Universal Health Care and the Selection of a Vice President Why McCain should have picked Romney over Palin Last December, I got to live through the ...
AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 09.04.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living
Clearly, the lack of reliable, affordable childcare widens inequality for families, as poor families with employed mothers spend more than a quarter of their income on childcare.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...
Joe Lauria | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
"But as long as we keep lavishly outfitting a military of a size we don't need, social progress will remain a dream. Other industrialized countries have made the choice. Why can't we?"
Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics
Many people often overlook the fact that one man cannot change a whole country - one man can affect change, but people change a whole country. If eac...
Gerald McEntee | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics
Labor Day traditionally marks the start of the election season. This year is certainly no different, but the stakes are much higher than they've been in a long time.
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics
That's right. John Goodman's solution to the health care crisis in America is to change the definition of "uninsured" so that magically, everyone is covered.
AP | Posted 08.27.2008 | Business
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Officials at Florida Hospital in Orlando say a planned Disney-themed children's hospital will serve as a model for pediatric hos...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
McCain's absentminded elitist air would be one thing, but the real distinction is his philosophy. He believes the rich, like him, should stay rich -- too bad for the middle class, which is supporting that wealth.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 08.27.2008 | Living
Kids today aren't getting enough physical activity in schools. They are bombarded with ads for junk food, and at the same time fruits and vegetables are increasingly unaffordable.
Art Levine | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
Maybe the Democrats, including Hillary's own most ardent supporters, will find winning health care reform a good enough reason to unite behind Obama.
Craig Stoltz | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
Biden's plan, unloosed on the public in October 2007 in support of his presidential bid, isn't all that different from Obama's.
Harold Pollack | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
This election is not about the mojo of party activists. It's not about the egos of Obamas, Clintons, and their various retinues. It's about people who need real help, and are wondering how Democrats would provide it.
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
You've probably been there. It's a family gathering, maybe Thanksgiving or a wedding, and someone starts a political conversation that is as ill-infor...
Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
Small details, exact costs, specifics, particulars -- all are fatal to a convention speech. Just ask Bill Clinton as he walked off the podium after delivering his keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention.
Alice Singleton | Posted 08.26.2008 | Chicago
I realized that I had been reanimated, according to the hospital employees passing through my room that Friday. I had died and come back to life.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 08.24.2008 | Living
The ability to self-regulate behaviors is not a genetic given, but learnable and trainable. If adults cannot regulate their own eating and exercise habits, half the battle is lost.
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics
The health insurance industry, represented by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is on a "listening tour" to convince America they aren't really...
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
The common thread in these campaigns is a foundation in progressive values. Providing health care and fair pay for all are great examples of the basic principle that progressives stand with people, not privilege.
Chellie Pingree | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
The lesson is that, as elected officials, we shouldn't be afraid of a bold idea. More often than not, the public will already be there while the politicians lag behind.
Richard Trumka | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics
The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.
Alice Singleton | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago
Believe that the American Health Care Crisis is only about the uninsured? That hospital malfeasance/negligence is subject to restitution? Welcome to my nightmare...that could become yours.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
Something seemed strange. Could it really be that the average American voter is more progressive on universal health care than the average MoveOn member?
George Cloutier | Posted 08.15.2008 | Business
While Obama and McCain split hairs over flag pins, the ambiguity of national security, who has the crazier friends and who has the better commercials, 23 million small business owners are in crisis.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon...
A revolutionary device that can harness...
Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics