Politics
April 29, 2009 -
Talk about saving the biggest for last: Today, the last day of the Supreme Court term, they will hear one of the most important cases in years: the fate of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark piece of civil rights legislation pa
April 24, 2009 -
In the world of cut-throat Washington lobbying, Virginia-based D & P Creative Strategies wants you to think they're different. The slogan of the small firm - which proudly states on its website that it's "100% minority and woman-owned" - is "Consulting with a Social Conscience." As if to separate themselves from the image of the mercenary, anything-for-the-money culture of K Street, the company instead projects an image of mission-based lobbying with values:
April 23, 2009 -
If you missed, Tom Frank had a provocative column in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the likely demise of the Employee Free Choice Act -- the bill that labor has made its #1 priority for the new era of Obama and Democratic politics.
April 23, 2009 -
By Nathan Newman, Progressive States Network
April 23, 2009 -
Here's a follow-up to my piece on Tuesday about a major -- but under-reported, at least nationally -- story coming out o