Politics

JPMorgan Starts Buying Congress Again JPMorgan Starts Buying Congress Again

Members are taking money from the bank once again, as memory of the “fail whale” recedes.

Aug 24, 2012 / George Zornick

The GOP’s ‘Key Largo’ Convention The GOP’s ‘Key Largo’ Convention

The Republican Party is so infested with Akin-Ryan policies and Romney-Ryan lies about them that their convention is threatened by more than a mere hurricane. 

Aug 24, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney

An expert on child hunger has five questions for President Obama and Governor Romney in the second installment of our #TalkPoverty series.

Aug 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes

Michelle Obama's visit Thursday to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin came as activists, senators push for bolder response to violence and hatred.

Aug 23, 2012 / John Nichols

Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability

A new Romney campaign ad would have you believe healthcare reform was bad for the disabled. Actually, it is Romney’s policies that would put them at risk.

Aug 23, 2012 / Ben Adler

‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan ‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan

Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan all have me thinking of June Jordan’s great “Poem about My Rights.”

Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders

Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting

Changes to Florida’s voting rules target people of color, and not those who have done anything wrong. Our newest community journalists reports what’s happening on the g...

Aug 22, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch

Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich

The jobs are gone in his hometown, but he’s sitting pretty in his mansion on the hill, a perfect metaphor for what a Romney-Ryan America would be like.

Aug 22, 2012 / John Nichols

The GOP’s Will to Fantasy The GOP’s Will to Fantasy

Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate is another development in a long-term party trend: the triumph of ideology over reality.

Aug 22, 2012 / Jonathan Schell

How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama

How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama

The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.

Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

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