Election 2012

Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net

In Charlotte, progressives wish the party was making stronger promises not to cut Medicare and Social Security.  

Sep 5, 2012 / George Zornick

Republicans, the Post-Truth Party Republicans, the Post-Truth Party

Why has brazen lying become intrinsic to GOP strategy? Because the party’s actual agenda is so unpopular, so unworkable and so dangerous.

Sep 5, 2012 / The Editors

The GOP’s Welfare Lie The GOP’s Welfare Lie

Let’s at least set the record straight.

Sep 5, 2012 / Betsy Reed

Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash

In a letter to the Obama administration obtained by the The Nation, Ryan asked that a clinic in his district receive a grant made possible by the Affordable Care Act.

Sep 5, 2012 / Lee Fang

The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’ The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’

Afflicted by the elite journalistic disease of “on-the-one-handism,” the MSM’s supposed arbiters of truth—like the Post’s Glenn Kessler—can't ma...

Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

Behind the GOP’s Diversity Display Behind the GOP’s Diversity Display

“Diversity” today marks a shift from equal opportunities to photo opportunities; institutions look different but they operate in exactly the same way.

Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge

Romney, Obama and ‘Capitalism’ in Israel Romney, Obama and ‘Capitalism’ in Israel

Talk about a tempest in a chicken-soup pot!

Sep 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Undocubus: A Journey From Arizona to the DNC [Video] Undocubus: A Journey From Arizona to the DNC [Video]

The Nation’s Aura Bogado traveled with Undocubus and brings you her reporter’s notebook.

Sep 5, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado

Michelle for the Win

Michelle for the Win Michelle for the Win

Michelle Obama’s mission last night was to convince Americans that she and the president deeply understand the real challenges facing Americans today, and she aced it.

Sep 5, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue

Still Dreaming Ted Kennedy’s Dream Still Dreaming Ted Kennedy’s Dream

The DNC is electrified by a speaker who was not there, but who crushed Mitt Romney in a debate.

Sep 5, 2012 / John Nichols

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