Don’t Fall for the GOP’s Over-the-Counter Contraception Racket Don’t Fall for the GOP’s Over-the-Counter Contraception Racket
Calls for the pill to be available without a prescription are just naked attempts to woo female voters and mask opposition to the Obamacare birth control mandate.
Oct 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: How the Koch Brothers Are Molding the Next Scott Walkers EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: How the Koch Brothers Are Molding the Next Scott Walkers
At a June, Koch-organized summit, Arizona Republican Doug Ducey begged billionaire favor by linking himself to the union-busting Wisconsinite and announcing, “I can't emphasize eno...
Oct 2, 2014 / John Nichols
Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions
More than 450 voters did not have their ballots counted in the state’s May primary as a result of the country’s harshest voting law.
Sep 10, 2014 / Ari Berman
Hope, Voting and Creating the World You Want to Live In Hope, Voting and Creating the World You Want to Live In
Getting to the polls is just the first step.
Sep 10, 2014 / Paul Rogat Loeb
Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters? Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters?
The country’s most stringent voter ID law is once again challenged in federal court.
Sep 2, 2014 / Ari Berman
For Many Politicians, Ferguson Isn’t Happening For Many Politicians, Ferguson Isn’t Happening
Most of the candidates likely to contend for the presidency in 2016 have been silent—even Hillary Clinton, who’s been otherwise eager in recent weeks to opine extensive...
Aug 20, 2014 / George Zornick
Clinton Slams Obama on Foreign Policy, Echoing the Neocons and the Far Right Clinton Slams Obama on Foreign Policy, Echoing the Neocons and the Far Right
Just a taste of what 2016 will look like.
Aug 12, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
At Aspen GOP Governors Forum, It’s Still Your Grandfather’s Republican Party At Aspen GOP Governors Forum, It’s Still Your Grandfather’s Republican Party
Not much evidence of reform-mindedness as Chris Christie, Scott Walker et al. defend tax cuts and austerity.
Jul 29, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Paul Ryan Has Some Big (Mostly Bad) Ideas for America’s Working Poor Paul Ryan Has Some Big (Mostly Bad) Ideas for America’s Working Poor
But at least his idea for expanding the EITC is a good one.
Jul 25, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Rick Perry Uses Immigrant-Bashing as Path to 2016 Rick Perry Uses Immigrant-Bashing as Path to 2016
Like Europe’s far-right parties, Perry is hoping that hostility to immigrants will energize the base.
Jul 23, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss