Homeless shelters in Washington D.C. are normally closed during the daytime. But last week, the city ordered shelters to keep their doors open over in...
After surviving an unparalleled disaster that rocked us to our core (Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick), we pulled together as a nation of Thelmas and Louises, ready to boldly drive off the fiscal cliff together.
The black and Latino vote (as well as that of Asians, single women, gays and young voters) were crucial factors in President Obama's reelection. Not o...
Although it does mark the end of long and grueling campaigns, the day after Election Day should not be perceived as the end, but rather, the beginning.
Perhaps Mitt Romney insists on making the 2012 campaign a referendum on President Obama's record, in an effort to ignore his own. The stark contrast between Barack's legacy and Mitt's lies could not be more apparent.
Do we have to open up our entire voting system to fraud because Viviette Applewhite doesn't feel like taking even the most minimal steps to prove that she's actually eligible to vote?
The fallout from Rush Limbaugh's verbal attack of Sandra Fluke has Democrats doing cartwheels. Progressive organizations across the country are gleef...
By employing phrases like "food-stamp president," Newt Gingrich has become a symbol of racialized politics. But he's not the only one suffering from racially insensitive diarrhea of the mouth.
The complaint is pervasive: politicos are unresponsive. There is polarized policy being imposed on unpolarized voters all over the country, and Michigan ranks among the states where this happens most frequently.
A prominent member of the one percent has laid out his opinion on Bush-era tax cuts: It's time to get rid of them, and not just those for the rich eit...
Perry's comments about Ben Bernanke were unpresidential. More importantly for a candidate who professes that he is called by God to run for the presidency, his comments were un-Christian.
We found this amazing Think Progress video thanks to Gotcha Media. We've never seen anything quite like it: tea party protesters being reasonable. Y...
As tempting and intoxicating stories of Republican Restoration and Democratic Triangulation may be, it is far more important to figure out how we can use TARP banks to reinvest in our real economy.
Dear President Obama, I'll vote for you in 2012, but you're not making it easy to do so. Your administration's communication skills are, to be honest, horrible. And now we're in for two years of gridlock and hell.
In June, Fox News' parent company News Corporation gave a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association. This evening, IRS disclosures r...
Picking a fight with the Chamber of Commerce, MoveOn.org is launched a set of statewide television advertisements Thursday, criticizing Senate Republi...
A coalition of progressive institutions will launch a major new initiative Tuesday designed to push back against, and even dissuade, conservative grou...