But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down…

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So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians...

What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians...

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you...

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you...

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party...

In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party...