Obama In Berlin: A New Day, A New Hope
Tens of thousands of people who have been highly critical of our country gather to hear an American political figure. They wait, as we do, for the new day.
Hope
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McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It
Robert Creamer | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination.
Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror
Scott Atran | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
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Fear may be the oldest and strongest emotion in our species. The politics of hope plays to a less primitive emotion.
The Guantanamization of Immigrant Detention
Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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What makes Ahmed's story noteworthy is that it reflects how many of these torturous practices are now being perpetrated against detainees held within the borders of the US.
This primary. This week. This election: Historic
Max Rosenbaum | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home
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The past four years have been a lesson in apathy for a kid who was 14 in 2004, when Obama gave that amazing convention speech. I see purple state now, all fifty. Not red and blue. Something has changed.
Still They March: Nationwide Rallies Highlight Failure of War on Immigrants
Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
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The battle for immigrant rights rages daily in the heart, mind and lanky 10 year-old frame of Chelsea resident and May Day marcher, Norma Canela.
Why Is It So Quiet After the Moyers-Wright Interview?
Dave Winer | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media
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Those who watched Moyers and really listened to Wright realized that he's not a liability to Obama, he's an asset.
A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
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I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...
Reading The Pictures: Bitter Has Its Own Poster
Michael Shaw | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
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This spoof falls apart because everything it references contradicts what it tries to convey.
Wasn't It Also Obama's "Democracy Speech"?
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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Obama implicitly reminds us, first, that democracy requires that we learn to hold competing truths simultaneously.
Dignity for All: The Language Old Guard Democrats Will Have to Learn
Pamela Gerloff | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
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The reason the fight-and-frighten approach hasn't worked is because it is not based on an essential human value. That value is dignity. Dignity for All.
What Hillary Should Have Done
Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
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If you're going to play dirty, you have to play it just right. Any misstep and you're going to turn everyone off. And that's exactly what it looks Clinton has done now.
South Park Guide To Election Issues
Martin Lewis | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics
• Drugs are bad m'kay... • Hope is good m'kay.... • NAFTA is bad m'kay... • Change is good m'kay... • Universal Health Care is bad m'k...
Hillary Does the Right Thing in Tonight's Debate
Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
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After that cheap and prepared remark about Obama Xeroxing words, which made her visibly uncomfortable even as she delivered it, Hillary came through big time.
The Audacity of Enlightenment
Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
The audacity of enlightenment reaches much farther than the audacity of hope, and until we are willing to reassert our right to aspire, America will remain crippled spiritually.
Believing Obama
Garrett Graff | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
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Here's another solid example of how Clinton's campaign just doesn't inspire voter-generated content in the way that Obama's does, which is a good proxy for grassroots fervor.
When is a Campaign a "Movement"? (Never!)
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
Sorry folks, his is not a movement. Movements are not electoral instruments organized by political candidates or their supporters to win a nomination or an election.
Check it Out Here First! Barack Obama's "Presidential To-Do List"!
Bill Cusack | Posted 02.09.2008 | Politics
Hey all you Super Delegates! This ought to put a little gas in your tank!
America's Next Top President
Margaret Cho | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
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Why are white men allowed to look at the issues and judge for themselves and the rest of us are expected to take sides grade school style? That is like if all the stupid people voted for Huckabee.
Everyone's an Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos
Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
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Coverage of the Nevada caucus illustrates how ill-equipped the news organizations, the political parties and society as a whole are to understand and deal with the the death of the black-white electorate.
Obama v. Clinton: Hope and Anti-Hope
Marshall Grossman | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics
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Obama offers a calculatedly vague promise of optimism and change. Hillary continues to speak a language we have had a lot of experience with -- triangulation and protracted engagement.
Hillary: "Now The Fun Part Starts." Really???
Steven G. Brant | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
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Hillary's definition of "fun" strikes me as the heart of why her candidacy is about the continuation of the same, dysfunctional political system we know doesn't work.
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