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Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

OJ: You're Finally Juiced

Lea Lane | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment


Lea Lane

I was in a hotel room breaking up with the man I'd been living with for five years when that white Bronco came on the TV. We stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the trial.

Brand Expert Scores Obama v. McCain 7 Ways

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


John Tepper Marlin

The Obama and McCain brands have been rated by branding-strategy expert Patt Cottingham of Genuine Imprints, Ltd . Her paper "Brand Obama or Brand Mc...

Sarah Palin Helps the Dems -- But What about the Ladies?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Elizabeth Gregory

Will Palin's difficulty on the big stage set back the progress of women into higher office?

The Ike Effect: Blowing Texas Blue

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living


Elizabeth Gregory

Lots of Houstonians, spared the direct coastal hit, made the most of the forced slowdown in pace.

Frightened by McCain's Post-Convention Bounce? Three Things You Can Do Personally To Affect the Outcome of the Election

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Take personal responsibility to do the two things that will win -- persuade swing voters, and mobilize people who won't vote unless they are motivated to do so.

Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.01.2008 | Living


Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

What McCain's Advisors Tried to Accomplish by Choosing Palin -- Why They Will Fail

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

I originally thought that Palin's choice would take the question of experience off the table in this race. Now I believe it will put that question back on the table -- in reverse.

Births Up -- No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style


Elizabeth Gregory

Anxiety helps put pressure on women to have babies now, at whatever age -- along with the recent highly politicized decreases in access to birth control, especially for younger women.

Colorado Police Make Assassination-Plot Arrests

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home


Stephen C. Rose

A small band of men have been arrested for hatching and pursuing a drug-fueled plot on Senator Obama's life. The story actually tracks back to Sunday, and a press conference on the matter is scheduled for this afternoon in Denver.

Why it's Good News for Democrats that Polls Say One In Four Clinton Backers Still Aren't Sold on Barack

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The odds are very good that the more these voters know about Obama and McCain, the more they will ultimately come home to the Democratic Party.

The Death of DC Suburban Mayor's Dogs Should Matter to Every American

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The Prince George's Sheriff's Office SWAT team raided the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo and without apparent provocation, they shot and killed the couples' two Labrador retrievers.

Hiroshima Mayor Asks US To Back Nuclear Ban On 63rd Anniversary of Atomic Bomb

AP | KATSUMI KASAHARA | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home


HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima's mayor on Wednesday urged the next U.S. president to support a proposed ban on nuclear weapons, as Japan marked th...

The Significance of Obama's Foreign Trip

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

It isn't just the American people who want us to leave Iraq. Now it's the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of Iraq. That leaves Bush, McCain and the neo cons as the only people still committed to this war.

Progressives Must Guard Against Helping to Promote Republican Narrative That Alleges Obama "Flip Flops"

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Progressives who disagree with Barack Obama but at the same time don't want to help Republicans usher in a third Bush term need to remember these three things.

Americans Can't Allow McCain to Continue Bush's Failed Policies in the "War on Drugs"

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Though the failures of the "War on Drugs" are more silent and insidious than the president's dramatic failures in the Middle East, the two have much in common.

Unity Too Cute by Half?

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


Jennifer Donahue

Obama does not need to overtly court Clinton voters in New Hampshire --he needs independent voters. The manufactured dog-and-pony show tomorrow in Unity, N.H., might hurt as much as it helps.

McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination.

Obama's Opt-Out of Public Financing Will Increase the Odds of True Public Financing for All Federal Races

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Our goal shouldn't be to keep money out of politics -- but rather to keep big money out of politics.

MSNBC Sinks To New Low With Ten Minute-Long "Man Stuck In Tree" Coverage

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media


This afternoon MSNBC exhausted ten minutes of "Breaking News" coverage on a man stuck in a tree. Here's what anchor Contessa Brewer knew about the si...

Falling Cranes and New York's Growing Pains

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Events like this morning's disaster will happen again and again because in Bloomberg's New York a crane hangs dangerously over the world below every few blocks.

Why the Long Primary Battle with Clinton Will Actually Help Obama Win in November

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Listen to the talking heads drone endlessly about Obama's drubbing in Kentucky and Clinton's superior appeal among working class whites in Appalachia, and it is hard not to believe that the continuing primary battle won't hurt Obama in the fall.

A New Iconic Moment for Bush -- Giving Up Golf

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

According to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, Bush's War in Iraq will cost American tax payers $3 trillion. The Commander-in-Chief's sacrifice: golf.

Top 10 Reasons Obama Defeated Clinton for the Democratic Nomination

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


Robert Creamer

It's worth looking systematically at the major factors that gave victory to Obama -- fifteen months ago, conventional wisdom viewed him as an audacious long shot.

McCain and Myanmar

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics


John Tepper Marlin

McCain's first major appointment upon winning the Republican nomination for president was Doug Goodyear, an Arizona PR consultant with just one foreign client... Myanmar.