‘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