Democracy

Pakistan: on the Perilous Path to Democracy

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Democracy, Afghanistan, Fata, Pakistan, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Politics News
Shuja Nawaz

The fledgling coalition government in Pakistan has a huge task before it: restoring democracy, the judiciary, and the economy. It will need to reach clear and unambiguous agreements amongst itself.

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Is the Corporate Media Deciding This Election For Us?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Democracy, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Media, Corporations, Barack Obama, Media News
Dave Johnson

While saturating the airwaves with scary video clips of Obama's scary minister the corporate media is providing the public with almost no information about McCain's.

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Daniel Pipes v. Religious Tolerance

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religious Freedom, Islam, Democracy, Madrassa, Daniel Pipes, Islamicism, Almontaser, Politics News
Gershom Gorenberg

In recent years, conservative researcher and commentator Daniel Pipes has become a spokesman for fear of Islam. This is my account of my afternoon with him.

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The Custody Battle for America

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ron Paul, Bernanke, Obama, Democracy, Amy Goodman, Constitution, Debates, US Economy, Hilary Clinton, Primaries, Recession, ABC News, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

Last week's debate proved something startling about this country as it was like watching Maury Povich and Dr. Phil perform a tag-team divorce in which...

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Worst Debate Ever? Demographics Anyone?

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Iran, Television, Abc, Debate, Entertainment, George Stephanopoulos, Charlie Gibson, Democracy, Iraq, News, Pennsylvania Debate, Paddy Chayefsky, ABC Debate, Media News
Joe Lauria

ABC's market research apparently showed that keeping questions to the level of flag pins and what your pastor thinks would draw and keep an audience tuned in. Hence, the worst debate ever.

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Citizen Journalism: Can We Trust it?

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Obama's Bitter Speech, Democracy, Obama, Mainstream Media, Mayhill Fowler, Citizen Reporters, Clinton, David Hazinksi, Critical Thinkers, Citizen Journalist, Citizen Journalism, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Judith Miller, Leonard Witt, University of Georgia, Media News
Tom Alderman

Citizen reporters provide independent, accurate, reliable information that the traditional media doesn't provide, goes the argument. Independent? Perhaps. Accurate and reliable? Can't be sure, say concerned professionals.

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SEIU Growth from the Bottom Up

Dr. Karen Stephen | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Growth, Labor, Strategy, Union, Seiu, Uhw, Seiu-Uhw, Politics News
Dr. Karen Stephen

I used to have a voice. But now SEIU International is telling me and my local union to shut up in the public discussion and debate over the direction of the union.

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Misunderstanding Identity: The Left and the Neocons Unite

Haim Watzman | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Israel, Identity, Democracy, Necons, Palestinians, Politics News
Haim Watzman

America is the land of freedom. It is the world's standard for democracy; its ideals of personal freedom and civil rights are the envy of all enlighte...

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The Coming War with Iran: It's About the Oil, Stupid

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Iran, Gates, Wmd, Petraeus, Saudi Arabia, Cheney, Oil, India, Democracy, Iraq, China, Bush, Lieberman, Politics News
Joe Lauria

Had the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into the invasion and occupation of Iraq been put into alternative energy the world might have had a fighting chance.

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Hating On We, the People

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Taxes, Democracy, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Decades of conservative/corporate marketing has convinced too many of us to think of ourselves as passive consumers rather than participatory citizens.

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Justice For...All?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Tort Reform, Courts, Civil Justice, Legal Representation, Law, Lawyers, Justice, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Big companies have the money to take these cases to court. But what if you or I need to go to court? Are we on an equal footing?

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The Youth Vote Gap

Demos | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Millennials, Democracy, Economic Opportunity, Youth, Tamara Draut, Home News
Demos

But it's the college have-nots who have the most at stake in this election, because they have lost the most ground in the generational economic backslide. Today, the typical young male worker with a high school diploma earns 29 percent less than his dad did 30 years ago.

