Russ Feingold has started a new PAC called “Progressives United” for the purpose of combating the recent Citizens United Supreme Court decision—a decision that has unleashed
Category: Politics
“An Unlikely Candidate” reflects on an unusual campaign
During the 2010 election cycle, Arthur Lieber ran for Congress in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional district. By percentages, Lieber lost badly to the heavily favored
Why Wisconsin is ground zero of the billionaires’ assault on America
Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker was elected governor, and long time Democratic senator Russ Feingold was defeated, because conservative billionaires, David and Charles Koch, flooded
Can a movement tolerate ambiguity?
There have been many individuals wondering whether people would have to take to the streets to awaken our legislators, and most importantly President Barack
Sometimes, we need a soft and slow line
There seems to always be a line that can’t be crossed. Real or imagined, people are reluctant to go into unfamiliar or forbidden territory,
President Obama needs to touch base more often
George Lakoff has repeatedly stressed the “framing deficit” with which progressives are constantly struggling. Whether it was before last November’s election, during the lame
Internet blockades: coming soon to a country near you!
You’ve heard about the chaos in Egypt. Ordinary citizens got tired of their oppressive ruler and took to the streets. There are tanks in
Turning up the heat on Missouri politicians: Sean Soendker Nicholson
Sean Soendker Nicholson has run the widely read Fired Up! Missouri blog since March 2009. With a national following in the thousands, Fired Up!
Camp Wellstone: I’m an activist bootcamp survivor
“We all do better, when we all do better.” These were some of the opening remarks at the January 14-16, 2011 session of Camp
Morris Berman: A Question of Values
A Question of Values is Morris Berman’s seventh book of cultural history and social criticism and his first book of essays, which were written