Dear Disappointed, Daniel Ellsberg feels your pain. He knows that Obama hasn’t lived up to your expectations. He won’t argue with you on that
Category: Civil Rights
Arlen Specter, part of a vanishing breed
It’s somewhat like evolution – eventually a certain species just dies away. Perhaps the specie that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was most like
Lessons learned by a clipboard-carrying, voter registration volunteer
The deadline for voter registration has come and gone in my state. But the memories linger on. Carrying a clipboard stocked with the 19th-century
Lincoln [Nebraska] Journal Star endorses Obama for re-election
Obama has been tested and found equal to the task of being president. We think the country is in better shape than it was
Marriage equality on the ballot in four states this November
Four states—Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington—will vote on marriage equality this November. New Left Media is creating a four part series on the experiences
Why you should consider waking up at 4 am on Nov. 6
There’s still time to join the tens of thousands of civic-minded Americans who’ll be setting their alarms for 4 am on Election Day. Why
Obama signs anti-human-trafficking executive order
In a fitting move on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Obama has taken major step forward in the fight against human
Dragging voter registration kicking/screaming into the 21st century
While Republican Secretaries of State in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida desperately try to limit access to voting by aggressively purging registration rolls, forward-looking voters’
Legislature overrules, women pay
Earlier this week [Sept. 12, 2012], the Replubican-dominated Missouri Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that allows employers to deny
Hyatt hurts
Earlier this year, National Catholic Reporter called Hyatt Hotels “the worst hotel employer in the industry.” Allegations about working conditions at Hyatt sound as