From Paul Wellstone to Elizabeth Warren From Paul Wellstone to Elizabeth Warren
The great progressive senator fought an often lonely battle to prevent banks and credit card companies from rigging the system against working families. His ally then is running fo...
Oct 25, 2012 / John Nichols
Romney Flails on Gay Rights Romney Flails on Gay Rights
It's still unclear whether the GOP candidate would support anti-discrimination legislation.
Oct 24, 2012 / Ben Adler
Romney’s So-Called ‘Moderate’ Stance Would Outlaw 90 Percent of Abortions Romney’s So-Called ‘Moderate’ Stance Would Outlaw 90 Percent of Abortions
Let’s get real: an abortion ban exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the woman would account for less than 7 percent of abortions that happen in America each year.
Oct 24, 2012 / Harold Pollack
Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election
STUDENT FINALIST: The harrowing irony of our current immigration system is that those who will be most affected by immigration policies can’t participate in the election process.
Oct 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone
John Nichols: Obama’s Own Five-Point Plan John Nichols: Obama’s Own Five-Point Plan
The president’s economic roadmap focuses on education.
Oct 24, 2012 / Press Room
Ari Melber: The Commission’s Rules Dumb Down Presidential Debates Ari Melber: The Commission’s Rules Dumb Down Presidential Debates
Over last three presidential debates, both candidates broke numerous rules set up by the debate commission, but unreleased to the public.
Oct 24, 2012 / Press Room
Food MythBusters Food MythBusters
Food Mythbusters is a new one-stop shop where you can get your burning questions about food answered through short films, Q&As with experts and links to essential research.
Oct 24, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
George McGovern, Prairie Populist George McGovern, Prairie Populist
The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, who died at 90 on October 21, embraced and inspired the struggle for peace and economic and social justice.
Oct 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
How Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison How Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison
As a federal district judge in Iowa, I have sentenced a staggering number of low-level drug addicts to long prison terms. This is not justice.
Oct 24, 2012 / Judge Mark W. Bennett
Noted Noted
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Paul Wellstone ten years later, Allison Kilkenny on Obama and Romney's silence on the housing crisis, John Nichols on Clear Channel’s voter intim...
Oct 24, 2012 / Various Contributors