How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama
The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Will the Threat Ryan Poses to Rural America Swing Swing States? Yes Will the Threat Ryan Poses to Rural America Swing Swing States? Yes
In farm country, Paul Ryan won’t talk farm issues. Why? His budget is a direct assault on the rural Americans who decide how battleground states vote.
Aug 15, 2012 / John Nichols
Regime Change in Syria: Part II Regime Change in Syria: Part II
Who died and made America boss?
Aug 14, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ari Berman: Can Obama Win in North Carolina, Again? Ari Berman: Can Obama Win in North Carolina, Again?
The state that Obama won in 2008 is far from a sure thing this time around.
Aug 9, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Battleground 2012: Can Obama Win North Carolina Again? Battleground 2012: Can Obama Win North Carolina Again?
In this crucial swing state, organizers are betting that a strong grassroots ground game can defeat Romney’s Super PAC cash.
Aug 8, 2012 / Feature / Ari Berman
Shootings at Sikh Temple Test the Founding Faith of America Shootings at Sikh Temple Test the Founding Faith of America
Now is the time for President Obama to affirm the Jeffersonian ideal that no American “should suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief.”
Aug 6, 2012 / John Nichols
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 Blames Obama for GOP Defense Cuts Romney Blames Obama for GOP Defense Cuts
Mitt’s campaign is attacking the president for defense spending cuts that his own party voted for in Congress.
Jul 26, 2012 / Ben Adler
Broke? Not if Governments Tax the $21 TRILLION Rich Have Offshored Broke? Not if Governments Tax the $21 TRILLION Rich Have Offshored
The enormous sum Romney and his billionaire pals around the world hide from the taxman is enough to pay for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and a whole lot more.
Jul 23, 2012 / John Nichols
George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart
McGovern has always practiced a politics that runs deeper; a politics rooted in his love of America’s history, its literature and its possibility.
Jul 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols