john podesta

Progressives on the Take

Dec 18, 2013
The Podesta brothers are the faces of the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party that, like the president himself, will talk a good game of reducing income inequality, while catering to the interests of the very corporations that have initiated the problem. How can President Obama be so right and so wrong in the same moment?

Team Obama’s New Transparency Tactic

Dec 6, 2008
If the secret policy wonk in you has always hankered to sit in on those exciting meetings that happen in elite circles of government, you're in luck -- members of the Obama transition team have found another way to use the Web with their new "Seat at the Table" initiative.
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