May 12, 2009 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest
May 11, 2009 -
The Washington Post recently called Facing South "fantastic." This month, The Nation prais
May 10, 2009 -
Today is the 101st anniversary of Mother's Day as we know it. Over at Beliefnet, popular religion scholar Diana Butler Bass reminds us of the progressive origins of Mother's Day, which started with a Virginia native Anna Jarvis, daughter of a Southern social activist: Anna Jarvis intended the new holiday to honor all mothersbeginning with her own -- Anna Reeves Jarvis, who had died in 1905. Although now largely forgotten, Anna
May 8, 2009 -
May 8, 2009 -
The Blue Dog Democratic Coalition is one of the favorite punching bags of the progressive blogosphere.