Politics

Raising Up Youth Raising Up Youth

Insure funding for programs with proven success rehabilitating violent youths and avoid the failures of the prison system.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Diane Watson

Good Government Good Government

Elect a Democratic Congress in 2006; restore ethics to Congress; block the appointment of cronies to key posts; stop the politicization of science.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Henry Waxman

Education Mobilization Education Mobilization

Establish a first-rate education system to draw on our greatest untapped human resource: the children of our inner cities.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Major Owens

Saving Small Farmers Saving Small Farmers

Give small farmers and ranchers help to compete with global agricultural giants; enact farmer-friendly solutions to existing destructive trade policies.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Marcy Kaptur

Coming Clean and Green Coming Clean and Green

Rein in political and business interests that degrade the environment; pass the Apollo Energy Act to provide incentives for clean technology.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Raul Grijalva

A Unified Security Budget A Unified Security Budget

We need a unified security budget to coherently allocate dollars to the military, homeland security and peacemaking efforts abroad.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Rep. John Conyers

Out of Iraq Out of Iraq

Elect Congressional candidates who promise to end the occupation of Iraq and bring our soldiers home.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee

Accountable Corporations Accountable Corporations

Insure that the federal purse supports a progressive vision of economic progress that benefits all Americans.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Sheila Jackson Lee

Model Healthcare Model Healthcare

Pass new legislation to insure the best healthcare for America's military personnel and make the Veterans Administration a model healthcare system.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Bob Filner

Intelligent Reform Intelligent Reform

Rein in the Bush Administration's culture of official secrecy and restore Congressional oversight of intelligence operations.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / John Tierney

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