Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements
The election showed US citizens will fight back against the GOP assault on equality.
Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room
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Nov 7, 2012 / The Nation
Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy
Those long, snaking lines were about more than a vote. The people most battered and excluded from the nation's politics and economy refuse to be ignored.
Nov 7, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left
Her clear-as-a-bell progressive convictions mobilized a massive grassroots base.
Nov 7, 2012 / E.J. Graff
Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government
President Obama's re-election marks the most decisive mandate for an assertive, progressive governing model in well over a generation. Here’s why.
Nov 7, 2012 / Ari Melber
Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones? Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones?
After last night's re-election, progressives wonder if the US is in for four more years of extrajudicial killings.
Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room
The Bad News About White People: Romney Won the White Vote Almost Everywhere The Bad News About White People: Romney Won the White Vote Almost Everywhere
Whites voted Republican in every state except for four.
Nov 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener
In Victory, Obama Aims to Truly Enact an Agenda In Victory, Obama Aims to Truly Enact an Agenda
The president’s speech Tuesday night was aimed directly at the heart of die-hard GOP opposition.
Nov 7, 2012 / George Zornick
How Sandy Laid Bare Our Globe’s Inequalities How Sandy Laid Bare Our Globe’s Inequalities
Do we really think that the rebuilding of the opulent high-rises of Manhattan’s Battery Park City will take as long as the reconstruction of public housing projects in Brookl...
Nov 7, 2012 / Phyllis Bennis
The 2012 Elections: Heralded by Sergio Romo’s Shirt The 2012 Elections: Heralded by Sergio Romo’s Shirt
San Francisco Giants reliever Sergio Romo gave us a sneak preview of last night’s historic election results.
Nov 7, 2012 / Dave Zirin