Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda
Forget Mitt Romney. Wisconsin’s governor gets a hero’s welcome at the NRA convention, with a gun-talk laden speech that claims his critics “want to take me o...
Apr 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Neither Republicans nor Democrats treat parenting as work, and thousands of poor women are living in poverty today as living proof of that fact.
Apr 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’ Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’
The group hopes its initiative will be the beginning of a spring surge.
Apr 16, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t 25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
The decline of African-American involvement in baseball speaks more to twenty-first-century problems than Campanis-era racism does.
Apr 16, 2012 / Dave Zirin
This Week: Was Hilary Rosen Right? PLUS: Voting Rights Watch 2012 This Week: Was Hilary Rosen Right? PLUS: Voting Rights Watch 2012
This week, we discuss the Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney dust-up. Plus, a new joint project with Colorlines.com reporting on voter suppression throught the 2012 election season. And T...
Apr 14, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Language of the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney Phony Feud The Language of the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney Phony Feud
The phrase “never worked a day in her life” immediately creates an Us vs. Them—and the media loves it.
Apr 13, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Romney’s Female Surrogates Oppose Women’s Rights Romney’s Female Surrogates Oppose Women’s Rights
The female Republican politicians attacking Obama’s record on women in the economy don't support fair pay, contraception access or abortion rights.
Apr 13, 2012 / Ben Adler
Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow
The ranks of those sleeping “in the belly of the beast” as a form of protest continues to grow in New York City.
Apr 13, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in Poverty: Will Pennsylvania Rip Another Hole in the Safety Net? This Week in Poverty: Will Pennsylvania Rip Another Hole in the Safety Net?
Nearly 70,000 Pennsylvanians depend on General Assistance, the safety net of last resort. Governor Tom Corbett wants the program eliminated.
Apr 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress
The congressman imagines he’s surrounded by radicals. But it was his own Republican Party, founded by utopian socialists and militant abolitionists, that brought Marxist idea...
Apr 13, 2012 / John Nichols