Politics

Romney’s Campaign Should Probably Stop Reading Right-Wing Blogs Romney’s Campaign Should Probably Stop Reading Right-Wing Blogs

Yesterday’s misstep on Libya is only the latest of a string of errors committed by Romney when he elevates right-wing blog attacks to the mainstream.

Sep 12, 2012 / George Zornick

Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety

Republicans should call their chairman out for intentionally creating a false impression after the death of the US ambassador to Libya. 

Sep 12, 2012 / John Nichols

Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots

Romney’s shocking remarks ought to disqualify him from the Oval Office.

Sep 12, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege

Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.

Sep 11, 2012 / Ben Adler

New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote

New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote

There's a concerted effort to register Native voters in 2012, and make a big impact on Election Day.

Sep 11, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado

Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers

While CIA agents that tortured and killed prisoners go unpunished, whistleblower John Kiriakou faces up to forty-five years in prison. 

Sep 11, 2012 / Peter Van Buren

Why Native Women Need VAWA (VIDEO) Why Native Women Need VAWA (VIDEO)

Republican House leadership continues to block passage of the Violence Against Women Act. No one suffers the consequences of this political gamesmanship more than Native women.

Sep 11, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?

The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...

Sep 11, 2012 / John Nichols

The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum

The long-running feud between moderates and conservatives is over. The wackos have won.

Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

No Place Like Home No Place Like Home

In a desperate election, nostalgia for an America before the decline is the GOP’s only message.

Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

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