Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections
Two states in the Super Tuesday primaries—Georgia and Tennessee—are part of a wave of states that created troubling voting laws following the Tea Party Republican victo...
Mar 6, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Super Tuesday Sees Romney’s Softer Side Super Tuesday Sees Romney’s Softer Side
Romney’s strategy has been to tear down those around him without giving people reasons to like him.
Mar 6, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Lessons From Limbaugh Lessons From Limbaugh
For the right wing, when the topic is anything remotely connected to female sexuality, every woman is a slut.
Mar 5, 2012 / Katha Pollitt
Rick Santorum’s Elite Background Rick Santorum’s Elite Background
Santorum has a chance in Ohio because he appeals more to working-class voters than Romney. But his blue-collar roots are a myth.
Mar 5, 2012 / Ben Adler
Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack
Republicans have accomplished what Democrats and unions never could: they’ve made the National Labor Relations Board a household name.
Mar 5, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Lyric Nation: Three Poems by William Carlos Williams Lyric Nation: Three Poems by William Carlos Williams
"Labrador," "A Vision of Labor," "A Unison"
Mar 5, 2012 / William Carlos Williams
The NFL, Bounties and the Drive to Hide the Violence The NFL, Bounties and the Drive to Hide the Violence
Reactions to revelations that an NFL team took out “bounties” on opponents tell a story of a sport desperate to mask the effects of violence.
Mar 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin
BP’s $7.8 Billion Settlement for the Deepwater Horizon Spill Is Only the Beginning BP’s $7.8 Billion Settlement for the Deepwater Horizon Spill Is Only the Beginning
Who benefits from the multi-billion-dollar settlement between BP and victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Mar 5, 2012 / Press Room
How to Fund an American Police State How to Fund an American Police State
The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.
Mar 5, 2012 / Stephan Salisbury
Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy
Romney's campaign doctors newspaper editorials and then sends them to reporters hoping to spin the story. In fact, even his backers have doubts.
Mar 5, 2012 / John Nichols