When more than 43,000 ColorOfChange.org members spoke up last week to demand that huckster Andrew Breitbart not be given a place of privilege on the Huffington Post, they weren’t motivated by some desire to name-call. They weren’t pretending to have some window into Breitbart’s heart, or to understand his personal preferences or how he treats…

The Internet is the most democratic communications network ever created. In a world where our community cannot count on the mainstream media to tell our stories — or on mainstream politicians to advocate for our needs — the Internet has allowed us to organize, speak for ourselves and dismantle political barriers. The Internet did not…

In the wake of large Republican gains in this week’s election, many in the media are relating a familiar and predictable storyline to explain them: that in the two years since Democrats claimed the White House and large majorities in both houses of Congress, they have overreached, moving too far to the left and alienating…

For the past few weeks, all eyes have been on Rand Paul, the GOP’s choice to represent Kentucky in the Senate. Paul, who credits the Tea Party with his recent primary victory, burst onto the national stage by repeating his claim that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was wrong to force businesses to desegregate.…

More than two decades ago, President Ronald Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, making penalties for possession of crack-cocaine offenses 100 times harsher than those for powder cocaine offenses. This glaring disparity has since become a defining symbol of the racism encoded in our criminal justice system. We treat crack—which is often found…