Government

Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

365 Days and Still Thanking Jesus

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

In looking at Obama's first year, we must not fall into the typical trap that pits idealism against pragmatism, where the virtuous line up against the effective, and the purists fight the negotiators.

Concern for the Attacks on Rangel

David Jones | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


David Jones

It seems to me that a whole generation of elected black officials is under scrutiny for financial improprieties and missteps. Woven into some of these attacks is a much less savory motivation of moneyed elites.

Kid's Cereals Worse Than Adult Ones

Ashley Koff | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living


Ashley Koff

In spite of their pledges to reduce unhealthy marketing to children, the large cereal companies continue to target children with their least healthy products.

Timing For Newsom in Governor Race, All Wrong

Mira Veda | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Mira Veda

Perhaps, in a few years when he's proven he has the character everyone admired in him in the first place he can jump into another race in politics.

It's Wednesday Night, What Meeting Am I in?

Chantal Unfug | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver


Chantal Unfug

At the discussion about the Byers Library, or the session about Lake Middle School, the anger was the same, the distrust of the bureaucracy was the same, and the total exasperation was the same.

Networking Governments

Gary Hart | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Gary Hart

More can be done in linking national research laboratories, networking financial regulatory regimes, linking universities, networking environmental protection efforts, and the list goes on.

Homophobia: Healing It From The Inside Out

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

We still live in a world where too many LGBT people have unconsciously held onto the poisonous, negative beliefs about sexual orientation that our society, churches, and government still force feed us.

Prison Programs Take Innovative Approach To Reducing Recidivism

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Halle Tecco

Here's a question to the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world: how do we turn tax-consuming inmates into tax paying, law-abiding citizens?

Goldman Sachs' Black Magic, Here's How They Did It

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business


Dylan Ratigan

The question is not why did we bail out the banks. The question is why did we give the banks billions so they could buy assets by the trillions and keep the profits?

Turn Goldman Anger Into Government Action

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Dylan Ratigan

We don't want a government commandeered by those in our banking system who have failed and been passed over by technological advancements, innovation and flat-out smarts. But right now, that's what we've got.

Small Businesses Take A Back Seat In Obama's Health-Care Plan

Newsweek | Kevin Kelly | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


A healthy percentage of the uninsured, about 46 percent, work for small businesses too poor to afford insurance. And poll after poll says that fear of...

Three Cups of Teabaggers: Insight from the Right on Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


Lorelei Kelly

The path of the Right leads to a place where there is nothing left to conserve. This particular dilemma of the American Right provides an angle of insight into the challenge that we face in Afghanistan.

"...And to the Republic for Which it Stands..."

Gary Hart | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Gary Hart

Shouting at town hall meetings may vent anger, but it is not sufficient to eliminate corruption in American government. Exercising popular sovereignty through constructive civic duty, though, would be a start.

Unhappy Fiscal New Year

Rep. Jason Chaffetz | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Rep. Jason Chaffetz

Contrary to what some have told us in the past, deficits and debts do matter, and at the levels these debts have been accumulating, they matter a lot.

The Normalizing of the Presidency

David D. Burstein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


David D. Burstein

Barack Obama might be one of the most normal presidents we have had in years. His connectedness to the real world is one of the things that made him appealing as a candidate.

Government Technology: New Alcohol Sweat Monitor Threat To Privacy

washingtonpost.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology


The idea that governments could monitor its citizens' every move with technology has been the stuff of fiction for decades, and the technology that al...

The Future of Gov 2.0: Law by Wiki?

Gadi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media


Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Bills are crowdsourced already. Lobbyists, lawyers, legislative assistants, and others have their pens out -- and their contributions, unlike Wikipedia editors', go unattributed and unnoticed.

Am I Free to Speak?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Stephen Herrington

We have, for some decades now, been in an era that the framers did not anticipate, in which the reach and influence of money could shape the political landscape like never before.

Here Comes Gov 2.0 -- and a New Generation of Federal Workers

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.21.2009 | Technology


Craig Newmark

This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.

Pray for Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.

Apps.gov: Federal Agencies Get Online Store For Cloud Services, Apps

ReadWriteEnterprise | Posted 09.15.2009 | Technology


The government cloud computing service rumored since late July is here, and companies are jumping at the chance to join Apps.gov, an "online storefron...

Reading The Pictures: Teabaggers' Subliminal Death Message

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Shaw

2009-09-15-shawpic.jpgThe wingnuts don't consistently merge health care reform with Obama's name just because it's catchy.

Daily Affirmations

Steven Weber | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Steven Weber

It's not that people need to take back government. It's that they first have to take back themselves.

Did Obama's Address Remind Anyone Else of the the Season Opener of Glee?

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Elizabeth Rigby

The partisan dynamics currently at play on Capitol Hill resemble a high school full of cliques, power differentials, and image-conscious participants more than a democratic problem-solving body.