Lena Dunham’s and Ronald Reagan’s First Time Lena Dunham’s and Ronald Reagan’s First Time
Lena Dunham’s Obama ad wasn’t the “first time” someone made a double entendre about voting.
Oct 26, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Advantage Elizabeth Warren Advantage Elizabeth Warren
The campaign”s final stretch finds Warren with a small lead and a revved-up volunteer base.
Oct 26, 2012 / E.J. Graff
Comments of the Week: Our Debate Chats and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Comments of the Week: Our Debate Chats and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Our readers join us for our robust live chats during the presidential debates and sound off on mandatory minimum sentencing.
Oct 26, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
Will California Congressman Buck McKeon Go Down? Will California Congressman Buck McKeon Go Down?
Plagued by ethical troubles, the “poster boy for pay to play politics” and Pentagon BFF is finally facing a competitive election.
Oct 26, 2012 / Lee Fang
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (10/26/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (10/26/12)
This week: LGBT New Yorkers stand against stop-and-frisk, Obama makes his "kill list" permanent, and much more.
Oct 26, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Clueless Politics of ‘Cloud Atlas’ The Clueless Politics of ‘Cloud Atlas’
The blockbuster adaptation’s “deep thoughts” come in about as cheap as its prosthetics.
Oct 26, 2012 / Michelle Dean
Life Without Parole: A Different Death Penalty Life Without Parole: A Different Death Penalty
As a death row lawyer who fights to keep his clients alive, I believe life without parole denies the possibility of redemption every bit as much as strapping a murderer to the gurn...
Oct 26, 2012 / David R. Dow
Climate Change Freeze Out Climate Change Freeze Out
Climate change has been discussed during the debates in every presidential election since 1984. Until now.
Oct 26, 2012 / Eric Alterman
This Week in Poverty: Bigfoot, Nessie and Paul Ryan This Week in Poverty: Bigfoot, Nessie and Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan’s speech on poverty and upward mobility was all stories and spin, and no substance.
Oct 26, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All? Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All?
Unfettered corporate spending in elections is silencing citizen voices.
Oct 26, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel