Todd Akin’s Shrinking Campaign Todd Akin’s Shrinking Campaign
It seems less like Akin is running for Senate, and more like he’s setting up a post-political career as an evangelical martyr.
Oct 18, 2012 / George Zornick
Progressives and the Election: A Nation Panel Conversation Progressives and the Election: A Nation Panel Conversation
How can progressives balance support for the Democrats with the need to mobilize grassroots support for social and economic causes?
Oct 18, 2012 / The Nation Video and Free Speech TV
Why Should the Left Support Obama? Why Should the Left Support Obama?
I wish, just once, an endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate would mull over some serious structural issues that are at stake.
Oct 17, 2012 / Doug Henwood
Hershey’s Charity for Children Became GOP Slush Fund Hershey’s Charity for Children Became GOP Slush Fund
A new attorney general in Pennsylvania could launch a real investigation into the diversion of charitable resources to luxury golf and Republican politics.
Oct 17, 2012 / Feature / F. Frederic Fouad
Is True the Vote Shaking Down States With Nuisance Lawsuits? Is True the Vote Shaking Down States With Nuisance Lawsuits?
The battered group’s poll watching “army” is on the retreat, but is it now trying to cash in through harassing state election officials?
Oct 17, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
The Psychological Toll of Voter Suppression The Psychological Toll of Voter Suppression
Despite a series of voting rights victories, ballot box bullies will still try to dissuade voters.
Oct 16, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Ryan Stunt Exposes Fraudulence of GOP Charity Rhetoric Ryan Stunt Exposes Fraudulence of GOP Charity Rhetoric
The Romney campaign faked a photo op of Ryan cleaning up at a soup kitchen.
Oct 16, 2012 / Ben Adler
Playing the Voter ID Card Playing the Voter ID Card
A former voter ID supporter realizes the real racial motive behind supposedly “common sense” reforms.
Oct 15, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka
Fightback on Voting Rights Fightback on Voting Rights
An important court decision stayed the GOP’s voter-suppression scheme in Pennsylvania. But that battle, and others like it across the nation, is only just beginning.
Oct 11, 2012 / Ari Berman
Our Lizard-Brain Politics Our Lizard-Brain Politics
We dismiss the anti-intellectualism of the right at our own peril.
Oct 11, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams