Terri Schiavo, the severely disabled woman who was the subject of a fierce right-to-life battle, died this morning. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) fought passionately to have Terri's feeding tube reinserted, ... Read More

The Center for American Progress is a respected liberal think tank headed by John Podesta, President Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1998 to 2001, that provides invaluable policy research on ... Read More

I am starting to include here at US Liberals at About.com information and links about activist and support organizations that I recommend for your involvement in various causes. Here is ... Read More

The great Latino civil rights leader Cesar Chavez would be appalled at President Bush's "guest worker program" ideas. In fact, the Bush program aims to dismantle the accomplishments of Cesar ... Read More

As the Bush Administration begins a new round of misleading ads to sell his expensive, benefit-slashing Social Security privatization plan, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement.... This week's trust ... Read More

Are you ready for this bombshell of breath-taking hypocrisy? Sit down....here comes. Buried in the $788 million of Bush budget cuts to Health & Human Services is a progam he ... Read More

Attention President Bush. Calling all Congressional Republicans. All the world now understands the depth of your commitment to sanctity of life in end-of-life issues. Here is an incredible idea….a way for ... Read More

The Senate, with just 44 Democrats, struck a resounding bipartisan blow Thursday to President Bush's cold-hearted 2006 budget proposal by rescinding billions in Bush cuts to education, medical care for ... Read More

George Bush may find his fond wish granted for the permanent shutdown of Amtrak and of interconnected national passenger rail service. This, despite the fact that millions rely on Amtrak ... Read More

Senate Republicans are attempting to push Bush's catastrophic 2006 budget proposal through Congress with as little discussion as possible. And it's no wonder why! Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ... Read More

March 15, 2005 Dear Mrs. White: Thank you for contacting me about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). I appreciate hearing from you. It is helpful to know ... Read More

From Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today.... Now we face the ultimate special interest issue: Drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For six months of oil, not to be realized for ... Read More

Tomorrow, yours truly will be part of this gang of liberal bloggers discussed here.....from the New York Times today: "Liberal Bloggers Reaching Out to Major Media" By Jonathan Glader. ------------------------- Even as ... Read More

The liberal blogosphere officially came of age last week when US Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) posted a blog entry to all readers at myDD and then DailyKos, both top blogs ... Read More

With his bestselling book "America - A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" and his wildly popular Comedy Central cable program "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart has given comedic voice to ... Read More

A glimmer of good news from Washington as some Republican lawmakers pull back on President Bush's plan to extend more tax cuts to wealthy Americans. It's common knowledge that tax ... Read More

Alan Greenspan is "one of the biggest political hacks in Washington," declared four-term Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) yesterday. Princeton economist Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that Greenspan ... Read More

Seems that some in the Bush camp agree with Al Gore when he says about global warming, "The evidence of this worsening crisis continues to mount." Vice President Gore was ... Read More

I received this today from Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid.... "George Bush claims he wants to protect Social Security -- but pushing a privatization plan which cuts benefits and increases debt ... Read More

The Bush budget for 2006 proposes ending federal support of Amtrak, which will force the rail service into bankruptcy and likely cause the demise of national rail transportation. This idea ... Read More

Congrats to the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization, Amnesty International, on its successful and long-fought campaign to end the barbaric practice of executing minors. Sanctity of human life was ... Read More

Good news for all true pro-lifers....the US Supreme Court upheld the sanctity of life for juveniles. From AP this morning....."The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution forbids the execution ... Read More