Elections

A Presidential Candidate Willing to Get Arrested to Fight Foreclosure Abuse A Presidential Candidate Willing to Get Arrested to Fight Foreclosure Abuse

Green candidate Jill Stein is running a big-ideas, big-activism campaign in the best tradition of transformational third-party politics.

Aug 2, 2012 / John Nichols

Wayne Barrett: Romney Handed Out Olympic Contracts, Violated His Own Ethics Rules Wayne Barrett: Romney Handed Out Olympic Contracts, Violated His Own Ethics Rules

How Mitt used his business relationships during the Salt Lake City Summer Olympics in 2002 may offer an insight into a Romney presidency.

Aug 1, 2012 / Press Room

Why Did Romney Double Down on Anti-Palestinian Comments? Why Did Romney Double Down on Anti-Palestinian Comments?

Mitt posted a defense in National Review of his claim that Israeli and Palestinian cultures explain their respective economic strength. 

Aug 1, 2012 / Ben Adler

What’s Happening With Voting Rights Near You? Here’s a National Look What’s Happening With Voting Rights Near You? Here’s a National Look

Some of the latest voting rights news from around the country.

Jul 31, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

How the Obama Campaign’s New iPhone App Really Works How the Obama Campaign’s New iPhone App Really Works

Why is the Obama campaign investing in an unprecedented program to merge its field and technology programs?

Jul 31, 2012 / Ari Melber

Romney’s World Romney’s World

Mitt's foreign policy, like much of his vision for America, seems out of a 20th-century history book.

Jul 31, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean

What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean

A major party’s support of LGBT rights is progress that ought not to be underestimated.

Jul 31, 2012 / John Nichols

The Real Reason Romney Went to Israel The Real Reason Romney Went to Israel

Republicans are supposedly trying to win over Jewish voters. They know that won’t happen. It’s all about evangelicals, and Florida. 

Jul 31, 2012 / Ben Adler

Poland’s Solidarnosc Wants No Part of Romney’s Anti-Labor Politics

Poland’s Solidarnosc Wants No Part of Romney’s Anti-Labor Politics Poland’s Solidarnosc Wants No Part of Romney’s Anti-Labor Politics

While Romney toured Poland, the current leaders of the historic union denounced his “support for the attacks against trade unions and labor rights.”

Jul 30, 2012 / John Nichols

Mr. Romney Goes to Europe Mr. Romney Goes to Europe

While abroad Romney signals that he wants a return to the Bush Doctrine. 

Jul 30, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

x