An Easy Choice on Health Care

Mike Lux, 07.10.2009

Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be

If the Democrats twist up this bill to make insurance companies and their Republican allies happy, it is end of story for this generation of Dems -- our party will not recover from screwing up health care.

At the Vatican, a Democrat Who Gets It

Chris Korzen, 07.10.2009

Co-founder and Executive Director, Catholics United

Had their disagreements precluded a meeting, the fertile common ground that the pope and the president share on values like economic justice, health care and workers' rights would lie fallow.

Let the Hearing Begin

Nan Aron, 07.10.2009

Next week will do more than allow Americans to learn more about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, it will also present an opportunity to examine the legal agenda of the hard-right.

After the July 4 Tea Parties, What Do They Mean?

Leonard Zeskind, 07.09.2009

Leonard Zeskind writes at www.LeonardZeskind.com

All of the Tea Parties added together will probably have little effect on how the Obama Administration and the Congress decide to make policy.

Key Moments to Watch at the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Part II of a Live Blog Preview

Doug Kendall, 07.10.2009

Founder and President of Constitutional Accountability Center

In this second of two posts previewing my live blogging for Huffington Post next week, I look at what could be some of the key moments in the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.

Athena Crossing the Potomac

Rachel Natelson, 07.10.2009

Many figures have decried the inequity of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the president and Congress to repeal the law. However, one community has remained resolutely silent: national veterans service organizations.

Well, You Wanted Bipartisanship: House Awakens, Votes 429-2 For Oval Office Accountability

Rob Warmowski, 07.10.2009

Chicago-based freelance writer, animation producer and educator

Why now? Why did the House allow hundreds of dubious, abusive Bush signing statements in eight years without such an amendment, but can find its courage and love of accountability today?

President of the World

Craig Crawford, 07.10.2009

CQPolitics.com blogger, MSNBC analyst.

While President Barack Obama might not get all the deals he wanted from foreign politicians on his latest overseas trip, he's certainly winning over the people in these countries.

Can We Register Voters Better? Yes.

Wendy Weiser and Margaret Chen, 07.10.2009

Voter registration is the gateway to voting. But our registration system relies on 19th century practices, and, leaves millions of eligible voters out of the political process.

Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez, 07.11.2009

What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.

Health Care Reform to Destruction

Stanton Peele, 07.11.2009

addiction expert, psychologist, raconteur

Americans will always demand the most treatment, at any cost. For them, good health care means someone else -- insurance companies, employers, the government -- will pay for it.

New DOMA Lawsuit is the Most Exciting Yet

Emma Ruby-Sachs, 07.09.2009

Lawyer

A suit filed yesterday in Massachusetts is a smart, novel attack on a law that is clearly unconstitutional, but also has the support of a waning, yet significant portion of the U.S. population.

The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Hanbury, 07.10.2009

Senior Producer, American News Project

As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.

Killer Cookie Dough?

Michael F. Jacobson, 07.09.2009

While the government conducts daily inspections of factories that churns out meat and poultry products, it can take five years before the FDA inspects a spinach farm or a peanut-processing plant.

The Progressive Case for PAYGO

Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. George Miller, 07.09.2009

The idea behind PAYGO is simple: our country, like any family struggling with deep credit card debt, must start paying for what it buys.

What the Neocons Don't Get about Freedom

Mike Signer, 07.10.2009

Author and National Security Consultant

A key aspect of constitutionalism is that it begins and ends with the people, rather than rhetoric, institutions, or leaders. Thus the genius of Obama's policy of actual democracy promotion.

The New Federalism Attack on DOMA: Does the Supreme Court Really Care About States' Rights?

Kent Greenfield, 07.09.2009

Law Professor, Author

The 10th Amendment, often used to limit the federal government's power to protect our environment and regulate firearms, is now being trotted out to fight against federally mandated discrimination.

Keynes: A Man for This Season?

Walden Bello, 07.09.2009

Government must step in to remedy the failure of the market. This is, of course, the great lesson that Keynes imparted.