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In early 2011, California was thought to be declining rapidly, ungovernable, with the worst bond rating in country. That all changed when labor and community came together to pass groundbreaking...

For too long, a conservative agenda of traditional family structures—and not the fiscal policies that keep families together—have defined our political discourse around family values. Come hear from well-known progressive...

Recent success of the Internet rights activism shows that issues like copyright reform, universal access to open networks and online privacy resonate deeply with people in the U.S. and around...

Progressives in 2012 made incredible advances in the art and science of online fundraising. In this rapid-fire session, panelists will share the tactics and tests that helped them raise hundreds...

Aaron Swartz was a leader in so many ways. From revolutionizing the internet by co-authoring RSS 1.0 to leading the charge against SOPA and PIPA, Aaron continually pushed the bounds...

We are under attack! In state capitals across the nation, we have seen decades of hard-fought workplace rights wiped out, women's reproductive rights severely restricted, environmental protections wrecked and Americans'...

Attempts to suppress and obscure science are increasingly common features of many public policy battles, especially around tobacco, evolution, climate change, guns and abortion. Eighty-five years after the Scopes Monkey...

The culmination of a horrific year of mass shootings, the Newtown massacre shocked the nation's conscience and for the first time in more than a decade put the debate over...

From “legitimate rape” to “something that God intended to happen” to “47 percent,” 2012 demonstrated that we can defeat Republicans by using their own words against them. But the words...