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Howard Dean: The Case for Obama Howard Dean: The Case for Obama

The former DNC chair predicts an Obama victory, says the future of the Supreme Court at stake.

Sep 6, 2012 / Ari Berman

A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy? A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy?

If women really do become this country’s breadwinners, it’ll likely mean more families slip from the middle class.

Sep 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Dumb and Dumber Dumb and Dumber

Obama’s “Smart Power’ foreign policy not smart at all.

Sep 6, 2012 / John Feffer

The United States Must Abandon All Support for the Syrian Rebellion The United States Must Abandon All Support for the Syrian Rebellion

The crisis in Syria veers toward regionwide sectarian explosion.

Sep 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union

Republicans did not want to mention their former president in Tampa. But in Charlotte Democrats followed their former president’s lead. And it could take them all the way in ...

Sep 6, 2012 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren to Romney: ‘Corporations Are Not People’ Elizabeth Warren to Romney: ‘Corporations Are Not People’

At the DNC, Warren offered a powerful defense of economic populism and a stinging rejoinder to Romney & co.

Sep 6, 2012 / Ari Berman

Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform

Conservative complaints about the Democratic platform are just petty politics of religious symbolism.

Sep 5, 2012 / Ben Adler

Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans

Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans

One in ten Asian Americans carry hepatitis B, and before the Affordable Care Act, that 10 percent could be denied health insurance based on this pre-existing condition.

Sep 5, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net

In Charlotte, progressives wish the party was making stronger promises not to cut Medicare and Social Security.  

Sep 5, 2012 / George Zornick

Occupy Monsanto Occupy Monsanto

Anti-GMO activists will stage a week of protests in St. Louis, home of the Monsanto Corporation, starting on the anniversary of OWS, September 17, 2012.

Sep 5, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

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