Nine-Year-Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass and Maybe Changes the World Nine-Year-Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass and Maybe Changes the World
Sam Gordon has become an Internet sensation after the spread of viral videos showing her shredding Pee Wee football defenses with a series of dynamic touchdown runs.
Nov 12, 2012 / Dave Zirin
An Appeal to the GOP: Stick to Your Principles! Don’t Listen to Pundits! An Appeal to the GOP: Stick to Your Principles! Don’t Listen to Pundits!
We need a choice, not an echo—especially on “legitimate rape.”
Nov 10, 2012 / Jon Wiener
This Week: Seizing the Moment This Week: Seizing the Moment
A progressive surge, a changing American electorate, and Voting Rights Watch 2012.
Nov 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Leading Banking Committee Democrat Backs Warren Leading Banking Committee Democrat Backs Warren
One of the committee’s top Democrats said he wants to see Warren on board, if she wants to be.
Nov 9, 2012 / George Zornick
Obama’s 3 Million Vote, Electoral College Landslide, Majority of States Mandate Obama’s 3 Million Vote, Electoral College Landslide, Majority of States Mandate
The president won big. Democrats added Senate seats and won the majority of the votes cast for the US House. It’s a mandate. Don’t squander it.
Nov 9, 2012 / John Nichols
Voters Did Not Choose Austerity Voters Did Not Choose Austerity
The results are unambiguous: voters want more government investment and higher taxes on the wealthy.
Nov 9, 2012 / George Zornick
Would You Like Some Humble Pie With That Tea? Would You Like Some Humble Pie With That Tea?
It wasn’t just the many Republican names and causes listed on ballots across the country that had a bad night. Add to the losers: the conservative media.
Nov 9, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Iran Shoots at US Drone Iran Shoots at US Drone
A near-miss, in many senses of the word.
Nov 9, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Would Gay Voters Really Fall for a Pro-Marriage Equality GOP? Would Gay Voters Really Fall for a Pro-Marriage Equality GOP?
Nope. Just like the majority of Americans, they cast their vote for the candidate they trusted to fight rampant economic inequality and keep the recovery going.
Nov 8, 2012 / Emily Douglas
Conservatives Understand the GOP’s Problem but Not Its Solution Conservatives Understand the GOP’s Problem but Not Its Solution
Republicans fail to recognize that it was their policies—not people’s “perceptions”—that lost them women and minority voters.
Nov 8, 2012 / Ben Adler