Politics

‘Nightmare’ Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Revisited in Court ‘Nightmare’ Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Revisited in Court

Will Pennsylvania be the next major swing state where a restrictive voting law is struck down by the courts?

Sep 13, 2012 / Ari Berman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Supreme Court for the 1 Percent Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Supreme Court for the 1 Percent

Whose interest does the highest court in the country have in mind?

Sep 13, 2012 / Press Room

Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder

Can you imagine this man in the White House?

Sep 13, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Romney-Ryan Prep School Fantasies: Wrong About Teachers… and Parents Romney-Ryan Prep School Fantasies: Wrong About Teachers… and Parents

66 percent of Chicago parents back teachers and their union, while Romney-Ryan back wrongheaded Rahm Emmanel—and the fantasy that parents don't like public education.

Sep 13, 2012 / John Nichols

What We Can’t Talk About When We Talk About Elections What We Can’t Talk About When We Talk About Elections

This is the most polarized presidential choice since 1980. Yet issues fundamental to the nation’s future have been excluded from the debate.

Sep 12, 2012 / The Editors

Noted Noted

Ryan Devereaux on a SEAL’s bin Laden book, Ari Melber on Obama and Twitter, Michael Youhana on Marines in Guatemala, Dave Zirin on the NFL and LGBT rights

Sep 12, 2012 / Various Contributors

The C-Word The C-Word

But does his DNC speech signal that Obama will now champion the climate fight? Or was he just telling the Democratic base what they wanted to hear?

Sep 12, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard

The Real Risks of Fake Outrage The Real Risks of Fake Outrage

A manufactured controversy aimed at Elizabeth Warren shows the damaging ways we exploit trivial kerfuffles and pass them off as political stories.

Sep 12, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man

In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?

Sep 12, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal

Ryan wouldn’t just slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He would fundamentally alter how those programs work.

Sep 12, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

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