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The "R" Word

Jamie Davis Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

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Jamie Davis Smith

Until we change this thinking, and our parlance, too many will continue to think of individuals with disabilities not as people who are valuable members of society, but as something less.

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Progressive Groups Demand Obama Launch Investigation Into Housing Crisis

Simon McCormack | Posted 01.19.2012

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With big banks inching closer to a settlement over allegedly improper foreclosures -- one that critics call too lenient -- progressive groups are call...

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Progressives Ask Obama To 'Go Big' With Jobs Plan

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.30.2011

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Sixty-seven major progressive organizations have penned an open letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to "go big" as he prepares a new jobs pla...

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Progressives Are Batting .500 in 2010 Senate Races: Make It .666 by Drafting Ted Kaufman in Delaware

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

If Kaufman doesn't run, Democrats are almost certainly facing a crushing defeat in the race for Joe Biden's old Senate seat in Delaware and a resounding victory for Republicans.

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Tuesday's Election Was About President Obama -- Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

From the look of things every election up to and through 2012 will also be about the president. And the elections will continue to put Obama in a Catch 22.

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MoveOn Pressures Undecided Lawmakers On Health Care: 'Which Side Of History Will You Be On?'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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MoveOn.org launched a new pro-health care reform television spot on Monday encouraging voters to call their representatives and ask them "which side o...

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John Hall: Still the One?

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Zunes

In the face of expected Republican gains this year, receiving the support of MoveOn, one of the country's largest progressive advocacy groups, is of p...

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Obama vs. Obama

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

We have in Obama a president who is what we used to call a moderate Republican before the species became extinct. Let's take a clear eyed look at what President Obama actually has done and said.

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Jeff Muskus

MoveOn Fighting Bernanke Reappointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Ben Bernanke wants the people to give him a second term, according to a leading progressive advocacy organization, he'd better convince them he's o...

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Reframe the Conversation: Health Care Insurance Reform is a Basic Human Rights Issue

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Kraus

We can't just let the kooks rule the day or threaten violence with their words. Don't leave Speaker Pelosi fearing for political violence in the streets because we have not done our job.

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Members of Congress Received Fraudulent Letters Paid for by Coal Companies

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Nelson

A burst of developments Monday considerably raised the profile of the latest attempt by polluting industries to thwart environmental legislation through fraudulent mailings to Congress.

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MoveOn Targets the White House as Health Care Fight Rages

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Bellantoni

Keying off the furor over chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's Wall Street Journal remarks on health care that I blogged about earlier, MoveOn is activating its 3.2 million membership list.

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Progressive Groups Buck Obama, Keep Up Health Care Attack Ads

The Plumline | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama may have issued a private demand that groups allied with the White House stop hammering moderate Democratic Senators with health care ...

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Sam Stein

Breast Cancer Survivors New Face Of Progressive Push For Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A highly personalized push for health care reform is being launched in several key states, with breast cancer survivors urging reluctant Democrats to ...

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Sierra Club RAW: Last Week's Campaign McMeltdown

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Dorner

The McCain campaign visited the Enrico Fermi nuclear generating station in Michigan -- the site of a 1966 partial meltdown that resulted in the coining of the phrase "China Syndrome."

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MoveOn To Obama: Keep Your Word, Filibuster Telecom Immunity

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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MoveOn.org has launched a new campaign pressing Sen. Barack Obama to honor his pledge to filibuster any legislation that gives immunity to telecoms th...

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MoveOn To Close Its 527 In Response To Obama's Candidacy

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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MoveOn, the advocacy group supporting Barack Obama, has decided to permanently shutter its 527 operation, partly in response to the Illinois Senator's...

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AFSCME, MoveOn Ad Targets McCain On Iraq War

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A major labor union and the liberal organization MoveOn.org are joining forces to air a provocative new ad portraying John McCain's...

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Moveon Ad Questioning Petraeus's Credibility Serves As Backdrop To Iraq Testimony

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gen. David Petraeus readied his report on Iraq to a deeply divided Congress on Monday, the commander of 165,000 troops attacked by an anti-war group b...

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