Court Cases Continue to Decide the Future of Voting Rights Court Cases Continue to Decide the Future of Voting Rights
This week’s updates on early voting, voter ID and the power of marginalized voters.
Aug 17, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel
At a solidarity event in Manhattan, Pussy Riot supporters drew connections between threats to free expression in Russia and in the United States.
Aug 17, 2012 / Lucy McKeon
‘Is That You, Baby?’ ‘Is That You, Baby?’
Eric and Reed just do not like this Ryan guy.
Aug 17, 2012 / Eric Alterman
What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace
A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts’s scary interest in the Voting Rights Act...
Aug 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Rage Against Paul Ryan Rage Against Paul Ryan
The VP candidate may love Rage Against the Machine’s music. But Rage guitarist Tom Morello says: “Paul Ryan is the embodiment of the machine our music rages agains...
Aug 17, 2012 / John Nichols
This Week in Poverty: Here’s to the Houston Janitors This Week in Poverty: Here’s to the Houston Janitors
Houston janitors fought like hell to get from $8.35 an hour to $9.35 an hour—over four years—cleaning the offices of billionaires.
Aug 17, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
How Paul Ryan Makes It Easier for Republicans to Steal the Election How Paul Ryan Makes It Easier for Republicans to Steal the Election
Ryan is the GOP’s best bet that a Romney win made possible by voter suppression will be greeted with a national shrug.
Aug 16, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Paul Ryan Proposes a Return to George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy Paul Ryan Proposes a Return to George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy
Rep. Ryan talks a good game about cutting spending and protecting freedom. But he wants to increase military spending and expand government surveillance.
Aug 16, 2012 / Ben Adler
Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism
Romney and his kind turned much of our economy into a betting parlor—how did he ever become a serious candidate for the presidency?
Aug 16, 2012 / The Nation
The Geopolitics of Asylum The Geopolitics of Asylum
Ecuador’s refusal to turn Assange over to the British threatens more turmoil between the US and newly independent Latin America.
Aug 16, 2012 / Tom Hayden