The French organization Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres ) released its annual report, which is based on questionnaires that are completed by hundreds of journalists, news organizations and media experts. The 2009 press freedom index survey reflects violations that occurred between 9/1/2008 and 8/31/2009. “The basis of our governments being the opinion of the [...]
It was a rough day on Capitol Hill for progressives. On the same day the Senate blocked the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Senator Al Franken offered some emotional remarks. As he relayed a USO tour back in 2006–and the troop response to his then comments regarding the DADT policy–he welled up a bit. [...]
A poll of registered voters conducted by Gallup shows that for the first time in months, Democrats have edged ahead of Republicans in a generic ballot for the 2010 midterm elections. Although the fate of the US Congress may still be in doubt, this is good news for the progressive base that helped the Democrats win during the last 2 election cycles.
Today, Sweden woke up in shock after finding out that the far-right party going by the name ” Sweden Democrats” had enough votes to win 20 seats in the Swedish Parliament. Such a rise of the far-right is a first in Swedish electoral history. Because of the gains by the far-right, the ruling center-right coalition [...]
Michael Moore is more optimistic about the November mid-term elections than many progressive pundits. On the season premiere of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” the filmmaker and activist said, “I don’t think anyone in their right mind is gonna want to go back two years ago and to the absolutely fucking disaster that we had. [...]
