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Democrats on Capitol Hill began a nervous debate Wednesday about the course President Obama has set for their party, with some questioning whether the...
Democrats on Capitol Hill began a nervous debate Wednesday about the course President Obama has set for their party, with some questioning whether the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media
If you missed out on last night's election, well, don't you know that you missed out on the most important off-off-year election in our lives? It's t...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
The miraculous resurrection of Governor Jon Corzine in the crucial month of October has had a lot of people thinking the Democrat is running away with the thing. Not so.
Mike Lux | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
Since we're progressives, we know how to multi-task. So let's keep our eye on the ball for health care, and remember to take a second to pitch in for the LGBT movement.
Robert Zevin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
As there can be no doubt that we are in a recovery, there can be even less doubt that the steps taken to get us here have been overwhelmingly crafted to benefit the rich and powerful.
AP | MIKE FITZPATRICK | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the ...
Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
Everyone here is impatient to know the outcome of the much-discussed, controversial Afghan elections, but two months have passed and still no one has a clue about the real situation.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
Christie's lack of specificity and stubbornness in his ad did nothing but prove his duplicity and inform more people that he sides with insurance companies over New Jersey women.
Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
It's been the silent consensus of New York Democratic leaders for months now that Paterson needs to go. Paterson did not respond well to these critics, injecting race into the equation.
James S. Gordon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
If every older person were guaranteed a physician with time to talk about life and ways to live it more fully, as well as to discuss the best ways to deal with the inevitability of death, debates about "death panels" would wither.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment
Remembering Up, Transformers 2, Harry Potter, Inglourious Basterds and more.
Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green
US wind capacity continued its impressive growth in the second quarter while fossil fuel consumption continued to fall.
Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
When Senators are looking for "bipartisan" solutions to health care, and need more "time" to work on a "bipartisan" compromise, what they're really looking for is a way to kill real health care reform.
Mike Nellis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
I want to pass along the Kansas Democratic Party's petition calling on Congress to enact real health care reform.
Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Imagine that: being told that my deafness, which makes up a huge part of my identity, is a "pre-existing condition" which I could be denied access to care for.
Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
We can have a huge effect on the health care reform legislation in Congress and in the White House simply by changing our feeling of helplessness by making positive change happen.
Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
If more than 40 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus take the pledge to support a public option, then we know they're serious about health care reform and aren't just spouting words.
John R. Bohrer | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York
The leadership stalemate of 1965 occurred at the start of the session, when bill expiration deadlines weren't looming. Pedro Espada's defection (facilitated by Hiram Monserrate) flushed months of hard-fought negotiations and legislative footwork down the toilet.
Bruce Kluger | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's unfinished stories. So it is especially frustrating to me when I think of my father on Father's Day, and once again confront the great unfinished story that was our relationship.
Jimmy Tingle | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy
Tingle takes the train.
Senate Guru | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
Republicans are favored for the gubernatorial seats in Virginia and New Jersey, but both races should come down to the wire, and Democrats could rise up - with your help.
AP | RICHARD ROSENBLATT | Posted 07.07.2009 | Home
NEW YORK — This was a Belmont for the Birds. It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stre...
Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Paul Kane | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics