LOS ANGELES — I had just taken the hour-long tour for those new to Occupy LA, a solidarity demonstration sparked by Occupy Wall Street in New York. My husband had been visiting the encampment, centered on the lawns around Los Angeles City Hall, in solidarity with me, snooping around the mini-gatherings that pepper the building’s… Continue reading →

Jul 27 2011, 7:00 AM ET 68 The debilitating debt ceiling debate is par for the course — instead of compromising, House Republicans keep pushing bills they know can’t become law House Republicans have been known to sneer at government red tape. Before becoming speaker of the House, Ohio’s John Boehner dismissed Obama’s health-care overhaul… Continue reading →

Jun 20 2011, 7:30 AM ET 687 Conservative filmmaker Stephen Bannon thinks his film can win hearts and minds — and maybe even, one day, votes — for the former Alaska governor MINNEAPOLIS — He says his publicists didn’t think he should meet with me. “Why?” I ask. “They said you wrote something bad about… Continue reading →

Jun 18 2011, 3:45 PM ET Why is there a giant Koch-funded conservative gathering at the same time and in the same city as Netroots Nation, anyway? Over the last couple of decades plenty of women have thought they were going into a medical clinic to get a free pregnancy test only to enter what’s… Continue reading →

Jun 17 2011, 11:27 AM ET Progressives have often suffered for what can be called “micro-cause-ism.” Meaning when you arrive at anti-war rally or the like, suddenly there are people clamoring to save the whales/polar bears, stop sexism/racism, free Tibet/Mumia and go raw/vegan/organic/local, etc., etc. Each of these causes believes it is the most important… Continue reading →

Jun 16 2011, 10:57 AM ET The sixth annual Netroots Nation (nee Yearly Kos) is being held in suddenly swampy downtown Minneapolis, Minn. The pre-conference events Wednesday consisted of two all-day marathon strategy sessions for two largely separate groups who both just so happen to have breaking news this week: the LGBT community and the… Continue reading →

May 20 2011, 8:02 AM ET Doomsday prophet Harold Camping tells The Atlantic what to expect when the end of the world begins LOS ANGELES — In his relentless study of the Bible, 89-year-old Oakland-based Harold Camping has seen the signs. You may have also seen them recently. They read, “Judgment Day: May 21, 2011… Continue reading →

A conversation with the more than decade old group that delights in mocking the powerful by pretending to be them yesmen.banner.jpg General Electric likes their tax rate low, according to CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Very low. Despite $5 billion in profit last year the company paid no income tax and received a $3.2 billion tax benefit,… Continue reading →

Ayn Rand fanboy and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R) appears to have baffled the entire Beltway of blabbers into muttering monosyllabic loops of the words “brave” and “bold.” Yes, the House Budget Committee Chairman released his plan, The Path to Prosperity, and it is a shocker… especially if you’re not aware of the buzzword-laden 74-page… Continue reading →

I wrote this rocking quiz for Fast Company to test if people could guess which name was an ad agency or an indie band. Do you know if you could go see Juniper Park play live or not? Here’s the quiz. You want to remember at least one for your next cocktail party.

Babies & Bibles At Glendale’s Avenues Pregnancy Clinic, women go in for a pregnancy test and come out fearing eternal damnation By Tina Dupuy 04/16/2009 I’m sitting in a generic-looking clinic waiting room. The space is clean. Empty. Quiet. The all-purpose art on the walls matches the neutral-colored couches. A receptionist at the office window,… Continue reading →