Google: Search and Data Seizure Google: Search and Data Seizure
Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspir...
Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age
Hillary filibustered them, Obama wooed them, Edwards took them seriously. Now that the Democratic establishment is paying heed, can the netroots remain true to their egalitarian ro...
Aug 6, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
YearlyKos Sticks With the Issues YearlyKos Sticks With the Issues
A netroots political convention in Chicago aims to transcend the horse race and let the people, not the media, frame the questions put to candidates.
Jul 18, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber and Andrea Batista Schlesinger
The Virtual Primary The Virtual Primary
MoveOn.org's issue-driven primary may not end up naming a winner, but it's shaping up to be more substantive, thoughtful and participatory than the actual presidential primary.
Jul 12, 2007 / Editorial / Ari Melber
OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC
Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers and Mike Lux have launched a new website designed link progressive outsiders with DC insiders.
Jul 9, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Digby Speaks: The Netroots Revolution Digby Speaks: The Netroots Revolution
The pseudonymous Southern California blogger accepts the Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award on behalf of progressive bloggers everywhere--and invites the nation to join the pa...
A Moratorium Wired to Stop the War A Moratorium Wired to Stop the War
A new Iraq Moratorium effort will leverage grassroots and online activism.
Jun 18, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online
MAPlight.org, a Berkeley-based online watchdog, is breaking ground by using technology to track how political contributions shape legislation.
Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Joan Hamilton
The Iraq Information Crackdown The Iraq Information Crackdown
The Iraqi government bans news footage of street carnage and the Pentagon blocks soldiers' access to YouTube and MySpace. Can we assume from this that the surge is going badly?
May 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America
Will rural America become roadkill on the information superhighway?
May 14, 2007 / Feature / Steve Early