IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal Is Secret Money Influencing US Elections IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal Is Secret Money Influencing US Elections
The story Washington should be talking about is how the Citizens United decision unleashed a flood of secret spending in US elections.
May 14, 2013 / Ari Berman
Pennsylvania Think Tank Plans to ‘Slay’ Unions, Like in Wisconsin Pennsylvania Think Tank Plans to ‘Slay’ Unions, Like in Wisconsin
A fundraising letter obtained by The Nation lays out right-wing efforts in Pennsylvania to go after labor unions.
Apr 23, 2013 / Lee Fang
Hello, Supply Side! Hello, Supply Side!
On Tax Day, let's consider a right-wing Zombie Idea that won't die despite even being debunked in National Review: that "tax cuts pay for themselves."
Apr 15, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Duck Genitals, Bisexual Frogs and Other Right-Wing Anti-Science Inanities Duck Genitals, Bisexual Frogs and Other Right-Wing Anti-Science Inanities
As predictable as the rising and setting sun, conservative politicians attack basic science with all the maturity of ten-year-old boys.
Apr 12, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Why Conservatives Think the Ends Justify the Means Why Conservatives Think the Ends Justify the Means
Who needs a majority—or democracy—when you just know that your cause is the most righteous?
Apr 8, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See
The hard-right wing exerts an oversized influence on our gridlocked Congress, thanks in part to a Beltway media enamored of them.
Apr 5, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media
A new book argues that the media failed to grasp the frightening extremism of the anti-immigrant border patrols of a few years ago—and wraps it in a thrilling true-crime tale...
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
The Doomsday Prepper Caucus The Doomsday Prepper Caucus
Prophecies of government tyranny, financial meltdown and violent anarchy featured on Doomsday Preppers are being absorbed into contemporary conservatism.
Apr 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Reed Richardson
Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part the Last: Do Something!) Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part the Last: Do Something!)
Ultimately, whether a party cements its gains depends not on demographics but performance.
Apr 1, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The Right Leans In The Right Leans In
Media-savvy conservative think tanks take aim and fire at progressive power bases in the states.