GOP Steps Up Attack on Early Voting in Key Swing States GOP Steps Up Attack on Early Voting in Key Swing States
Wisconsin and Ohio are the latest GOP-controlled states to limit access to the ballot.
Mar 28, 2014 / Ari Berman
Case Closed Case Closed
Inquiry Is Said to Clear Christie, but That’s His Lawyers’ Verdict. —New York Times headline His lawyers did a thorough job. The governor has been absolved. They’d interviewed all Christie aides, Except, of course, the ones involved.
Mar 26, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Will New Hampshire Be the Next State to Declare Democracy Is for People—Not Corporations? Will New Hampshire Be the Next State to Declare Democracy Is for People—Not Corporations?
Fourty-seven town meetings tell legislators and Congress it's time for a money-out-of-politics amendment.
Mar 24, 2014 / John Nichols
Lee Fang: Christie’s Political Donors Are Managing State Pension Funds Lee Fang: Christie’s Political Donors Are Managing State Pension Funds
And they're raking in a lot of money regardless of how well their funds perform, Fang says on All In with Chris Hayes.
Mar 20, 2014 / Press Room
An 87 Percent Vote for a $15-an-Hour Wage An 87 Percent Vote for a $15-an-Hour Wage
In a big-city test of the “Fight for 15” movement, 100 Chicago precincts vote “yes.” Wage hikes are a potent issue that could swing the Illinois govern...
Mar 19, 2014 / John Nichols
Pensiongate? Christie Campaign Donors Won Huge Contracts Pensiongate? Christie Campaign Donors Won Huge Contracts
While trumpeting “pension reform,” the New Jersey governor placed retiree assets in the hands of hedge fund managers bankrolling his political career.
Vermont Votes for Public Banking Vermont Votes for Public Banking
“[It] doesn’t make any sense for us to be sending Vermont’s hard-earned tax dollars to some bank on Wall Street which couldn’t care less about Vermont or Ve...
Mar 9, 2014 / John Nichols
Now That Jan Brewer Has Vetoed SB 1062, Are Religious Discrimination Bills History? Now That Jan Brewer Has Vetoed SB 1062, Are Religious Discrimination Bills History?
National outcry put Arizona’s discrimantory bill in the spotlight, but at least four other states are still considering similar bills.
Feb 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Maine’s Paul LePage Might Just Be the Worst Governor of All Maine’s Paul LePage Might Just Be the Worst Governor of All
Feds find Republican created pressure for “bias toward employers”—and against jobless workers.
Feb 27, 2014 / John Nichols
Judged By His Own Standard, Scott Walker Is Not Looking Very Presidential Judged By His Own Standard, Scott Walker Is Not Looking Very Presidential
The controversial governor says he should be judged by his inner circle. Fair enough.
Feb 25, 2014 / John Nichols