Political Ideologies

What Ron Paul Brings to the 2012 Race: An Old-Right Orthodoxy That Often Aligns Him With Progressives What Ron Paul Brings to the 2012 Race: An Old-Right Orthodoxy That Often Aligns Him With Progressives

The sort-of libertarian congressman from Texas challenges more Republican dogma on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Pentagon spending, free trade, civil liberties, bank bailouts and Fed s...

Apr 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter

Eric takes on Time magazine's severe editorial weaknesses and Reed Richardson offers his predictions for Mitt Romney's presidential run.

Apr 29, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals

Without turning into sentimental left-wing pageantry, Kushner’s new play illuminates radicalism and makes art of sectarian dreams and failures.

Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Spillane

For Birthers, Obama’s Not Black Enough

For Birthers, Obama’s Not Black Enough For Birthers, Obama’s Not Black Enough

As a black man, Obama's confident knowledge of his lineage is precisely the thing that makes his American identity dubious.

Apr 27, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Republicans Face a Backlash From Paul Ryan’s Budget Bill Republicans Face a Backlash From Paul Ryan’s Budget Bill

The GOP has come to believe that they were elected to usher in their radical vision of extreme privatization of the welfare state—which they were not.

Apr 27, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Why Afghanistan Could Upend Obama’s Re-election Strategy Why Afghanistan Could Upend Obama’s Re-election Strategy

Antiwar sentiment is at the heart of Obama’s base—and also of his appeal to independent voters. 

Apr 27, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace

After the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations like Koch Industries are pushing their own political agenda in the workplace.

Apr 22, 2011 / Press Room

David Koch

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

Apr 21, 2011 / Feature / Mark Ames and Mike Elk

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.

Apr 20, 2011 / Feature / Mark Ames and Mike Elk

Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks

Is the nation's best public park system poised to become an enormous gas field?

Apr 19, 2011 / Robert S. Eshelman

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