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Thomas Frank’s Pity the Billionaire is confused about the connection between the Tea Party and conservative cultural populism.

As campaigns against the right-wing group continue, we must fight its sabotaging of voting rights across the country.

The bishops want to put a stop to the nuns’ focus on social justice. Thanks to their second-class status within the church, the nuns have little recourse.

A campaign that brought together African-Americans and undocumented workers stopped an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks.

The battle between the Cato Institute and the Koch brothers for control over the conservative think tank has further entrenched the risible notion that the group regularly defies the Republican party line.

How did American politics degenerate into the two opposing worldviews that govern the country today?

Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race? 

Thanks to pressure over "Stand Your Ground" laws, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have dropped their ALEC memberships.

The Republicans are a sick joke, and their narrow ideological stupidity has left rational voters no choice in the coming presidential election but Barack Obama.

How Scott Walker influenced the Republican presidential race.