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Winter, Unplugged In Our Nation’s Capital

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ One comment

While visiting the National Archives over the holiday, Maury, Nate and I were hit with a technophobic realization — and it wasn’t the result of having born first-hand witness to the original copies of the Magna Carta and women’s suffrage amendment. Rather, we all stepped back in disbelief, when standing in line to view my [...]

2009 Love: Thanks Peeps!

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ December 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

This week I’m wrapping up one of the most adventurous, romantic, ambitious (yet incredibly challenging) years in my life, and I’m happy to be at home in Washington, DC, with my best friend from college Mr. Nate Moore, who has been an excellent house guest. For all the action that characterized the year’s first nine [...]

New Gig, New City. I Promise to Stay for Awhile.

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m proud to announce that I’ve accepted a job with the Energy Action Coalition, a DC-based network of about 50 environmental rights groups committed to solving the root problem we face in America today: a dependence on dirty, unsustainable foreign oil and a climate in peril. I believe that working for aggressive, equitable, immediate change [...]

Please Join Me to Celebrate Post-Election Millennial Activism

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m hosting an event in conjunction with Living Liberally and Net Movement Politics, and I hope you can join me.
It’s been a year since President Obama engaged a new generation of Americans in his historic non-traditional campaign, but what are those fearless young leaders doing now? We’re gathering some of them together to discuss how [...]

Thanks, Mom!

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ May 6, 2009 ⋅ One comment

As usual, in the midst of my daily battle to compete as a top blogger extraordinaire, I’ve been ignoring most of the logistical details of my never-ending cross-country move. For months since I’ve been bicoastal I’ve had no idea where half my stuff was: in Jacqueline’s Gramercy Park apartment, at my house in Highland Park, [...]

My Iowa Retrospective on HuffPost Starting Today

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ December 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

UPDATE: Here’s a compilation of the five posts, completed.
While we’re all processing the end of 2008, I find myself thinking frequently about the end of 2007. It was certainly a time of uncertainty, and for those of us who supported Barack Obama from the beginning it was the make-or-break point in the campaign. As [...]

W&W: The Tech Presidency: What Obama’s Victory Means for Our Wired Future

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Day After, We All Breathe… With the election resolved, Zach Tumin of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government joins hosts Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, and Teresa Valdez-Klein to weigh in on last night’s election results, organizing online, new media messaging, and whether or not this new president will be a victory for technology.
To listen, [...]

Has the Republican Party Died?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Elizabeth Blackney of “Media Lizzy” joins Teresa and I to weigh in on Obama’s victory. How did each candidate perform in his post-election speech? Will the McCain camp blame Palin tomorrow morning? What will the Republicans do now to rebuild their party?
To listen, click the blue Blog Talk Radio box to the right >>.