Darcy Burner

Tuesday morning, congressional candidate Darcy Burner's home was destroyed and she's having to take time away from her campaign to tend to family business. Let's get behind a progressive champion.

Rep. Dave Reichert, a famously former sheriff, warns the crowd that a black man is going to steal their wallets? Yeah, I can imagine the stunned silence.

These videos are really quite stunning. Rep. Dave Reichert's jokes about Hillary Clinton dying are just the latest in a career of using sexist slurs and innuendo to deny women full equality.

I've been asking several of the Congressional candidates who endorse the Responsible Plan to end the War what they would ask Petraeus were they in Congress. Here are some of their questions.

Less publicized than the 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have now been killed in Iraq is the fact that 97% of American casualties have occurred since President Bush declared "mission accomplished."

It's not enough to wait for a new president to lead us out of way. We must start today to bring our troops home.

The Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq goes well beyond ending military activity in Iraq -- it will begin to repair the damage the war has done to our economy, our society and our standing in the world.