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Senator Brown, Leading Energy Think Tanks Push for More Research Investment and New National Institutes of Energy

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


Jesse Jenkins

Modeled after the NIH, a New National Institutes of Energy (NIE) would be designed to most effectively channel R&D funding toward the development of new, low-cost commercial clean energy technologies.

Health Care Reform & Abortion: Separating Fact From Fiction

Rachel Laser | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Rachel Laser

Our careful read of the current health care reform bills reveals that the legislation successfully strikes a delicate moral balance. While the proposal is indeed in many regards "abortion neutral," it arguably does moreto expand options for pro-life Americans than for pro-choice Americans.

The "We Can Do Health Reform Without Taking on the Insurance Industry" Argument

Mike Lux | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

There are a lot of folks in the conventional wisdom, establishment-oriented Democratic circles who are trying the sell the argument that reform without a public option is still big, transformational health care reform.

Progressives Rally Against Third Way

Adam Green | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Adam Green

Yesterday, Third Way -- which claims to be the "moderate wing of the progressive movement" -- proved why they should rebrand themselves "the Think Tank arm of the insurance industry lobby."

How the Religious Right is Infiltrating the Democratic Party: Part 1

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


Bruce Wilson

Along a wide range of fronts, the American religious right has been infiltrating, influencing, befuddling, and neutralizing the Democratic Party and the American left for decades.

CNN Dives Head First into Television Payola

David Sirota | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media


David Sirota

In the age of Television Payola, regular "news" contributors never have to choose between television time and corporate shilling -- the shills get the best of both while the audience loses.

An Endstate Strategy in Afghanistan, Not Exit Strategy

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Morgenstein

Exit strategy implies that the top military priority is getting our troops out. An endstate strategy envisions what we want the conditions on the ground to look like and figures out how to get there.

Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


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.

Ryan Grim

Third Way Memo On Public Health Care Stirs Progressive Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: Third Way responds with a statement to HuffPost: Third Way is committed to helping the President and Congress succeed in enacting meaningful...