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Arnold Schwarzenegger Talks New Autobiography, 'Total Recall,' in Google+ Hangout (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 12.08.2012 | Celebrity
Shira Lazar

Action superstar, influential political figure and all-around pop culture icon Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Google Plus Friday to promote his new tell-all autobiography, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.

What We Can Teach Our Kids About the Conventions

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 11.05.2012 | Politics
Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

I fell in love with politics as a kid when I first heard the soaring cadence of John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech when he was nominated for President in 1960. I became a political junkie right then and there.

Lessons from a Happy Warrior for Social Justice

Eric Schwartz | Posted 07.20.2012 | Politics
Eric Schwartz

While President Obama and Mitt Romney have very different ideas about how to promote progress for those at the bottom of the economic ladder, the fact that prominent Democrats and Republicans are now debating inequality and social mobility is a welcome sign.

Eric Holder v. Rick Perry: Voting Rights v. States' Rights

Ian Reifowitz | Posted 09.11.2012 | Black Voices
Ian Reifowitz

Eric Holder, Attorney General of the U.S., and the Department of Justice have vowed to fight for the right to vote by oppposing the Texas Voter ID laws, as well as the restrictive voting laws passed in Florida and other states.

The Obama Defection: Former Supporters Turn On the President

Danny Schechter | Posted 09.04.2012 | Politics
Danny Schechter

Obama is under fire from his own supporters for failures and perceived betrayals linked in large part to his foreign policy, not health care or advocacy for it sex marriage or immigration reform.

Pragmatic Snowe's Departure From Senate a Shock but Not a Surprise

Jim DiPeso | Posted 05.01.2012 | Politics
Jim DiPeso

Olympia Snowe's ethic of reaching across the aisle to solve the nation's problems seems a relic of a bygone time, when politics was the art of the possible rather than trench warfare.

'Don't Shoot: We Are Your Children'

www.salon.com | Posted 11.30.2011 | Fifty

Conventional wisdom guru John Heileman suggested yesterday in New York magazine that the next phase of the Occupy Wall Street movement might be "about...

Jon Ward

Former Pawlenty Colleagues, Mentors Don't Recognize The Man Running For President

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 09.04.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON – Those who have known Tim Pawlenty for a long time are stumped by a simple question: What happened to him? It's not just his presiden...

Medicare: 45 Years and Going Strong -- We Must Protect It

Rep. John D. Dingell | Posted 08.31.2011 | Politics
Rep. John D. Dingell

For the Republicans to say they are reforming Medicare, not ending it, is like putting feathers on a fish and trying to say it is a duck; you aren't fooling this poor Polish lawyer into believing it is the same program.

Sins of Commission: The 40th Anniversary of the Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography

Robert Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Robert Brenner

I used to housesit for this hippie couple when I was a teenager. While they were away, I searched their home for porn. This was the early 1970s; you c...

Confessions of a Yellow Dog Democrat

Mira Schor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mira Schor

These are not the most positive feeling days, as we contemplate the possibility of an imminent Republican/Tea Party take-over of Congress. But I can ...

Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

After Zakaria, What About Other ADL Humphrey Prize Recipients?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Steve Clemons

I don't necessarily believe in follow-the-leader, but knowing how other recipients feel about the ADL controversy and the Cordoba mosque could be instructive and important.

Is This Any Way to Run a Pop Stand?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Hoyt Hilsman

Imagine an organization of two warring factions. The two spend most of their time vilifying each other, and defeating their opponents' plans. This nightmare is none other than the US Congress.

Understanding Dick Cheney: The Power of the Undefeated Ex-VP

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Aaron Zelinsky

Dick Cheney occupies a historically unique position: He is an ex-VP who left office electorally undefeated and has not sought the Presidency. As a result, he retains some of the trappings of an undefeated elder statesman.

The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
John R. Bohrer

In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

Applying Historical Lessons to Health Care Reform

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bill Cunningham

In the health care fight, perhaps Rahm Emmanuel and Company might have benefited from looking at President Lyndon Baines Johnson's approach to the various Civil Rights bills that passed on his watch.

Why Can't Obama Be More Like LBJ?

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Stanton Peele

We are unlikely to ever again see the likes of LBJ -- or of the huge changes he crafted in our society -- and we are just now starting to understand what we have lost.

News: Anarchist to Vote!

Dale Pendell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dale Pendell

I had been dreaming politics -- action committees, meetings, proposals. I too have succumbed to the Great Hope.

How McGovern Picked his VP after Ted Kennedy and Many Senators said No Thanks

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Carol Felsenthal

It's been a bit less than two years since I interviewed George McGovern for my book, Clinton in Exile, on Bill Clinton's post presidency. McGovern a...

A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

Hunter Thompson Would Have Been for Obama

Darrell Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Darrell Hartman

Documentarian Alex Gibney, who, after making a film about Thompson for the last two and a half years, says he feels pretty confident declaring Obama would have been Thompson's man.

How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Martin Nolan

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

McCain as Peacenik: 1968 All Over Again

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Glenn Hurowitz

McCain's speech the other night was brilliant, frightening and 100% Nixon. But successful Nixon. How do you beat a Nixon? Be like Kennedy