Netroots

Don't Bother Waiting for Bloggers to Get Credit for the Public Option

Peter Daou | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Peter Daou

The credit will go to liberal-leaning legislators and will reference "public support," neglecting the fact that it took bloggers to draw attention to the polling that showed a majority favored the public option.

A Tech-Powered Gay Rights Movement

Pam Spaulding | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology


Pam Spaulding

With web sites, blogs, and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the online LGBT community has emerged as an example of both leadership and rabble-rousing success.

From ACORN to Van Jones, the Online Rightroots Flexes Its Muscles

Matt Lewis | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology


Matt Lewis

Online success has more to do with passion and intensity than with technological sophistication. And in politics, the outsiders -- not the establishment -- own passion.

Congressman Joe Sestak Liveblogging RIGHT NOW at Senate Guru

Senate Guru | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

ight now, beginning at 5pm Eastern Time, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak will hold a liveblog session for about an hour at Senate Guru.

Ohio's And Kentucky's Democratic Senate Candidates Appeal to the Progressive Netroots

Senate Guru | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

With the 2010 Senate races in Ohio and Kentucky featuring two of the most competitive Democratic primaries of the cycle, I asked them why the progressive netroots should support their campaigns.

Netroots Nation Frustration and the Impediments to Progressive Change

David Roberts | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


David Roberts

It's become clear that structural features of American politics make it so change averse that virtually no progressive electoral sweep is enough to do the job.

More than a Date to the Prom

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Rep. Joe Sestak

Too many politicians get to Washington and turn their backs on those who got them there. I'm looking for a progressive partner in the blogosphere both during and after the campaign.

Why Blogging Local Government Matters

Paul Hogarth | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Paul Hogarth

Local government has a bigger impact on our lives than most of us realize, and bloggers play a crucial role, not only mobilizing activists around a common issue, but spreading information about local government.

Are Liberal Netroots Groups Helping Obama Fail?

Jeff Cohen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Jeff Cohen

As things stand now, a weak public option would institutionalize a two-tiered system. Newt Gingrich couldn't dream up a better scenario to discredit a government role in health care.

Sam Stein

Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care Pressure On Congress (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


In a reflection of a legislative strategy that has left no stone unturned, President Barack Obama on Monday called on like-minded bloggers to help his...

Facebook's Digital Rascals and the Iran Election

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


Pablo Manriquez

What was once a hopeful demand becomes a site-busting tsunami, a brute digital force veiled in Mousavi green.

Behind the NRDC's Social Media Strategy

Eric Kuhn | Posted 07.22.2009 | Green


Eric Kuhn

hen the Natural Resources Defense Council needs to generate attention for environmental issues, one of the people they turn to is Apollo Gonzales, the Netroots campaign manager.

E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

Accidental Empire: The Rise of the Liberal Blogosphere

Eric Boehlert | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media


Eric Boehlert

The liberal blogosphere, at least at its inception, represented perhaps the most unplanned, un-thought-through media and political movement in modern America. It really was an accidental empire.

PA-Sen: Netroots Overwhelmingly Support a Draft Sestak Effort

Senate Guru | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

85% of Pennsylvanian respondents and 86% of respondents nationally want Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak to challenge Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic Senate primary.

Specter Faces Price of Betrayal: Angry Dems, Workers, Primary Challenge

Art Levine | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

Specter now stands alone. Stripped of his rank by Democrats. Scorned by Republicans. Specter's flash of strength has turned to weakness.

The Banking Crisis, S&Ls, Virginia and McAuliffe

Mike Stark | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics


Mike Stark

Everything that was bad about democratic politics at the national level in the '80s and '90s was exemplified by Terry McAuliffe's leadership.

Power to the People: Rebooting Conventional Diplomacy

Cheryl Benard and Edward O'Connell | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


Cheryl Benard and Edward O'Connell

Identifying, promoting, and networking a transnational network of countervailing voices will require some of America's best diplomats: citizen diplomats from the ranks of the US public.

Another Point of View: The Internet is Neither Friend nor Foe of Participatory Democracy

Eric K. Clemons | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media


Eric K. Clemons

The internet simply moves the war of the parties and their funding machines, not just the battle of ideas, to a new domain.

Where the Devil is Dr. Dean?

Pia Sawhney | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Pia Sawhney

After learning more about Daschle's decision to pull out, I posted an OpEd, published weeks earlier in The Nation, to my Facebook page. It was titled, "Missing Howard Dean."

The 2008 Google Docs Campaign

Eric Kuhn | Posted 03.04.2009 | Media


Eric Kuhn

Google Docs is the single platform that enabled Obama's effective organization an historic fundraising success.

Real 100 Days: Preserve Bipartisanship With Issue-Oriented, New Media Focus

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media


Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney

The Obama campaign and the newly emerging rightroots movement are grounded in the egalitarian principles of new media. This new media can reverse the course of business as usual.

Media Change We Can Believe In

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


Rory O'Connor

The Bush Administration's default approach toward journalists has been to use them when necessary and bypass them when not.

From This Democrat, Thank You

Peter Daou | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Peter Daou

I couldn't possibly know the stamina and dedication of his strategists, staff, volunteers, donors and supporters, who are poised to finally slay the dragons that defeated Gore and Kerry.

Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.