Editors' Blog

How to strengthen/protect Social Security

As we battle to defeat the Republicans this fall, we should work with labor and other progressive groups to win pledges from Democrats to protect and strengthen Social Security.

President Obama says combat operations ending in Iraq

In an e-mail this afternoon, President Obama said that combat operations in Iraq are ending this month:

Obama administration to enforce voter registration in public assistance offices

I agree with the Times' perspective on this issue that expanding the vote in ways that give poor people a voice is a strong democratic move.

Shirley Sherrod: You and I can't yield – not now, not ever

The following is the text of an e-mail to NAACP supporters on August 17, 2010:Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia.

Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to begin next year

Below is a portion of a read out from an August 16th press conference with State Department spokesperson Philip J. Crowley:

Big Coal battling Obama

A transition to renewable energy sources will be a major fight that entails renewed multi-class alliances against major energy monopolies.

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