Van Jones

New Liberal Books Call For Change

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.23.2012

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NEW YORK -- With a Democrat in the White House, a wave of books is coming out this year lamenting the slow economy and calling for substantial change....

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A (Slideshow) Talk with Antonino D'Ambrosio of Let Fury Have the Hour

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.26.2012

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E. Nina Rothe

What Antonino D'Ambrosio has done with Let Fury Have the Hour is making me rethink everything I took for granted in my life.

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Why I'm Not an Environmentalist

Lisa Curtis | Posted 04.25.2012

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Lisa Curtis

I believe in climate change. I ride my bike everywhere, I work at a solar company, I buy organic and local when I can. I am young, liberal and idealistic. But I'm not an environmentalist. And I'm not alone.

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James Gerken

Green Festival And Celebrity Activists Honor Environmental Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | James Gerken | Posted 04.23.2012

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"Usually, people who care about the community, who care about the Earth, think that they're by themselves," Rebuild the Dream's founder Van Jones told...

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Is Obama's Campaign Diverse Enough?

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 04.10.2012

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President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is dismissing "internet fodder" surrounding a photo of his 2012 campaign staff which features many young,...

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Jason Cherkis

MoveOn, Labor Unions Aim To Teach 100,000 Occupy's Nonviolent Protest Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Boot camp is about to begin. On Monday and extending throughout this week, a coalition of progressive organizations from across the c...

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Van Jones Jokes About Obama Coming 'Out As Gay'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 04.03.2012

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Former White House adviser Van Jones thinks President Obama has already locked up the support of black voters ahead of the 2012 elections, regardless ...

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Ryan Grim

Van Jones Book Takes On Glenn Beck

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- If Van Jones was a symbol of President Barack Obama's secret leftist agenda at work, the Communist mole he tried to burrow in the White ...

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WATCH: Ann Coulter, Van Jones Clash On ABC 'This Week'

Posted 04.01.2012

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Ann Coulter clashed with fellow round table panelist and author Van Jones on a number of topics during ABC's "This Week." Host George Stephanopoul...

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Honor Trayvon: Call on Corporations To Quit ALEC, Backer of 'Stand Your Ground' Law

David_Halperin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Stand Your Ground, Van Jones, Alec, Color of Change, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Trayvon Martin, American Legislative Exchange Council, Politics News
David_Halperin

Many people believe that the large amounts of money that ALEC pours into state legislation hurt ordinary Americans on economic issues like workers rights, health, consumer protection, and the environment.

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Lucia Graves

'Koch Brothers Exposed:' How Billionaire Brothers Shaped The Political Narrative

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Over the past two years, Charles and David Koch have commanded a great deal of attention and been held up as an example of how corporate...

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Eco Etiquette: Being Black In The Green World

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. Hope you don't take offen...

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Tyler Kingkade

Students In California, New York Call For Millionaire's Tax

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.05.2012

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NEW YORK -- Thousands of students, union members and Occupy protesters are gathering Monday at the New York and California state capitols, calling for...

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Let's Just Go to a 100% Flat Tax for All

Bill Gunderson | Posted 04.14.2012

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Bill Gunderson

Maybe we should go to a government that runs leaner and does not requires so much fuel. Maybe we should require government to run like a family or a small business by living within their means. Maybe we should listen to Paul Ryan.

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Tyler Kingkade

Occupy Wall Street Adjusts To Outside Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- During a recent demonstration in Washington, D.C., several hundred progressives gathered on K Street were protesting the same outrage bu...

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'We are the leaders we have been waiting for'

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 01.04.2012

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Olga Bonfiglio

Van Jones called [reinventing the American Dream] a moral challenge akin to those posed by Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela, whose messages conveyed that we need the wisdom of all people to solve our problems. That would include the wealthiest one percent along with the 99 percent.

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Which Post50 Activists Are Changing The World?

The Huffington Post | Evan Allis | Posted 01.03.2012

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In Man and Superman, Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously stated, "the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persi...

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Tyler Kingkade

Could This Be The First Occupy Wall Street Commercial?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The director behind what could be considered the first commercial promoting the Occupy Wall Street movement also made a video for an unl...

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Defend Occupy Wall Street From Eviction

Van Jones | Posted 12.13.2011

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Van Jones

This is about more than just one protest. What's at stake is the very right we have as Americans to speak out when we've been wronged, and to peaceably assemble as a community to seek redress from the government.

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Tyler Kingkade

Unemployed Lobby Super Committee Members During Rally At Capitol

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Linda Evans cried Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol building as she described the unemployment crisis and her own struggle to find work...

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Zach Carter

WATCH: Occupy Wall Street Protests Ignite Progressive Political Fire In Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations inspiring scores of similar protests nationwide, a progressive conference in the nation's cap...

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Joe Biden Isn't Sure Who Van Jones Is

Posted 12.04.2011

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Vice President Joe Biden made remarks Tuesday on a local radio show that suggested he didn't know who former White House adviser Van Jones was. Whe...

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Zach Carter

#OccupyWallStreet Protests Spark Optimism At Progressive Political Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Progressive leaders have flocked to the nation's capital for a conference devoted to organizing a political movement to overwhelm the Te...

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The Return of the American Dream

Carl Pope | Posted 12.03.2011

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Carl Pope

"Progress, not pollution" are the key words as Sarah Hodgdon, the Sierra Club's conservation director, joins 25 other progressive leaders who are the symbolic faces of the new American Dream Movement.

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Tyler Kingkade

Van Jones: Progressives Should Be Like The Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former White House environmental adviser Van Jones is calling on progressive activists to be more like the Tea Party in order to take ba...

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