Mid-term elections are approaching as the Democrats try to regroup and recapture Congress and everyone has an opinion on how best to do that. A variety of voices from Congress to the blogosphere to our listeners weigh in on “The Future of the Democratic Party.” Plus, our common ancestors are closer than we think and a return of a muckraking tradition.
Housing Crunch
Wayne Barrett, senior editor at The Village Voice, 2006 Jack Newfield Visiting Professor at the Hunter College graduate journalism program and author, Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2000)
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Charlene Joseph, investigative reporter and student in Wayne Barrett's Hunter College graduate journalism class
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Charlene Joseph, investigative reporter and student in Wayne Barrett's Hunter College graduate journalism class
Corzine's Gamble
Mike Kelly, columnist for The Record of New Jersey
- says Gov. Corzine risks looking arrogant if the shutdown continues
» Mike Kelly's columns in The Record
- says Gov. Corzine risks looking arrogant if the shutdown continues
» Mike Kelly's columns in The Record
Blue Skies Do I See
Congressman Major Owens, D- 11th District (Brooklyn)
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Donna Brazile, former 2000 Gore campaign manager and author, Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
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Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action
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Matt Bennett, vice president ...
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Donna Brazile, former 2000 Gore campaign manager and author, Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
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Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action
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Matt Bennett, vice president ...
Net Gain?
Christy Hardin Smith, former prosecutor, blogs at Firedoglake.com
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Duncan Black (AKA Atrios), writes the blog eschaton
- on the expanding role of progressive weblogs and new media in Democratic Party politics
» Firedoglake
» Eschaton
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Duncan Black (AKA Atrios), writes the blog eschaton
- on the expanding role of progressive weblogs and new media in Democratic Party politics
» Firedoglake
» Eschaton
Slumming It
Investigative journalist Wayne Barrett with Charlene Joseph and Adam Hutton - two of his graduate journalism students - expose slumlords in The Village ...
Required Reading: July 5, 2006
Mexico Mexico Mexico! In which...Bush imagines electoral success through stricter border enforcement, Obrador imagines electoral success via recovered ballots, Clinton imagines electoral success by distancing herself from Joe Lieberman, NJ shuts down, African dance replaces soccer as the path to fitness in NYC, and Brooklyn glossies lose their lustre
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