OffTheBus Listening Post OffTheBus Listening Post
In another creative innovation on campaign reporting, HuffPost's OffTheBus has just launched a new feature in which the daily Obama and McCain media conference calls, heretofore t...
Jun 23, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Brave Nation: The Outtakes Brave Nation: The Outtakes
The fourth episode of This Brave Nation is being released this Sunday featuring Pete Seeger and Majora Carter. Take an exclusive sneak peek below at Seeger talking about the infa...
Jun 20, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Name Our Epoch Name Our Epoch
As John Cavanagh and Chuck Collins write in the current issue of The Nation -- a special look at rising inequality, "Over the past three decades, market-worshiping politicians and...
Jun 13, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Lightbulbs to Leadership Lightbulbs to Leadership
As the catastrophic consequences of inaction seep into the public consciousness people everywhere are starting to take steps to fight global warming. But it's not enough to change...
Jun 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Words of Wisdom Words of Wisdom
Check out the second episode of the Brave Nation video series featuring legendary union organizer Dolores Huerta and renown musician and activist Bonnie Raitt. Here's a brief vide...
Jun 10, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
A Day at the NCMR A Day at the NCMR
UPDATE: If you missed the webcast of Bill Moyers' speech this morning, scroll to the end of this post to watch the highlights on YouTube. I'm writing from the cavernous Minnea...
Jun 7, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Standing Against Big Media Standing Against Big Media
There's a lot happening in Minneapolis this week catalyzed by the National Conference on Media Reform taking place this weekend at the Minnesota Convention Center. The NCMR, the ...
Jun 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Kosher Meat Boycott Kosher Meat Boycott
Thanks to the terrific group, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) for alerting me to the kosher meat boycott currently roiling parts of the Jewish community coast to coas...
Jun 2, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Brave Nation Award Brave Nation Award
Meet Ashley Casale. Ashley is a young woman who organized a peace march that started in May 2007 in San Francisco and ended four months later in Washington DC raising awareness an...
May 27, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
No European Star Wars No European Star Wars
Last March, I blogged about the Bush Administration's plan to deploy a proposed a missile defense system in both the Czech Republic and Poland despite the reluctance of the host c...
May 16, 2008 / Peter Rothberg