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Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA

Coal companies are using a number of tactics to help boost Mitt Romney's chances this November. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Lee Fang

The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide

The Family Research Council tries to swing Catholic voters on social issues, or as they call it, "intrinsic evils."

Oct 9, 2012 / Ben Adler

Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform

The influential New York senator is urging his party not to pursue across-the-board rate cuts. 

Oct 9, 2012 / George Zornick

Ohio’s Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights Ohio’s Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights

Jon Husted wants Supreme Court to invalidate final three days of early voting in crucial battleground state

Oct 9, 2012 / Ari Berman

What We Talk About When We Talk About Lena Dunham What We Talk About When We Talk About Lena Dunham

Why does Lena Dunham really inspire so much charged debate?

Oct 9, 2012 / Michelle Dean

Why We Should All Care About the Walmart Strikers Why We Should All Care About the Walmart Strikers

As low-wage retail jobs take over our economy, this strike will tell us whether workers can improve them.

Oct 9, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home

Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.  

Oct 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’ Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’

 Language matters, but to what extent does it affect political progress?

Oct 9, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview

The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’ More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’

The GOP nominee is all-in for low-road trade policies that cut wages and benefits in the US and abroad.

Oct 9, 2012 / John Nichols

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