Boulder's Progressives Retain Power, But Only Barely
The nine-member council that's to be sworn into office Nov. 17 will reflect a sharply divided city, with the real progressives holding a tenuous 5-4 majority.
The nine-member council that's to be sworn into office Nov. 17 will reflect a sharply divided city, with the real progressives holding a tenuous 5-4 majority.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.
Thomas Croft | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business
President Obama: You've helped the bank barons. Now help everyday Americans -- fight to save their homes, help them through hard times, make their lives and that of their families easier.
Bill Scher | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
In 2008, Sen. John McCain lost the presidential race in NJ after garnering 1,613,207 votes. In 2009, Chris Christie won the governor's race with 1,140...
New York Times | PETER BAKER | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
In the White House, the wistfulness for the simpler days is palpable. "The day was just suffused with emotion and hope and warmth," David Axelrod, Mr....
B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
Today we will see the crawl, but next year we will see the running. The bouillabaisse of discontent has been churning, and this year's minority will be a movement looking to step up.
Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
We, the People, are perpetuating the tendency to blame one human being in what seems like the implicit wish for a strong monarch rather than a democratically elected President.
Nelson Montana | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Even if there wasn't one thin dime spent in advertising, in a straight up comparison, Bloomberg is clearly the better man than Thompson.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.
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.
washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Three forces threaten Democrats in the 2010 elections: populist anger on the right, disaffection in the middle and potential disillusionment on the le...
AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP)- The Democrat trying to unseat popular billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg lobbed multiple attacks at him during their first debate Tues...
Auren Hoffman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
We can devise a simple research project to see which side cheats more, Republicans or Democrats. Just look at recounts of federal and state races.
AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 09.15.2009 | World
TORONTO — One of Canada's opposition parties said Tuesday it will prop up Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government in a ...
Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics
As chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, McDonnell sat at the head of the proceedings, with his Senate counterpart next to him and commit...
Rob Richie | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
Before 1945, the Academy picked classics like Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. But it switched to plurality voting because it can encourage Oscar upsets.
Sara Dehghan | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
In Iran, appointing loyal hardline females to ministries does not translate into women's equal rights. It is another cunning strategy by Ahmadinejad's government to fool the world.
Byron Williams | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
For the first time since 1952, it is possible someone whose last name is other than Kennedy will hold that Senate seat from Massachusetts.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home
My cousin in Iran called my uncle often in the early days of mass protests and police crackdowns. Those moments full of hushed tones and furrowed brows would snap us back to the reality of the situation.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
We grouse about Congress people prostituting themselves all the time. If we believe in health care, we may have to do the same, as it were.
Reverend Billy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
PlaNYC, the future-as-greenwashing that has such radiance in the mind of Mike Bloomberg -- this is supposed to be the map of our city's future.
Dan Cantor | Posted 08.30.2009 | New York
America finally has a community organizer in the White House. What if we put a whole slate of community organizers in City Hall in New York?
Dan Collins | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York
There are six statewide offices in New York, and right now four of them are occupied by people who didn't run for them.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
Of the nearly 3200 candidates running for Provincial Councils in Afghanistan, 328 are female. The idea is to help women run for and win office, and to grow the ranks of women serving in government.
Bob Wells | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver