For 30 years, Ted Kennedy was the human rights movement's strongest ally and its soul on Capitol Hill. He was my "go to" guy, and it wasn't just about being family.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
If we don't learn from the botched bank bailout, we are in danger of getting the same patchwork, reform-in-name-only outcome on health care.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Conservative media figures are blasting Democrats for trying to draw political gain from the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. But on Thursday, it was one...
Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
In his final hour, he reached out into the future - uncertain of the courses of history - in hope of a better tomorrow.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Conservatives accusing Democrats of trying to reap political advantage from the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) are conveniently ignoring the...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home
For over four decades, Kennedy gave voice to the voiceless, refusing to let us forget about their plight. As our economic crisis threatens to turn the American Dream into a living nightmare for millions of our citizens, there is a newfound urgency to Kennedy's message. READ MORE
Lessons in Leadership: Why Obama Needs to Brush Up on His FDR President Obama, though a dedicated student of history, has failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: they've required single-minded determination and the willingness to battle entrenched opponents until the fight was won. READ MORE
Watch: Arianna Discusses Ted Kennedy's Legacy and His Impact on Health Care Reform on The Ed Show
nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
The push to swiftly name an interim successor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy intensified Wednesday in the wake of his death, with Gov. Deval Patrick com...
Huff TV | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
"Obama needs to rise to that occasion and actually speak passionately about health care as a moral imperative, the way Ted Kennedy has been speaking a...
ABC News | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home
Ted Kennedy made affordable health care for all Americans the goal of his Senate career and hoped to see that reform achieved in his lifetime. But the...
Michael Roth | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
May the memory of Kennedy's passionate and reasoned voice for health care as a right and not a privilege be the basis for extending and improving our health care system.
Jill Sobule | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
A few years ago, Ted Kennedy called and left a message on my cell phone. At first, I thought it was my friend Mark who thought he was good at celebrity impressions, but it really was Ted.
Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
For all of us who have survived Kennedy, we must take up the gauntlet. We must ensure that the "never say never" attitude that was his signature on health care reform, does not wither on the vine.
Mike Lux | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
No one in all of America's great history got more tangible things that mattered accomplished for the American people. On issue after issue, Ted Kennedy was at the center of the debate.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Sen. Robert Byrd: Ted Kennedy, My Friend and Colleague: Neither years of age nor years of political combat, nor his illness, diminished the idealism ...
Robert Reich | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Most Americans will never know how many things Ted Kennedy did to make their lives better, how many things he prevented that would have hurt them, and how tenaciously he fought on their behalf.
Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...
Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Check back for updates Legendary Senator Ted Kennedy has died at age 77, losing his battle to brain cancer. In May 2008 doctors diagnosed Kennedy, o...
Kerry Kennedy | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics