Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters
The state's Republicans are limited early voting hours in pro-Obama counties while expanding them in GOP strongholds.
Aug 8, 2012 / Ari Berman
Can Mike Huckabee Reinvent Conservative Talk Radio? Can Mike Huckabee Reinvent Conservative Talk Radio?
Right-wingers turn to talk radio to stoke their anger. What will they make of the kinder, softer voice of staunch conservatism?
Aug 8, 2012 / Ben Adler
It’s Still Party Time at National Conventions It’s Still Party Time at National Conventions
The House has narrowly interpreted a 2007 ethics law in a way that will allow lobbyist-funded parties for lawmakers at the nominating conventions.
Aug 7, 2012 / George Zornick
Ari Berman: Harry Reid’s Jedi Mind Tricks Ari Berman: Harry Reid’s Jedi Mind Tricks
All the appalled commentary about Reid’s so-called ethical lapse has crowed out the real question: What was he trying to achieve?
Aug 7, 2012 / Press Room
Romney’s Incredible Extremes Romney’s Incredible Extremes
Mitt’s policy plans enjoy impunity for their sheer lack of believability.
Aug 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for… After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for…
Bloomberg has stirred presidential buzz before. He’s not running this year. But he is campaigning on some of the biggest issues of the moment.
Aug 7, 2012 / John Nichols
Undocumented Immigrants Ride Through the South, Headed for a DNC Coming Out Undocumented Immigrants Ride Through the South, Headed for a DNC Coming Out
Why would a group of people who are ineligible to vote engage in electoral politics? We talk to a rider on the “UndocuBus” to find out.
Aug 7, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Media Help Advance Romney’s Lies About Ohio Early Voting Media Help Advance Romney’s Lies About Ohio Early Voting
The Obama campaign is not trying to restrict military voting rights in Ohio, so why do some reporters repeat that claim?
Aug 6, 2012 / George Zornick
Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’ Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’
The writer lacerates Israel in an op-ed, but that doesn’t make the paper a bastion of anti-Zionism.
Aug 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession
Pulling back on support for the unemployed is just the latest side effect of state legislators’ decisions to dole out tax cuts.
Aug 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert