At some point it becomes hard to blame the traditional media for its improper coverage. Clearly, the McCain/Palin lies have not gone unnoticed -- yet, there is barely a blip in the polls.

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

Tell me I'm dreaming! It can't possibly be true -- the People of the Holocaust, the most persecuted group in the history of the world are refusing to vote for a man because he's black?

Take personal responsibility to do the two things that will win -- persuade swing voters, and mobilize people who won't vote unless they are motivated to do so.

Don't let the title confuse you... I'm no pro basketball player, nor am I a farmer. I was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in suburbs of NYC (Nausau ...

I originally thought that Palin's choice would take the question of experience off the table in this race. Now I believe it will put that question back on the table -- in reverse.

We're in great need of willingness to acknowledge contradictory truths, to sort through them as a means of finding the best progressive strategies for the here and now.

I moved to Tucson seven years ago and I have voted for and supported Senator John McCain since I became an Arizona resident. I got to hear and talk wi...

The idea of demeaning another religion by encouraging conversion offends us. It's playing dirty pool. Imperialism of the worst kind. Isn't that strange? Dropping Bibles seems more offensive than dropping bombs.

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

Thanks to Obama's introduction of Kanye West at Lollapalooza, even my mother will be there bopping along to "Golddigger." And if that isn't a change, I don't know what is.

If tradition civil rights leaders are stuck on the outside when Obama gets elected president, what does that mean for them and for the struggle to free black folks from oppression?

Progressives who disagree with Barack Obama but at the same time don't want to help Republicans usher in a third Bush term need to remember these three things.

Obama is highly intelligent, highly trained -- and he knows full well that the nation as a whole benefits from free trade, even if substantial minorities are harmed by it.

Soccer moms, security moms ... How will the mothers' vote be labeled this year? Broke and burned out moms?

Buoyed by a public mood favoring Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama begins the general-election campaign holding a narrow advantage over Sen. John McCain, w...

When Obama exchanged a a fist bump with Michelle, he did more than prove he's hipper than most of the political class -- he also inspired an explosion of mindless explanatory news stories.

Democrats must now focus on accomplishing ten critical tasks that are key to winning the presidency this fall.

Simply put, this is the worst possible time for any Republican to be running for president, and Obama is the perfect candidate for Democrats, and a nightmare for McCain.