RJ Eskow, 11.13.2009
Consultant, Writer, Health Analyst
If Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes -- and they should be -- it's statements like a recent pronouncement by Rachel Maddow that should concern them.
Stu Kreisman, 11.02.2009
Emmy award winning writer-producer and author.
Sunday mornings just aren't the same anymore. The days of spending hours leisurely reading the Sunday paper and watching the network news shows are a ...
Matt Osborne, 10.30.2009
Blogs at osborneink.com.
Fox News is all slant, all the time, while MSNBC is absolutely not a liberal mirror-image. The slant is not equal, nor do the two channels offset like penalties in a football game.
Shan Wells, 10.29.2009
Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator
With a few notable exception, broadcast news is a very scary place these days. What Edward R. Murrow would think of the current zeitgeist is unknowable, but we might hazard a guess.
Jeff Biggers, 10.29.2009
Author, forthcoming "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland"
The scandalous University of Kentucky Trustees may have voted to approve rebuilding and renaming the beloved Joe B. Hall Wildcat Lodge as the Wildcat Coal Lodge, but the public relations nightmare has just begun.
Bob Cesca, 10.29.2009
Political Writer, Blogger, and New Media Producer
Without any real changes in how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.
Jeffrey Feldman, 10.28.2009
Author of Framing The Debate and Outright Barbarous, Founder of Frameshop blog
Will Americans actually be able to choose the public option or will it just be a health care ghetto for those of us who have been tossed out like unprofitable trash by the insurance industry?
Eric Alterman, 10.22.2009
Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Not long ago, cable news cameras turned their focus skyward to an almost celestial body hurling itself across the sky. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? No, it was a hoax.
Amy Goodman, 10.14.2009
Host, executive producer of Democracy Now!, NYT bestselling author, syndicated columnist
Lt. Dan Choi's pre-existing conditions -- being gay and being honest about it -- may be enough to keep him out of the Veterans Affairs health care system for life.
Paula Crossfield, 10.07.2009
Managing Editor of civileats.com
Rachel Maddow continues her work pulling back the layers of American politics to expose underhanded and manipulative lobbying tactics to the public.
Art Levine, 10.07.2009
Contributing editor of The Washington Monthly
Berman has established a bevy of anti-reform "non-profit" websites that enable him to attack everything from ACORN to unions to MADD while defending trans-fats and a low minimum wage as good for the economy.
David A. Love, 10.06.2009
Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia
McGrady is a pro basketball player-turned-human rights activist. He visited refugee camps in Darfur, and he has devoted considerable time off the court to various humanitarian efforts.
Joan E. Dowlin, 10.05.2009
Freelance musician (French hornist) from the Philadelphia, PA area.
Many Republicans have expressed outrage at Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) for his recent display on the floor of the House of Representatives while discussing health care reform.
Ronald B. Robinson, 10.16.2009
Political and Media Analyst
Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.
Senate Guru, 10.01.2009
http://www.senateguru.com/
This week has demonstrated that both Democrats and non-partisan ethics organizations will not let the voters forget about Vitter's law-breaking and dumbfounding hypocrisy.
John Wellington Ennis, 09.30.2009
Filmmaker, Activist, Some Dude
Lost in all of the sensationalism and selective truths is that there has been no connection between ACORN and underage prostitution, until a kid walked in and started talking about it to anyone he could get to listen to him.
Disgrasian, 09.29.2009
Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang are the creators of DISGRASIAN.com
In an attempt to counter the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, HuffPost is putting together a "Great American Liberal Women" Calendar of its own. The Institute's Facebook Fan Page seems dubious about this counterpunch.
John Prendergast, 09.29.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Last week on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, NBA star Tracy "T-Mac" McGrady and I had the chance to discuss the ongoing crisis in Darfur.
Glynnis MacNicol, 09.27.2009
Senior Editor, Mediaite.com
Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before.
Mike Lux, 09.25.2009
Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be
With polling numbers on the public option, and an activist base on fire on this issue, it is going to be more and more difficult for Democrats to vote against it when they have to vote in the light of day.
Huff TV, 09.23.2009
Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein weighs in on Condoleeza Rice's comments on Afghanistan during an appearance Tuesday evening on The Rachel...