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Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Hate Crimes, Culture Wars, Notre Dame, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Common Ground, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Gay Equality, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Sonia Sotomayor, New Hampshire, Pro-Choice, Third Way, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Rachel Laser

An overwhelmingly popular President and a rising chorus of Americans are imploring policymakers to replace the culture wars with culture discussions. In this new moment, engaging in partisan warfare seems simply passé.

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Did Barack Obama "Kill" the Progressive Movement?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Rahm Emanuel, Dana Milbank, Keith Ellison, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Leo Gerard, America's Future Now, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Center for American Progress, Progressives, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

I understand that nobody wants to be on the outside like they were during the Bush years, but the price of a few cocktail parties at the White House -- and the threat of lost donors -- is buying a lot more than it should.

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More Than Just Winning

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, House of Representatives, Politics, Senate, Liberals, 2010 Elections, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Economy, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Bush Economy, Gop, Republican Party, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

Obama is simply biding his time on the issue, letting Cheney's "doth protest too much" vitriol wither on the vine.

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Why I Am a Progressive

Mike Lux | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keith Ellison, Progressive Movement, Liberals, Progressives, Politics News
Mike Lux

I am a progressive because progressives embrace the idea of a government of, by, and for the people instead of a government run by the wealthy and powerful.

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The Anti-War Dilemma: How To Protest A President You Trust

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Codepink, Progressive Movement, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama Presidency, Code Pink, Progressives, President Obama, Politics News
Dawn Teo

For the first time in decades (for many, the first time in their lives), a considerable number of peace activists trust the President of the United States.

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Not There Yet

Mike Lux | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Progressives, Change Movements, Progressive Movement, Change Movement, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Mike Lux

The polling is clear that the American people are ready for big progressive change. But every day there's another reminder that we are not there yet, that big change will not come without a big fight.

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Twitter, Morning Joe, and the Health Care Conversation

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, MSNBC Joe Scarborough, Progressive Movement, Morning Joe, Twitter, Living News
Francine Hardaway

As Joe is finding out, it's getting harder and harder, even in the world of Facebook, Twitter, and Friendfeed, with all the tools available to us, for people who disagree to have a "conversation."

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HopeOver, HopeLash, HopeBreak: A Lexicon of Disappointment

Naomi Klein | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Hope, Obama, Progressive Movement, Obama Progressives, Hope, Barack Obama, Politics News
Naomi Klein

Hope was a fine slogan when rooting for a long-shot presidential candidate. But as a posture toward the president of the most powerful nation on earth, it is dangerously deferential.

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Progressive Multi-Tasking

Mike Lux | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, 2009 Bank Bailout, 100 Days, Politics News
Mike Lux

What I advocate now is multi-tasking: even while we continue to push for better banking policy, we need to make sure that the progressive part of the Obama agenda does get enacted.

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Cautionary Observations for My Fellow Idealists

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Founders, Progressive, Progressive Movement, Constitution, Obama Idealism, Politics, American Values, Politics News
Dr. Peter Breggin

It is necessary to take a deep breath and ask ourselves if we are endangering America while we reform her by exercising too much government power, however idealistically.

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Geoghegan's Failed Congressional Bid Lays Progressive Groundwork: Sirota

In These Times | David Sirota | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: John Fritchey, Tom Geoghegan, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Progressive Movement, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Chicago News

There is a value in backing long shots, even if those long shots lose. In Geoghegan's case, many progressives supported someone who has been an import...

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Obama and the Progressive Movement

Mike Lux | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2009-Obama-Administration, Progressive Movement, The Progressive Revolution, Politics News
Mike Lux

If Obama succeeds, we succeed, and if he fails, we fail for at least another generation, because no Democrat will take big risks again for a very long time if Obama loses this gamble.

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Open Letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin

Jennifer Nix | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, David Sirota, Msnbc, Populism, Television Ratings, Death of Newspapers, Progressive Movement, Keith Olbermann, Center for American Progress, Blogs, Phil Griffin, Progress, Media Matters, Activism, Rachel Maddow, Traditional Media, New Media, Television News, Media News
Jennifer Nix

I hope you'll take a moment to consider why I think your move with the 10 p.m. program is so important, and why David Sirota is the best candidate for host.

