11 January 2013
The Progressive Caucus: Enabling Obama’s Rightward Moves?
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Norman Solomon
The failure of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to stand up to President Obama on many vital matters of principle is one of the most important – and least mentioned – political dynamics of this era.

As the largest caucus...
10 January 2013
Unarmed Empowerment
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Robert Koehler
“But my instinct was that if someone is shooting at you, it is generally better to shoot back than to cower and pray.”

This is the hidden argument for guns as America’s primary peacekeepers — that the debate comes down to gun...
08 January 2013
Aim for a rational discussion on guns
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Jesse Jackson
The president is committed to reforming our gun laws; a working group headed by Vice President Joe Biden is considering a broad agenda. The proposals mentioned, not formally announced yet, already are being strafed by politicians in both...
03 January 2013
The Social Context of Mass Murder
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Robert Koehler
Hey, loser!

And so the nail is driven in. This is isolation; this is the coffin. And there are so many ways of saying it.

The social context of being human has been shattered for far too many people, and one...
02 January 2013
Make 2013 a year of renewal, not ruin
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Jesse Jackson
The new year begins with a bad hangover from 2012’s inane debate over the “fiscal cliff.” The furious debate focused only on how much damage would be done to the economy and who would pay the price, how much and what would be cut, who...
02 January 2013
New Year, New Era for Progressives and Obama
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Norman Solomon
As 2013 gets underway, progressives need to be here now. We’re in a new era of national politics -- with different circumstances that call for a major shift in approach.

Last year, the vast majority of progressives supported...

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