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Tavis Smiley moderated a discussion on the challenges facing the U.S., including energy independence, job creation, the economy, education, and health care reform.

Arianna Huffington was shown at a reception for her recently published book, Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Destroying the American Dream. The p…

White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie shared their thoughts on the 2010 midterm elections. Mr. Axelrod said he was “eager” f…

The Huffington Post editor-in-chief argues that America is in decline as an economic and political leader and that the country’s middle class is rapidly disappearing. With little optimism, M…

Progressive leaders talked about their agenda for the Obama administration at the America’s Future Now! conference. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins in her remarks urged progressives to support compreh…

Arianna Huffington spoke with Michael Bishop on the topic “Is America turning into a third-world country?” Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy was the inaugural event of a serie…

Dick Armey, Howard Dean, Arianna Huffington, John Kasich, and Joe Scarborough participated in a discussion on the future of capitalism. Among the topics they addressed wee the role of govern…

Witnesses testified about challenges facing the newspaper industry, how the media landscape has changed with the introduction of digital technology, and new models and improvements in journa…

Bill Press hosted other progressive talk-radio hosts and other guests on-stage together for a celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama and the role progressive talk radio played in th…

Arianna Huffington talked about the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama and recent political news. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

Journalists talked about political conventions and media coverage of campaign 2008. Topics included the influence of new media and its divisions between left and right and the 24-hour news c…

Arianna Huffington and Chuck DeFeo talked about old versus new media, and contrasted the strengths and weaknesses of both. Topics included accountability, transparency, the pitfalls of acce…

Arianna Huffington wrote Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe by Knopf. She argued that radical right-wing politician…

Panelists talked about the progressive agenda and President George W. Bush’s legacy. They talked about the failures of conservatism and responded to audience members' questions. This even…

Robert Kuttner talked about his book The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Endangers Our Prosperity, published by Knopf. In his book Mr. Kuttner explores the issues tha…

Ken Auletta moderated a discussion on, “The Impact of the Internet on the Presidential Race.” The panelists talked about the ways in which elections have been changed by the Internet that wi…

Media leaders talked about adapting to new technology. Persons who are making the transition from print to Internet talked about their experiences with the many-to-many interactivity that al…

Republican and Democratic partisans talked about current events in Washington and around the world on topics including the war in Iraq, immigration, and health care. They focused on the 2008…

Participants talked about the impact of the Internet and on-line technology on the news media at a forum celebrating the tenth anniversary of Slate. Veterans of on-line journalism and observ…

During the Saturday book and author luncheon, a panel of authors moderated by Ms. Sherr talked about the world of politics and about their books on specific aspects of politics, both conserv…