Author: Howie Klein

Let me interject a few words before we let Russell speak for himself and run away with the show. In 1821, extolling the virtues of the still young

Two progressive political action committees, Blue America and Americans For America, have teamed up to do a series of video ads highlighting the w

Rhode Island's first congressional district, the eastern and northern parts of the state, including most of Providence, is an open seat this yea

On June 30th we hosted Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) here at C&L for an open ended discussion that started with the immigration reform debate. Rep. G

Last Friday Blue America was really hopeful, even optimistic, that we'd raise the $5,000 necessary to put up a BeatBoehner billboard on the I-75 n

This week a bunch of K Street lobbyists told John Boehner their clients don't want regulations and Boehner couldn't wait to run off to the microph

One of the sharpest candidates running for the House this year is Dr. Fred Johnson in western Michigan, for a seat being abandoned by the ever-amb

A labor union president once told me that the worst Democrat in Congress, at least from the point of view of ordinary working families, is Oklahom

When Arizona's accidental governor signed SB 1070 into law in April, Digby, John and I put up a new Blue America page, One America, dedicated to h

Hard to say who the worst member of Congress is. But there are few short lists that would exclude narrow-minded and extremist Minnesota religious

Blue America has decided to lend a hand to the grassroots campaign going on in Utah's second congressional district on behalf of intrepid progressive

[Moment of triumph for Arkansas progressives- Joyce Elliott beats Robbie Wills]

The U.S. Senate would have been considerably less reactionary--