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By Dumping on Mitt, Is the GOP Making a Steal Plausible? By Dumping on Mitt, Is the GOP Making a Steal Plausible?

Voter suppression could wipe out 758,000 votes in Pennsylvania alone.

Jul 7, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Comments of the Week: The Affordable Care Act, Syria and the Future of Feminist Activism

Comments of the Week: The Affordable Care Act, Syria and the Future of Feminist Activism Comments of the Week: The Affordable Care Act, Syria and the Future of Feminist Activism

Our readers sound off on the Affordable Care Act, United States involvement in Syria and the future of feminist activism.

Jul 6, 2012 / Sarah Arnold

How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate

Forty-four percent of Philly’s population is African-American—and nearly 20 percent of voters there may lose the right to cast a ballot this fall.

Jul 6, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

No Child Left Behind Lives On

No Child Left Behind Lives On No Child Left Behind Lives On

The New York Times asks whether the law has been “nullified.” It hasn’t been.

Jul 6, 2012 / Dana Goldstein

June Jobs Report: The Slump Is Real

June Jobs Report: The Slump Is Real June Jobs Report: The Slump Is Real

The economy has settled into a slow growth pattern after some strong gains earlier this year, and a true recovery remains elusive. 

Jul 6, 2012 / George Zornick

Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World

A Tanzanian man was detained and tortured by US officials in Afghanistan on suspicion of terror. But he was completely innocent. 

Jul 6, 2012 / Press Room

Citizens United: The Sequel Citizens United: The Sequel

 Eric on the royal Internet "we" and Reed on this summer of political sequels. 

Jul 6, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Libor: The Crime of the Century

Libor: The Crime of the Century Libor: The Crime of the Century

The interest rate scandal surrounding England’s Barclays Bank is corruption like we’ve never seen it before.

Jul 6, 2012 / Robert Scheer

This Week in Poverty: The Soul Sisters

This Week in Poverty: The Soul Sisters This Week in Poverty: The Soul Sisters

Sister Simone Campbell talks about the Nuns on the Bus and their work to address poverty in America.

Jul 6, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Vetoing Voter ID Is the (Historically) Republican Thing to Do Vetoing Voter ID Is the (Historically) Republican Thing to Do

Michigan's Republican governor blocked a voter suppression measure, harkening back to a GOP of yore. 

Jul 6, 2012 / John Nichols

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