THINK PROGRESS
The Progress Report
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Zaid Jilani, Alex Seitz-Wald, Tanya Somanader
RADICAL RIGHT
Zero Tolerance
In December, the New York Times reported that “for months,” hundreds of Muslims had been gathering … Read more »
Robert L. Borosage – President, Institute for America’s Future
Huffington Post.
Washington is enmeshed in the economic version of the phony war. The two sides have declared war on one another, but neither has faced up to the fierce battles … Read more »
From CNN.com
Editor’s note: Carl Safina writes about how the ocean is changing and what it means for wildlife and for people. A MacArthur fellow, Pew fellow and Guggenheim fellow, he is adjunct professor at Stony Brook University and president … Read more »
RealClearPolitics.com
By E.J. Dionne
WASHINGTON — The smearing of Shirley Sherrod ought to be a turning point in American politics. This is not, as the now trivialized phrase has it, a “teachable moment.” It is a time for action.
The … Read more »
By Bob Herbert — New York Times.
The pain coursing through American families is all too real and no one seems to know what to do about it. A rigorous new analysis for the Rockefeller Foundation shows that Americans are … Read more »
By Paul Krugman — New York Times.
Never say that the gods lack a sense of humor. I bet they’re still chuckling on Olympus over the decision to make the first half of 2010 — the year in which all … Read more »
By Robert Redford. Actor, Director, and Environmental Activist
Huffington Post.
A small minority of Senators robbed America of a cleaner, more prosperous future last week. In the middle of the biggest oil disaster in American history, the hottest summer on … Read more »
The New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman
When I first heard on Thursday that Senate Democrats were abandoning the effort to pass an energy/climate bill that would begin to cap greenhouse gases that cause global warming and promote renewable energy … Read more »
By Maureen Dowd — New York Times.
The Obama White House is too white.
It has Barack Obama, raised in the Hawaiian hood and Indonesia, and Valerie Jarrett, who spent her early years in Iran.
But unlike Bill Clinton, who … Read more »
By Frank Rich — New York Times.
THE glittering young blonde in a low-cut gown is sipping champagne in a swank Manhattan restaurant back in the day when things were still swank. She is on a first date with an … Read more »
