This Week: Countdown to Election. Plus: Remembering George McGovern This Week: Countdown to Election. Plus: Remembering George McGovern
Election coverage highlights, remembering George McGovern, and the 2012 Writing Contest winners.
Oct 27, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On the Lena Dunham ‘First Time’ Ad Controversy On the Lena Dunham ‘First Time’ Ad Controversy
It’s not about the sex—it’s about the emotion.
Oct 27, 2012 / Richard Kim
Lena Dunham’s and Ronald Reagan’s First Time Lena Dunham’s and Ronald Reagan’s First Time
Lena Dunham’s Obama ad wasn’t the “first time” someone made a double entendre about voting.
Oct 26, 2012 / Leslie Savan
The Clueless Politics of ‘Cloud Atlas’ The Clueless Politics of ‘Cloud Atlas’
The blockbuster adaptation’s “deep thoughts” come in about as cheap as its prosthetics.
Oct 26, 2012 / Michelle Dean
Climate Change Freeze Out Climate Change Freeze Out
Climate change has been discussed during the debates in every presidential election since 1984. Until now.
Oct 26, 2012 / Eric Alterman
This Week in Poverty: Bigfoot, Nessie and Paul Ryan This Week in Poverty: Bigfoot, Nessie and Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan’s speech on poverty and upward mobility was all stories and spin, and no substance.
Oct 26, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All? Is a ‘Citizens United’ Democracy a Democracy At All?
Unfettered corporate spending in elections is silencing citizen voices.
Oct 26, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Paul Ryan Takes a Side in the War on Poverty: He’s Against What Works Paul Ryan Takes a Side in the War on Poverty: He’s Against What Works
The Republican vice presidential nominee says he wants to fight poverty. Actually, he’s fighting the programs that have reduced poverty.
Oct 26, 2012 / John Nichols
Obama Campaign Launches Sexy Lena Dunham Ad: ‘Your First Time’ Obama Campaign Launches Sexy Lena Dunham Ad: ‘Your First Time’
The controversial star of Girls wants to talk about her first time. On The Internet, naturally.
Oct 26, 2012 / Ari Melber
Paul Wellstone’s Legacy Paul Wellstone’s Legacy
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Oct 25, 2012 / Peter Rothberg