Out At Senate Dems, Calls Some Legislative 'Terrorists'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two of the most powerful union officials in the country lashed out at Senate Democrats on Tuesday, jokingly calling some of them legislative "terroris...

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Podesta: Democrats Will Pass Health Bill With Or Without Lieberman

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Podesta, the former White House chief of staff who ran President Obama's transition and still advises the administration on health care and other...

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Arianna To John Podesta On Afghanistan: 'You Now Sound Like George Bush' (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huff TV

During ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Arianna and Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta sparred over President Obama's escalation of the war in ...

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Same Sex Marriage, Environment & Jobs: Lincoln Chafee Should Be Rhode Island's Next Governor

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Despite his leadership and sensible decision-making, I support Lincoln Chafee for another reason -- for his brave and correct view on same sex marriage equality in Rhode Island.

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HealthCare Focus: Quality versus Cost

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Lee Miller

Service, expertise, and time. Those are the real challenges of the Healthcare debate.

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From Media Blitz to Women's Conference: Has Maria Shriver Discerned a Watershed Moment?

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marianne Schnall

This week, California's First Lady will use the findings to engage participants in her annual conference on women.

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'Leaders and Laggards' Vanishes, a Good Development

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald Bracey

Two and a half years ago, The U. S. Chamber of Commerce and The Center for American Progress released a report on the condition of education in the U. S. It was the typical scare tactic, the educational form of 'Death Panels.'

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Reframe the Conversation: Health Care Insurance Reform is a Basic Human Rights Issue

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Kraus

We can't just let the kooks rule the day or threaten violence with their words. Don't leave Speaker Pelosi fearing for political violence in the streets because we have not done our job.

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Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to us...

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