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What's in the Stimulus Package, Anyway?

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Obama, Foreclosure, Progressive Movement, Economic Stimulus Package, Video, Spending, Politics News
Sally Kohn

A colleague and I took to the streets of New York City and asked folks to help us explain some of the worthwhile public spending programs in the stimulus package.

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Obamas Ask Progressives For Help At White House Cocktail Party

The Plum Line | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Hoffa, Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Obama, Eli Pariser, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Progressive Politics, Obama Progressives, Barack Obama, White House Cocktail Party, Joe Solomonese, Cecile Richardson, Gerry Mcentee, Carl Pope, White House Cocktail Parties, Andy Stern, Politics News

At a private White House cocktail reception last night for leaders of major progressive groups, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle appealed to these l...

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Daniel Biss: Math Professor Who Gave Up Career To Run For Office Offers Lessons On Progressive Movement

Progress Illinois | Daniel Biss | Posted 03.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Progressive Candidates, Progressive Movement, University of Chicago, Daniel Biss, Progressives, Chicago News

As you probably know, math professors don't usually up and run for office. And yet, starting in the spring of 2007, I - an assistant professor of math...

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The "Make Him Do It" Dynamic

David Sirota | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama 100 Days, Obama's First 100 Days, Progressive Movement, President Obama, Fdr, Progressives, Politics News
David Sirota

Tom DeLay understood one of FDR's most important principles: that in order for a movement to be successful, it must bring pressure on presidents, and it must use Congress to administer that pressure.

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Can Progressives Grow Up? (President Obama Needs the Left to Change Its Ways)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, The Left, 1960s, Left Wing, Progressives, The Right, Right Wing, Harvard, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Rotc, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Progressives, Columbia University, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

First President Obama wasn't "black enough" for the black left. Then he was "too centrist" in his appointments for the white left. Then he wasn't gay friendly enough. Now he is President.

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Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left Wing, National Review, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Happiness, Ralph Reed, Progressive, Dwight Eisenhower, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Dlc, William F. Buckley, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Political Blogging, Activism, Political Activism, Blogging, Canvassing, Politics News
Rupert Russell

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

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Barack Obama and the Promise of Progress

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressives, Christian Progressives, Martin Luther King Jr., Progressive Movement, Race, Center for American Progress, Barack Obama, Religon and Progress, Religion, Sojourner Truth, Progress, Conservatives, W.E.B. Dubois, Social Conservative, Christian Conservatives, Sin, Racism, Religion and Politics, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Politics News
Paul Raushenbush

The progressive movement throughout the last century has enlisted political leaders, economists, educators, and clergy who strive to create a more equitable world, a task we believe is possible.

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The One Big Thing George W. Bush Did Right

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Legacy, Progressive Movement, New Progressive Era, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News
Robert Creamer

By actually putting into practice the neo-Conservative theories of pre-emptive war and unilateralism, Bush demonstrated their failure more persuasively than could the most articulate progressive critic.

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The Progressive Revolution

Mike Lux | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Progressive Movement, Books, The Progressive Revolution, Mike Lux, Media News
Mike Lux

My entire point in writing my first book, out today, is to build the movement, to give progressives the narrative and the facts about history to carry the day in their debates.

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Happy Health Care Reform New Year

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 111th Congress, President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats, Congressional Republicans, Clinton Health Care Plan, Health, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Progressive Movement, John McCain Health Care Plan, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Why will 2009 be different from 1993? Obama is not making the same mistakes the Clintons did, and that is good news for all of us.

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Fighting Back in the Age of Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Invocation, Obama Invocation, Politics News
Bob Cesca

This isn't necessarily another angry take on Rick Warren. This is about fighting back in the age of Obama.

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The Progressive Dilemma

James Block | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Counterculture, Ronald Reagan, Obama Presidency, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Inglehart, Chicago News
James Block

Many progressives are anxious and even skeptical about the emerging Obama administration. As a card-carrying devotee of the (cardless) progressive movement, I sympathize.

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