This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like
Nearly half of all California voters are new or occasional voters. In South LA, one group is empowering community members to realize the significance of their vote.
Aug 28, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado
Fantasy Women of the GOP Fantasy Women of the GOP
In the Republican imagination, women hardly register.
Aug 28, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
We Have Met Todd Akin, and He Is Us We Have Met Todd Akin, and He Is Us
Akin’s theory of rape is monstrous. But he got it from a culture of rape apologetics that is not confined to one end of the political spectrum.
Aug 28, 2012 / Lissa Harris
RNC Schedule: Tokenism Extraordinaire RNC Schedule: Tokenism Extraordinaire
GOP policies are as opposed to civil rights as always, but the party’s convention will be filled with speakers meant to soften its image on race and gender.
Aug 28, 2012 / Ben Adler
Lobbyist Parties at RNC Narrowly Skirt Ethics Rules Lobbyist Parties at RNC Narrowly Skirt Ethics Rules
A collection of transportation companies threw a party for Congressional leaders, using a neat trick to avoid breaking the rules.
Aug 28, 2012 / George Zornick
Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game
NFL owners are no different than other US bosses and the lockout is their twenty-first-century method of operation.
Aug 28, 2012 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
Romney Games GOP Rules to Benefit His Campaign… in 2016 Romney Games GOP Rules to Benefit His Campaign… in 2016
Senior conservative activists in the GOP will try to block a rules rewrite that would insulate Romney from inside-the-party pressure, primary challenges.
Aug 28, 2012 / John Nichols
The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention
What happens when reality—and natural disasters—intrude on the Republican's Ayn Rand fantasy.
Aug 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hundreds Protest Bain-Owned Corporation in Tampa Over Low Wages Hundreds Protest Bain-Owned Corporation in Tampa Over Low Wages
The owner of Outback Steakhouse and other chains has fought to lower state minimum wages, which doesn't sit well with low-wage workers.
Aug 28, 2012 / George Zornick
In Sentencing Criminals, Is Norway Too Soft? Or Are We Too Harsh? In Sentencing Criminals, Is Norway Too Soft? Or Are We Too Harsh?
If Anders Breivik’s twenty-one-year sentence is shocking to Americans, it is largely because we are so uniquely punitive, whether the crime is murder or drug possession.
Aug 28, 2012 / Liliana Segura