While I was on a recent radio show, a student called in from a campus "Rally Against 1070," that challenged Arizona‘s draconian…

Through Global Youth Service Day, millions of young women and men got involved in their communities last week, often taking their first…

When we try to engage people politically we never know who will respond, or when someone will shift from reveling in their…

When America elected Barack Obama, cynicism seemed in retreat, beaten back by a wave of ordinary people staking their time, money, and…

Like most Americans, I’m guarding my dollars, but when my furnace died during Seattle’s coldest winter in decades, I needed to replace…

I’d thought little about Ralph Nader’s potential electoral impact until I read recent polls suggesting he was drawing 3% among likely Ohio voters, 4%…

On election day four years ago, I was canvassing in home state of Washington, alternately knocking on doors for gubernatorial candidate Christine…

When Sarah Palin joked about herself and her fellow hockey moms as pit bulls with lipstick, she may have revealed more…

What does it say about John McCain that he not only picked the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in ’s history, but picked…

I know it seems a geological eon ago, but in the wake of Clinton‘s major Wisconsin defeat, remember the resignation of campaign…