Christopher Hayes

The GOP's Cultivated Prejudices

Christopher Hayes on November 12, 2012 - 2:14 PM ET

It’s no secret that Mitt Romney carried white voters last Tuesday. What’s more significant is the GOP’s inability to make a dent in the minority vote. Even Asian-Americans, who overwhelmingly voted for George H. W. Bush twenty years ago, went 73 percent for Obama. On his show Saturday, Chris Hayes says that unless they change, the Republican party’s “cultivation” of white “identity” politics will continue alienating America’s increasingly diverse population.

—Steven Hsieh

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Katha Pollitt writes that on Tuesday, voters rejected the right’s “you’re-on-your-own” doctrine.

On Climate Change: Which Side Are You On?

Christopher Hayes on November 5, 2012 - 11:53 AM ET

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction, it seems crass for climate change to have escaped our political discourse this past election cycle. After all, global warming will ensure that catastrophic storms like Sandy happen more frequently in the future. On his Saturday show, Chris Hayes called for a revitalization of the climate change movement, asking “which side are you on?”

—Steven Hsieh

Mike Tidwell says we have three options when it comes to facing climate change.

We Can't Count on the President to Solve Climate Change

Christopher Hayes on October 22, 2012 - 11:46 AM ET

With the 2012 election hinging on Ohio—more specifically, the coal towns of Southeast Ohio—it’s no surprise that both candidates are touting fossil-fuel friendliness, rather than green conscience. On his Saturday morning show, Chris Hayes said we can’t count on Washington to fix “our single greatest governing challenge” for us. Instead, passionate activists need to speak up to strengthen the public’s “weak, nonchalant preference for us to ‘do something’ about that whole climate change thing.”

—Steven Hsieh

For more on coal industry politics, read Lee Fang on the National Mining Association's voter coercion efforts.

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Electoral Politics May be Messy, but It's Better Than the Alternative

Christopher Hayes on October 15, 2012 - 3:59 PM ET

On his show Saturday, Christopher Hayes defended process against the backdrop of the vice presidential debate, during which Martha Raddatz questioned the “negativity” of both tickets’ campaigns. The nastiness of electoral politics may put us off, Hayes says, but it’s how “we as human beings channel and resolve conflict in a non-violent fashion.” The European Union, which is taking flack for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, despite its ongoing crisis, represents the triumph of process in maintaining peace on a continent “that was the site of some of the most horrifying war, violence, brutality, sadism and genocide in the history of the planet.”

—Steven Hsieh

Should Journalists Use 'Illegal Immigrant?'

Christopher Hayes on October 9, 2012 - 11:42 AM ET

Mitt Romney adopted controversial language during the Republican primaries to demonstrate his hard-line position on immigration. Romney referred to the undocumented as "illegal aliens," and even suggested making their lives so hard that they'd "self-deport." On Up With Chris Hayes, a vibrant panel—composed of journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, WNYC's Brooke Gladstone, PBS's Maria Hinojosa and Columbia linguist John McWhorter—talked about the implications of using the term "illegals." How much does the language we use affect our political discourse?

—Steven Hsieh

Romney Is Falling Victim to the Republican Bubble Trap

Christopher Hayes on October 1, 2012 - 11:00 AM ET

Obama is leading nearly every poll, yet the conservative media continue to try to deny or discredit this fact. On Up this Saturday, Chris Hayes called this alternate reality—propped up by GOP talking heads—the Republican bubble trap. He warns Mitt Romney and the right about the pitfalls of playing to the echo chamber, citing advice from rapper Biggie Smalls: “Never get high on your own supply.”

—Steven Hsieh

For more on the pandering conservative media, read Ben Adler on The Wall Street Journal and Fox News' failure to disclose key vested interests.

Romney's '47 Percent' Claim Shows Weak Class Analysis

Christopher Hayes on September 24, 2012 - 4:08 PM ET

Mitt Romney’s contention that “47 percent” of Americans won’t vote for him not only condemns nearly half the country, but shows alarming political and class naïveté. Contrary to Romney’s “makers and takers” dichotomy, the American electorate votes on more fragmented lines. The Nation’s John Nichols joins Saturday’s panel on Up with Chris Hayes, pointing out that more than 30 percent of poor Americans have voted for Republicans in past elections.

—Steven Hsieh

For more on the political fallout from Romney’s “47 percent” video, read Greg Mitchell’s latest poll analysis.

Fighting Poverty Is Part of Education Reform

Christopher Hayes on September 17, 2012 - 2:20 PM ET

How interlocked is poverty with the poor state of public education? As the Chicago Teachers Union heads into its second week on strike, guests on Up with Chris Hayes, hosted this weekend by Majority Report’s Sam Seder, talked about the deeply rooted challenges facing America’s crumbling school system. Nation columnist Gary Younge joined this Sunday’s discussion, saying, “There’s a limit to how much education excellence you can get when kids are getting shot and not eating breakfast.”

—Steven Hsieh

Parched Corn Fields and the Global Market

Christopher Hayes on July 30, 2012 - 1:35 PM ET

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Corn prices have spiked 50 percent over the past two months—the same months that have established this season as our worst period of drought in more than fifty years. Lack of water combined with extreme heat for stretches of 100 or more days is spelling doom for crops like corn and soybeans, and prices are following suit.

On his show Sunday, Chris spoke with an Ohio produce farmer whose fields of failed crops point to a problem that goes far beyond her family’s losses: the reverberations of parched fields in the Midwest may be felt around the world.

—Zoë Schlanger

How Do Attacks on Bain Go Over With Wealthy Democrats?

Christopher Hayes on July 16, 2012 - 1:50 PM ET

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With a pitch-perfect emblem of gilded-age greed as his opponent, and private equity in the spotlight, why isn't Obama much farther ahead in the polls? Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel went on Chris’s show this weekend for a look at how the Obama campaign’s attack on Romney's Bain Capital record might sit with the Democratic 1 percent, and how the party can address that elephant in the room.

—Zoë Schlanger