Campaign Matters: Top Calif GOP Offical: An Illegal Immigrant?
The party's chief financial officer resigned after reports he was ordered deported from the US in 2001 and had earlier been jailed as a result.
The Notion: Dying For Press Freedom
Eighty six Iraqi journalists have been killed in the line of duty since 2003. But Hollywood won't be making a movie about them any time soon.
The Notion: Southern California Grocery Workers Vote Massive Strike
Fighting for improved health care, tens of thousands of California market workers move toward a massive strike.
Editor's Cut: Suppressing the Vote
New report demonstrates that the Bush Administration used federal agencies to promote voter suppression, influence voting rules, and gain advantage in battleground states.
Campaign Matters: Bush to New Orleans Jazz Legend: "Pick Up All the Trash"
George W. Bush's remarks to jazz legend Kermit Ruffins will stand as the ultimate symbol of his disdain for the culture that once thrived in New Orleans
The Notion: Bush to New Orleans Jazz Legend: "Pick Up All the Trash"
(By Max Blumenthal) George W. Bush's remarks to jazz legend Kermit Ruffins will stand as the ultimate symbol of his disdain for the culture that once thrived in New Orleans
The Online Beat: No Confidence in a Congress that Bends to Bush
Only 14 percent of Americans say they have faith in a Congress now run by Democrats. That number won't change unless Democrats change.
Campaign Matters: The Film 'Take Back America' Took Back
I produced a documentary of this year's Take Back America conference. It was to be screened during the event's closing banquet. In the end, conference organizers refused to show it. See it here.
Capital Games: 'SiCKO' Is Boffo
Michael Moore's new movie is a dead-on dissection of America's sick healthcare system. Funny, sad and moving, it's the best of his films.
The Notion: Cleaning Up Congress & Campaigns
Legislation to drastically improve the way campaigns are financed and run gets a first hearing in Congress.
Campaign Matters: Who's Afraid of Liberalism? The GOP
Republican's obsessive attacks on the "Take Back America" conference confirm just how scared the party of neoconservativism has grown.
The Notion: Obama Wins Straw Poll
The Obama/Edwards/anti-Hillary contingent is strongest among progressives at Take Back America conference.
Editor's Cut: What to Do About Joe?
It's good to see Connecticut voters holding Joe Lieberman, who increasingly seems like a loose cannon, accountable.
Campaign Matters: A NY State of Mind
A junior senator and two mayors are presidential contenders: If you can make it here, you can apparently make it anywhere.
The Notion: Hillary Booed, Again
Clintons blaming of the Iraqi government for the mess in Iraq doesnt go over well at Take Back America.
