Community Action

February 22, 2006 - It's official -- the Progressive Legislative Action Netwo

January 18, 2006 - Yesterday, the Supreme Court made a key decision which even federal officals admit will have major implications for free speech across the country.

January 16, 2006 - For those of you in central North Carolina, I'll be speaking at a "teach-in" at Duke University about the politics of Hurricane Katrina today.

December 6, 2005 - We reported last week on Hampton University (Virginia), a historically black college where students were rounded up by police and faced expulsion for holding a peaceful demonstration.

November 21, 2005 - This weekend, about 100 protesters descended on the sleepy North Carolina town of Smithfield -- a place that looks sleepy, but which plays a big role in one of the more unseemly sides of U.S. foreign policy.

November 15, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Vice President "Dick" Cheney emerged from his secure and undisclosed location for a rare public appearance over here in Knoxville this morning. He received a warm welcome:

July 25, 2005 - Left I on the News points us to this surprising quote from a Texan well-liked around the world:

July 1, 2005 - Quick activist alert: 12 Tennessee citizens are in the 11th day of a sit-in at Gov. Bredesen's (D) office in Nashville. They have been joined by 50 or more demonstrators outside, protesting Bredesen's proposed deep cuts in the TennCare health system -- almost a third of a million people kicked off the rolls.