When word broke last night that Joe Lieberman had taken the health care bill hostage and that it appeared the White House and Senate Majority Leader Reid were ready to cave, progressives howled. The process by which one so-called centrist can make unreasonable demands to get a bill passed has many calling for dumping the filibuster, and activists wondering what they can do.

Tabla player Suphala made history in 2005 when she traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan as the first musician to play in public since the fall of the Taliban. She's played with muscians including Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Edie Brickell, Vernon Reid, Timbaland, Sean Lennon, and Yoko Ono.

Philippine transgender activist Sass Rogando Sasot addressed a panel discussion organized by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden on the International Day of Human Rights.

As heads of state and negotiators gather inside and activists take to the streets in Copenhagen, Streetfilms takes some time to inspect the city's own climate-friendly programs. Specifically, they take a tour of the city's bicycle infrastructure with Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycle Chic.

On December 2nd, activists from NARAL Pro-Choice New York, Planned Parenthood, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health headed to Washington, DC for a day of lobbying against the Stupak amendment to the health care bill, which drastically sets back women's access to safe and legal abortion.

When word broke last night that Joe Lieberman had taken the health care bill hostage and that it appeared the White House and Senate Majority Leader Reid were ready to cave, progressives howled. The process by which one so-called centrist can make unreasonable demands to get a bill passed has many calling for dumping the filibuster, and activists wondering what they can do.

It's holiday season. And besides I've been feeling too grumpy to take the news "straight." So I came up for a ditty for today. You're welcome to send us yours. Here's mine:

"The Obama administration now has both the continuing Honduran crisis and a divided hemisphere on its hands, with no solution in sight," reads a new article in The Nation today. The U.S. has decided to recognize the result of the recent elections in Honduras, despite ongoing reports that the elections were boycotted and that the people consider them an extension of the coup.

Jacqui Patterson, NAACP Climate Justice Initiative Director, is in Copenhagen to remind negotiators and activists alike that fighting climate change is part of any social justice platform

While heads of state and their mouthpieces negotiate in Copenhagen and elections change the governments in Latin America, everyday farmers in Bolivia struggle to adapt to the changing climate that threatens their crops and way of life. Thanks to the Democracy Center for the video.