You Really Want A Revolution?
Notwithstanding recent broadsides by Bai, Brooks, and others -- the new precinct captains of cyberspace are in perpetual high five mode these days, celebrating the key role the internet is playing in...
View ArticleHave Coffee with Howard Dean and Mark Brewer this weekend
There have been so many moments throughout history where real men and women have revolutionized the face of politics and we've often found ourselves wondering what it would be like to be a part of it....
View ArticleOprah's next endorsement? (NOT a candidate diary)
Oprah Winfrey made big news late last year when she decided to make her first-ever political endorsement. It remains to be seen what sort of impact that endorsement will have, but some observers are...
View ArticleLowering the voting age in Minnesota (long)
I offer the simple proposition that lowering the voting age to 16 will be good for our democracy, good for young people, good for our communities, and good for our nation. I propose we amend the...
View ArticleThe audacity of making hope real
This is not a candidate diary, but a post for Kossacks who are involved in small-d democracy - community organizing, local governance, etc. Thanks for reading! And if you yourself blog about small-d...
View ArticleYouth Voter Participation Surges – But So Do Voter Suppression Attempts
Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters Weekly Voting Rights News UpdateBy Erin FernsYoung voters have arrived.Finally.Since the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1972, predictions of the...
View ArticleA Call to Arms: Practical and Necessary Actions in Support of Democracy
I'm finally starting to feel the urgency and necessity of radically expanding the political dialogue in order to check a runaway executive, of which I'm highly dubious as to the prospect of them going...
View ArticleThe Enthusiasm Gap
I know that plenty of people have suggested that the hard right, with social conservatives foremost among them, would come back to the GOP nominee in November, because there are tribal forces that keep...
View ArticleCalling all Coloradans
If you live in Colorado, and especially if you have a keen interest in working for greater racial equity and more inclusive government, we invite you to check out Everyday Democracy's national meeting,...
View ArticleThe Right's Goal To Demonize Political Participation
Jesse Taylor at Pandagon had a remarkably insightful piece today about the wingnut carping over the Barack Obama speech in Berlin, the media reaction, and his popularity generally. I really think this...
View ArticleTrick or Vote 2008 is here: Get Out The Vote...In Costume!
Do you know what you're doing for Halloween? Felt that energy around? That buzzing? Thus starts the final countdown to election season -- and it's time to get involved! Find your inner Frankenstein,...
View ArticleNotes On An Inauguration
Today is not only the observance of Martin Luther King Day, or the eve of the inauguration of our 44th President (I'm on West Coast time). It happens to be the 1-year anniversary of the Nevada caucus,...
View ArticleDADT vs The Obama Nation
President Obama's calls for greater civic engagement is directly at odds with the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The two things cannot be reconciled.
View ArticleWhat does the progressive movement need to become a viable political force?
Cross-posted at PunditCountryChris Bowers at Open Leftdiscusses a very salient issue occurring at this point in the movement as we find ourselves not getting the issues we feel need redress addressed...
View ArticleStreet Fight & Campaigns
Tonight I am excited about campaigns. Not one campaign, or at least not writing about one campaign I am passionate about...but just campaigns the love of the democratic process and the role that...
View ArticleMore Right Wing Money for Youth Groups
This morning I got an email from myImpact.org announcing that they'd received support from the Peterson Foundation and Mobilize.org for a social media project they intend to do. This was announced at...
View ArticleNo, We're Not a Broken People
In 2004 I began speaking at rallies and forums around the country on issues of peace and justice, something I've done off-and-on ever since. Up through 2008, it was extremely unusual for questions...
View ArticleA Coffee Party Letter to the Editor
Today, I had a Letter to the Editor appear in my local newspaper, the Altamont Enterprise regarding my organization of the Albany County Coffee Party as part of the National Coffee Party Kickoff to...
View ArticleObama at the MI Stadium--first-hand observation/reflection
I'm a U-M alumna and have worked at the U for several years; my older daughter will start a grad program here in the fall. Earlier this week our local OFA group and the Washtenaw County Dems put out a...
View ArticleIt starts with you: Literacy Project - Click to find out how you can help!
So most everyone who has encountered me on this blog knows pretty much that I’m passionate about literacy. I’m a pretty decent political organizer, but organizing projects around literacy is where I...
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