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Center-Left America

By Eric Lotke
May 27, 2009

The media still calls America a “center-right” nation, but “center-left” is closer to the truth. On issues ranging from health care to energy, the public is more progressive than people think. A new report documents the trends and challenges the mainstream media to recognize reality.

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Four Holiday Gift Ideas for Progressives

By David Sirota
December 21, 2008

If you're a procrastinator like me, then you are frantically scurrying at the last minute to pick up holiday gifts for friends and family. So let me suggest four great gifts for you or any progressives you know - gifts that make great presents and that also help build and support the progressive movement. Here they are in no particular order: read more »

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Indian Americans Could Be Critical To Election

By Toby Chaudhuri
August 31, 2008

The political attitudes and values of Indian American voters tend to be more progressive and Democratic than their non-Indian American counterparts, according to the first-ever focus group of likely Indian American voters conducted in Fairfax, Va. this summer by the Campaign for America’s Future.

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Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest

By Eric Lotke
July 31, 2008

Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue.

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Headlines You Won't See: Americans Support Clean Energy

By Bill Scher
July 31, 2008

A close reading of poll data shows that support for coastal drilling is not terribly deep, and pales in comparison to support for investment in clean energy and energy-efficiency.

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Conservatives Keep Saying "No" To New Energy (And Old Energy)

By Bill Scher
July 30, 2008

Conservatives keep saying progressives only say "No" when it comes to energy.

But in reality, congressional leaders have repeatedly supported legislation to invest in generating clean American enegy, supporting energy-efficiency and even accelerating oil drilling where oil companies already have leases. read more »

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Crash the Insurance Lobby's Party

By Isaiah J. Poole
July 22, 2008

The health insurance industry is launching a public relations and lobbying campaign today that is designed to convince people that they are on the side of reform even as they support a status-quo solution suspiciously similar to one pushed by Sen. John McCain and congressional conservatives. But a group of determined activists is making sure that people see through this smoke-and-mirrors show. read more »

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Winning the Oil Drilling Debate

By Isaiah J. Poole
July 17, 2008

Earlier this week, MoveOn's Tom Matzzie raised the alarm about the success the alliance of conservatives and Big Oil has had in convincing voters that massive amounts of new drilling for oil is essential to solve our energy crisis. And he was right to.

As he pointed out: read more »

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Wall Street Socialism

By Robert Borosage
July 16, 2008

This weekend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former head of the Goldman Sachs investment house, provided us with a perfect demonstration of Wall Street socialism. Everything about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been nationalized—except the profits and the pay scales of their executives.

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The Era of "The Era of Big Government Is Over" Is Over

By Bill Scher
July 16, 2008

Interesting word we've been hearing on the campaign trail: government.

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