Election 2012

Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union

Republicans did not want to mention their former president in Tampa. But in Charlotte Democrats followed their former president’s lead. And it could take them all the way in ...

Sep 6, 2012 / John Nichols

Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform

Conservative complaints about the Democratic platform are just petty politics of religious symbolism.

Sep 5, 2012 / Ben Adler

Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans

Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans Voices From the DNC: Lillie Madali—Fighting to Keep Healthcare for Asian Americans

One in ten Asian Americans carry hepatitis B, and before the Affordable Care Act, that 10 percent could be denied health insurance based on this pre-existing condition.

Sep 5, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

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

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