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Klimaforum09 Opens in Copenhagen Klimaforum09 Opens in Copenhagen

As the first day of COP15 winds to a close, alternative summit provides a place for movement building.

Dec 7, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

A Historic Breakthrough? A Historic Breakthrough?

How Obama could save or scuttle a deal in Copenhagen, and why he needs civil society to push him.

Dec 7, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard

Deficit Hawks Spin Deficit Hawks Spin

  The sub-headline for the Washington Post's article Friday on the White House Jobs Summit claims: "With deficit soaring, role of private sector pushed."   &...

Dec 7, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann

US: Cash for Exxon? Yes. Cash for Climate Change? No. US: Cash for Exxon? Yes. Cash for Climate Change? No.

Obama Administration is poised to provide an Exxon-led consortium with a $3 billion loan while remain uncommitted to financing climate adaptation.

Dec 7, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman

Change Comes to BarackObama.com Change Comes to BarackObama.com

An Internet strategist for President Bush's reelection campaign and one of the few new media leaders for the GOP, Patrick Ruffini, cut a video Friday analyzing some new recruitment...

Dec 4, 2009 / Ari Melber

On the New York Senate Marriage Equality Vote On the New York Senate Marriage Equality Vote

On December 2, the New York Senate passionately debated marriage equality. It was a compelling display of legal, moral, and political reasoning. Compared with the anemic, corporate...

Dec 4, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Poll: Young People Back Obama, Disapprove of His Major Policies Poll: Young People Back Obama, Disapprove of His Major Policies

A new Harvard poll finds that President Obama is holding on to his strongest supporters, voters under 30, though they overwhelmingly oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan. Abo...

Dec 3, 2009 / Ari Melber

All Too Familiar on Afghanistan All Too Familiar on Afghanistan

The President talked about America's enduring values again at West Point Tuesday night, and then he laid them out, a whole lot of values one can only wish would endure a little les...

Dec 3, 2009 / Laura Flanders

George Will-ful Blushes George Will-ful Blushes

Ever since Barack Obama's inauguration, progressives have been able to point to one segment of the traditional media that consistently bears witness to the depth of change implied ...

Dec 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan

Psalm 137 Psalm 137

I was in a pew at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, on September 16, 2001. Although I was never a member of this now infamous congregation, I did attend Trinit...

Dec 2, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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