Election 2012

Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege

Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.

Sep 11, 2012 / Ben Adler

New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote

New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote

There's a concerted effort to register Native voters in 2012, and make a big impact on Election Day.

Sep 11, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado

Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?

The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...

Sep 11, 2012 / John Nichols

The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum

The long-running feud between moderates and conservatives is over. The wackos have won.

Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

No Place Like Home No Place Like Home

In a desperate election, nostalgia for an America before the decline is the GOP’s only message.

Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

The GOP’s Authoritarian Strategy The GOP’s Authoritarian Strategy

Demographic trends threaten the party’s electoral future—but it does have another option.

Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The RNC Was Nothing but Post-Truth Politics Katrina vanden Heuvel: The RNC Was Nothing but Post-Truth Politics

On Real Time with Bill Maher, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel compares the DNC’s diverse showing with the “pale and stale” RNC.

Sep 10, 2012 / Press Room

It’s Time to Talk About the Poor It’s Time to Talk About the Poor

The poor were missing from the conversation at both national conventions.

Sep 10, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Why You Should Be Very Afraid of This Year’s Ballot Bullies Why You Should Be Very Afraid of This Year’s Ballot Bullies

Another report pulls up the curtain on the Tea Party–propelled voter intimidation network. 

Sep 10, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch

Romney’s Latest Healthcare Lie Romney’s Latest Healthcare Lie

Romney says he would guarantee insurance coverage to people with prior conditions. He wouldn’t. 

Sep 10, 2012 / Ben Adler

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