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Romney’s Incredible Extremes Romney’s Incredible Extremes

Mitt’s policy plans enjoy impunity for their sheer lack of believability.

Aug 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for… After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for…

Bloomberg has stirred presidential buzz before. He’s not running this year. But he is campaigning on some of the biggest issues of the moment.

Aug 7, 2012 / John Nichols

Occupy Wall Street Protests the World’s Richest Man Occupy Wall Street Protests the World’s Richest Man

Occupy Wall Street protesters, Two Countries One Voice protest the world's richest man

Aug 7, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video) Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video)

Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing a class action suit that accuses him of racism in law enforcement. Is Arpaio the only problem? Another problem is the federal governmen...

Aug 7, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Media Help Advance Romney’s Lies About Ohio Early Voting Media Help Advance Romney’s Lies About Ohio Early Voting

The Obama campaign is not trying to restrict military voting rights in Ohio, so why do some reporters repeat that claim?

Aug 6, 2012 / George Zornick

Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’ Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’

The writer lacerates Israel in an op-ed, but that doesn’t make the paper a bastion of anti-Zionism.

Aug 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession

Pulling back on support for the unemployed is just the latest side effect of state legislators’ decisions to dole out tax cuts.

Aug 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Oscar Pistorius and ‘the Dignity of Risk’

Oscar Pistorius and ‘the Dignity of Risk’ Oscar Pistorius and ‘the Dignity of Risk’

Pistorius has made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete at the Olympic Games.

Aug 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Updated: Texas Executes Man With IQ of 61

Updated: Texas Executes Man With IQ of 61 Updated: Texas Executes Man With IQ of 61

The Supreme Court waved forward the execution of Marvin Wilson despite a 2002 ban on executing people with intellectual disabilities.

Aug 6, 2012 / Liliana Segura

Shootings at Sikh Temple Test the Founding Faith of America

Shootings at Sikh Temple Test the Founding Faith of America Shootings at Sikh Temple Test the Founding Faith of America

Now is the time for President Obama to affirm the Jeffersonian ideal that no American “should suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief.”

Aug 6, 2012 / John Nichols

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