Month: July 2010

Here are the ten most progressive members of the House of Representatives (as measured by lifetime Progressive Punch scores on crucial votes): 1. Grijalva, Raul D AZ-7 2. Schakowsky, Jan D IL-9 3. Baldwin, Tammy D WI-2 4....

As I wrote about a few days ago, Rand Paul told the National Review that (if elected) he intends to join a Tea Party caucus with Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn. He’s hopeful that Sharron Angle of Nevada and Mike Lee of Utah...

Some opinions that have been overlooked by the media in the last couple of weeks: • According to an AP/Gfk poll (PDF), 49% of Americans believe that police crackdowns on undocumented or illegal immigrants unfairly target...

Paul Krugman is an economist and a pundit, and he wants to convince people of certain economic realities, like the wisdom of increased deficit spending in the short-term to improve our budgetary situation in the long-term....

By Ronit Ridberg This is the first of three parts of an interview with Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. In Part One, Mr. Velasquez describes the biggest challenges and abuses farm...