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DIMINISHING THE STENCH IN CONGRESS
Perhaps you are as excited as I am that, at long last, our Congress critters have delivered for us!
Health care for all, you ask? No, not that. A real economic... [read more]
FROM UGLY POLITICAL ADS TO THE BEAUTY OF RETURN DAY
Now that the long election season is behind us, surely people of all political stripes can agree on one thing: At last we’ll get a respite from the bombardment of attack ads, lies, and slimeball... [read more]
LINK UP WITH THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE
If the sweeping vote for change on Election Day is really to bear fruit, We The People must be the ones who nurture it. We can’t just crank back in our La-Z-Boys. That's because the... [read more]
Giving Thanks to America's Good Food Movement
The thing that I'm most thankful for on Turkey Day is not the abundance of food at my family's table, but the rebels who produced it.
No, not Butterball. And not Wal-Mart, General Foods or any of the other corporate powers that loom large over America's food economy. To the contrary, I'm thankful for the "good food movement" that has arisen all across our country in rebellion against those powers.
AMERICA’S GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT
What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels!
I’m talking about the growing movement of small farmers, food artisans, local retailers, co-ops, community organizers, restaurateurs, environmentalists, consumers,... [read more]
WE’VE MADE PROGRESS – KEEP PUSHING
After casting her ballot for Barack Obama, Amanda Jones said simply, “I feel good about voting for him.”
Ms. Jones, who lives in a town just south of Austin, Texas, is... [read more]
SPREAD THE WEALTH, REBUILD AMERICA
When Barack Obama said, "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody," John McCain and his right-wing chorus blew a gasket and threw a hissy fit. He's a socialist, a... [read more]
HELP STOP MOUNTAINTOP MINING MADNESS
Industrial polluters are very skilled at perverting our language when they want to eliminate regulations that protect us and our environment from their rampant destruction. Rather than saying honestly that they’re out to kill anti-pollution... [read more]
REAL CHANGE DEPENDS ON US
Obama elected! Job done, right?
Uh… not quite. If last week’s sweeping vote for change is to mean anything substantive, We The People have stay alert and on the move. And... [read more]
Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. The flood of poor people in this Land of Plenty is being swollen by turbulent economic waters sweeping millions of Americans downstream from the middle class. This is our nation's true economic crisis. Unlike the manufactured "fiscal cliff" hysteria that continues to consume Washington politicos and pundits, the present pace of poverty really is dragging down our economy and our nation's potential for greatness.




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A SENATORIAL HISSY FIT OVER THE BAILOUT
From the South and West they came, fearless U.S. senators on a mission: Stop the bailout! At long last, here were some politicians with the stuff it takes to go after the audacious and avaricious... [read more]