Michael Kwiatkowski

Project Vote has estimated that, in 2008, voter caging could result in as many as 600,000 eligible voters-mostly low-income Americans, people of color, and youths-being stricken from the Ohio voter rolls without notice or due process.

Journalist Amy Goodman has been arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota: Her arrest comes amid accusations of police brutality in St. Paul.

Although many reasons are given in the NY Magazine article for Obama's failure to lead in the polls, the one, absolutely crucial and most glaring one has been left out: the DLC candidate's alienation of his party's progressive base.

In the contemporary United States, we are trapped in a ... delusion. We are told that it is "realistic" to capitulate to the absurd idea that the systems in which we live are the only systems possible or acceptable because some people like them and wish them to continue.

Liberal economist Paul Krugman discusses the politics of stupidity and why the problem isn't going away as long as Republicans can win with this strategy.

David Swanson goes into detail about how inherent contempt can be used to imprison Karl Rove for refusing to testify before Congress.

Instead of shunning those who criticize Obama's handling of FISA and offshore drilling, or those individuals who are considering voting for Ralph Nader come November, Democrats should address the causes of these symptoms of anger and mistrust within their own party, all of which stem from an ideologically sick candidate...