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Arianna, Jeff Jarvis, Micah Sifry, Jay Rosen and Lisa Tozzi Discuss How the Web is Changing Politics

Rachel Sterne | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Jeff Jarvis, Democracy, Lisa Tozzi, Nyu, Jay Rosen, Micah Sifry, Arianna Huffington, Groundreport, Home News
Rachel Sterne

On Friday March 28, media innovators converged for a panel titled "How the Internet is Changing American Politics."

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John Adams vs Tom Jefferson = Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Sam Adams, Democratic Primary, HBO John Adams, George Washington, Superdelegates, John Adams, Pennsylvania Primary, Thomas Jefferson, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Politics News
Benjamin R. Barber

The birth of the American Republic was accompanied by enough controversy, bitterness, infighting and rage to sink the project before it ever got off the ground.

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"Some Say" Ignorance Is Bliss

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, U.S. Debt, John McCain, Poverty, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Pathological Politics, John Adams, Democracy, Media, Hillalry Clinton, Barack Obama, Privacy, Media News
Kathleen Reardon

With the obligation of inheriting the beacon of democracy nourished and protected by those who came before us, why are we allowing ourselves to be ill-served by so many in the media?

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Keep the Republic

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Fair Elections, Benjamin Franklin, Political Activism, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Without an intense degree of citizen involvement at the structural level our government will soon default to something far simpler: one that is of, by and for whoever seizes power.

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Wasn't It Also Obama's "Democracy Speech"?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue, Poverty, Hope, Lobbyists, Frances Moore Lappe, Democracy, Special Interests, Race, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

Obama implicitly reminds us, first, that democracy requires that we learn to hold competing truths simultaneously.

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Stuck in Atlanta 24 Hours - Airline Says Too Bad For You

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Democracy, Capitalism, Corporations, Airlines, Business News
Dave Johnson

My flight from Washington DC to Atlanta landed late. The connection to San Francisco still wasn't due to take off for a few minutes but the airline (...

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Take Back America - Tuesday

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Take Back America, Politics News
Dave Johnson

This was originally posted at Speak Out California I am at the Take Back America conference in Washington DC. This is an annual gathering of a coupl...

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I Didn't Move Here From Iran for Superdelegates

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Superdelegates, Elections, Democracy, Iran, Democracy Iran, Gerrymandering, Electoral System, Electoral College, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

I have come to learn that America's promise for democracy about which I had heard so much in the streets of Tehran seem to come with a number of footnoted disclaimers I couldn't read from afar.

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DMI Sends Members of Congress Home with Their 2007 Grades!

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Congress, Drum Major Institute, Accountability, Grades, Middle Class, Politics News
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

If the middle class could give your Congressmember a grade, what would it be? Today, DMI releases grades for every senator and representative, evalua...

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Protectionism, Profits, and Pandering

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Senator Obama, Free Trade, Globalization, Democracy, Bill Gates, Senator Clinton, Senator Edwards, Nafta, Marx and Engels, Politics News
Benjamin R. Barber

Here are a half dozen truths visionary Democrats might embrace if they were not persuaded that the truth loses elections.

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Reflections On Corporations II - Corporate Philanthropy

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Democracy, Corporations, Business News
Dave Johnson

The massing of assets and resources into corporate hands takes away the people's ability to decide to build museums and fund schools.

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Reflections On Corporations

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Democracy, Corporations, Business News
Dave Johnson

Under our laws, corporations are fictional persons with certain rights. They can own assets, employ agents and engage in contracts just like people. But unlike you or me, they have none of the responsibilities.

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Why Be Sneaky About It? Let's Rig the System Against Presidential Third Parties

Harold Pollack | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Parties, Democracy, Ross Perot, Ralph Nader, Ralph Nader 2008, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, Politics News
Harold Pollack

It's ironic that Ralph Nader, this generation's most prominent critic of corporate privilege, handed the presidency to George W. Bush.

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