This Week: Voting Rights Watch 2012. Plus: HBO’s ‘Treme’. This Week: Voting Rights Watch 2012. Plus: HBO’s ‘Treme’.
Voting Rights & the Fight for Democracy, the 1 Percent Court, and the United States of ALEC.
Sep 29, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Fires Controversial Voter Suppression Operative, but Is He Still Playing Dirty Tricks In California? GOP Fires Controversial Voter Suppression Operative, but Is He Still Playing Dirty Tricks In California?
National Republicans moved quickly to fire their voter registration contractor after our report. But is the same firm playing dirty tricks in California?
Sep 29, 2012 / Lee Fang
So Allen West Wants to Talk About His Military Record… So Allen West Wants to Talk About His Military Record…
Representative Allen West is hitting his opponent for a 2003 arrest—but there’s a much uglier blot on his own record.
Sep 28, 2012 / George Zornick
DHS Throws a Lifeline to LGBT Immigrant Families DHS Throws a Lifeline to LGBT Immigrant Families
New federal guidelines will allow ICE officers to take into account a same-sex relationship with an American partner when determining whether to pursue a removal proceeding.
Sep 28, 2012 / Emily Douglas
Netanyahu Bombs at the UN Netanyahu Bombs at the UN
If either Netanayhu or Ahmadinejad is crazy, I pick the Israeli.
Sep 28, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week in Poverty: The Invisibles in Mississippi and the US This Week in Poverty: The Invisibles in Mississippi and the US
Before welfare reform there was the Work First program in Mississippi. It was a distaster for the poor then, just as welfare reform is a disaster for the poor today.
Sep 28, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Getting the Point of Collective Bargaining Getting the Point of Collective Bargaining
Collective bargaining got the real refs back on the football field. It’s a useful tool that should be defended, not attacked.
Sep 28, 2012 / John Nichols
The Story of ‘the Stench’ and the Future of the Right The Story of ‘the Stench’ and the Future of the Right
Why was this act of political "satire" so believable?
Sep 27, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Five Things You Should Know About Voter ID Laws Five Things You Should Know About Voter ID Laws
Number 1: These are not bipartisan efforts.
Sep 27, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Take the Cannoli… Take the Cannoli…
Are conservatives turning into a doomsday cult?
Sep 27, 2012 / Eric Alterman