What do Bush and Obama have in common?
OPINION - George W. Bush and Barack Obama, neither of whom was considered an ideologue before they entered office, have presided over the most politically divisive time in modern American history...
What the New York Times gets wrong about affirmative action
OPINION -This year’s Supreme Court docket could dramatically alter racial policy in America, with cases that could invalidate two key achievements of the civil rights movement: The Voting Rights Act and affirmative action...
Why black Hollywood liberals hailed Chavez
theGRIO REPORT - While many Americans considered the late Hugo Chavez to be an authoritarian dictator and foe of the U.S., for some liberal African-American entertainers like Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, he was an ally...
Is America really a 'center-right' nation?
OPINION - One of the most persistent truisms in politics is that America is a center-right nation...
Why President Obama took the fiscal cliff deal
ANALYSIS - Some liberals were disappointed with the agreement President Obama accepted to avoid the fiscal cliff, which included dropping his pledge to raise taxes on all income above $250,000 and not including a provision to raise the debt ceiling...
Affirmative action's big challenge: Lukewarm liberal support
ANALYSIS - Many Democrats oppose the practice, and some of the key liberal voices in the country are lukewarm about it...
Liberals stand firmly behind Obama
theGRIO REPORT - For almost the entire year, the president has had sustained backing from liberals, even those who spent much of Obama's first three years casting him as insufficiently assertive in pushing for progressive causes and against congressional Republicans...
Elizabeth Warren emerges as Obama-like hero
OPINION - If her reception at last week’s Netroots Nation is any indication, Warren, who is now running for the Senate in Massachusetts, has no shortage of liberal supporters willing to organize, fundraise, and blog on her behalf...
Martin Sheen frustrated with Obama's liberal critics
Actor Martin Sheen is reportedly annoyed with his fellow progressives over their negative criticism of Obama's presidency...
100k signatures for Justice Thomas to 'recuse' himself
Opponent of Justice Clarance Thomas printed out 300 signed copies of petitions for him to 'rescue himself' from health care reform cases....
