Black and brown voters turned out in record numbers in 2008. However, the introduction of voter ID initiatives in many states creates a new barrier for many Americans, particularly in...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
In 2011 we witnessed the most significant rollback of voting rights since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, with conservative legislators and governors passing laws in more...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
The long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the economic crisis at home, have soured many progressives on foreign policy ideals long held dear by liberals: human rights, multilateral...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
The future is now. Activists now have access to unlikely tools: satellite technology to deter mass atrocities in South Sudan, civil society leaders in Iran and Southeast Asia distributing encrypted...
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Despite broad opposition from military and security leaders in the United States and internationally, the sponsors of the Iraq War have attempted to fear-monger their way into another costly Middle...
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This January, against long odds, the environmental movement dealt a blow to Big Oil, forcing President Obama’s rejection of a presidential permit for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline—the industry’s marquee project and a conduit...
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From epidemics of asthma to water shortages, our most vulnerable populations are disproportionately impacted by pollution and global warming—and it's time for our environmental fights to reflect this. For decades,...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Community heroes across the country are taking great risks to stand up and say no to coal pollution and other environmental injustices, and they're succeeding—more than 100 of the nation's...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
At the same time that President Obama is pushing an energy plan built on natural gas, there is a national movement to ban fracking building around the United States and...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Every campaign talks about new media, but too many stop at Facebook and Twitter. Successful campaigns leverage the full breadth of tools and strategies new media has to offer across...
