The underbelly of "progressive conservatism"

There is a backlash in the UK - and though many on the right are descending into raptures of glee because there will be a Tory government after the next election they forget - as usual, that New Labour are as far from a left-wing party as they are, maybe even a little more to...

ELCA adopts social statement on human sexuality

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), currently the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States with over 4 million members adopts social statement on human sexuality, opening its ministry to...

Simon and Schuster Viewing Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Project?

Site Meter Records Simon and Schuster Interestin Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Blog ProjectThis post is an acknowledgement of the interest that one anonymous user at Simon and Schuster has expressed in learning about the "Truth About Kos (DailyKos)" Project, which I...

Jesse Jackson on the progressive movement

Rev. Jackson: A progressives voice in DC must come from a movement in the streets

CIA-Trained Blogger Disbursing Money to "Progressives"

Cross-posted at The Truth About Kos (DailyKos) blog. "Overseas Private Investment Council Press Release (Full Text)"Some of us have wondered what Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ) learned at the CIA during his two year "training" period there. SourceWatch.Org Covers...

Slowdown pulls down India's growth to 5.3 percent

The signs of worldwide economic downturns have started showing in world's second fastest growing economy India. India's econmy grew at its lowest rate in almost six years in the third quaeter ending at December. The slowdown has raised questions about projected growth for...

Barack and the progressives

Vanden Heuvel: With Obama in office, the U.S. progressive movement is no longer strictly oppositional

21st Centrury Classroom in the Hills of Dade City

"Twenty miles north of Tampa, Fla., turning east on Hwy 52, flatwoods of evergreens and monotony give way to rolling hills turned cattle land and valleys that hold December morning mists and wax nostalgic for...

Alzheimer’s could be treated with epilepsy drug

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia and strikes an increasing number of people.The search to find treatments and cures is on but so far there it has been a fruitless search although some...

Liberals voice concerns about Obama

"Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and some just flat-out angry – that President-elect Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them on Cabinet jobs and policy choices. Obama has...

What part of "Progressive" does Jack Layton not understand?

peter.reardon on  Canada Coalition Crisis:  When there is a political crisis supporters generally want, above all, fairness  and justice. Rather than how best an individual or group (lobby? or corporate?) might manipulate a crisis to benefit economically, or ...

Canadian National Newspaper successfully forecasted a Progressive Coalition g...

Canadian parliamentarians have reacted to the unrepresentative neo-fascist agenda of the Stephen Harper government. Jack Layton, Stéphane Dion and Gilles Duceppe announced plans on 1 December 2008, for a...

Prop 8 Is Passing And I'm Listening

Words from the mouth of a gay married woman:"Right now, my wife (will she be my legal spouse now that Prop 8 has passed?) is huddled under the covers. "I need time to wallow" she told me. Yesterday, she stood for...

Support DeFazio's No Bailouts Plan

Follow the article link for a link to the bill text, plus links to 11 blog articles commenting on DeFazio's more sensible, public-interest focused alternative to the Wall Street Stickup bill that the Republocrats will be trying to push through Friday, Oct 3. Call, fax, email...

CBS’s Fall Movie Preview Slants Largely Left :: MAXINE

"THE MOVIES: Fall Movies - The fall film season is upon us, the time that many moviegoers eagerly anticipate, when the studios release many of their best films, films they think may be contenders come Oscar...

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