Politics

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? 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 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

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