The stalemate on health reform and proposed cuts to social programs in the federal budget have AIDS advocates concerned about the Administration’s commitment.

Written by Diana Scholl for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Obama’s 2011 federal budget–to be released next week–will be a strong reflection of the moral vision of the President and his Administration.

Written by William Smith for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Empty gestures and lame efforts to distract Americans’ attention won’t work.

There are many things that need to be addressed in this current economy, but I believe that if you are looking for the thing with the biggest bang for your buck, nothing will do it like increasing the minimum wage

Spending Freeze: Brilliant

It’s not the spending freeze, rather the approach to deficit reduction that we should be up in arms about.

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger

Progressives have waited a year for President Barack Obama to roll up his sleeves and fight for serious financial reform. Last week, he finally jumped in the ring, telling weak-kneed Senators to stand up to Wall Street and endorsing a critical ban on risky securities trading.

In an effort to outflank his own extreme right wing advisers and ultra-rich campaugn contributors, the president’s latest gambit is to make us “make him do it (h/t FDR.”

Obama’s announcement of a spending freeze seems to be the last straw for a large number of Daily Kos readers.

The coalition of citizens curious about developing long-term 3rd party solutions just got significantly larger.

Finding common cause with people from Libertarian/Republican backgrounds may be difficult for some, but I think it is surmountable.

For the Democrats in Congress, winning in November isn’t rocket science; it’s about having the will to pursue survival ruthlessly. The key to winning is giving the American people what they’ll like, and not allowing any of the normal Washington obstacles to stand in the way. But, for Dems to act that way depends on them changing both their beliefs and their behavior. Let’s start with the beliefs.

The first belief that has to change is the idea that deficits are a problem for the Federal Government, that Democrats have to minimize to show that they are responsible. This is a myth, a lie, a scare, or a fraud. Deficits are only a problem when inflation begins to appear. If there is no inflation, Democrats should not even give lip service to the idea that deficits are important.