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The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices

Republicans’ pandering to white voters—at the exclusion of American minorities—killed their chances in the 2012 election.

Nov 12, 2012 / Chris Hayes

What Mandate Did Voters Give Obama? What Mandate Did Voters Give Obama?

Last week was a big win for President Obama. So what are American voters trying to tell the president about their hopes for his second term? 

Nov 12, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

New voting restrictions prove why the Voting Rights Act is as relevant as it ever was.

Nov 12, 2012 / Ari Berman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Joblessness Is the Problem—Not the Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Joblessness Is the Problem—Not the Deficit

A “grand bargain” would enact spending cuts that would hurt investment and growth.

Nov 12, 2012 / Press Room

Ron Johnson’s Pompous Assumptions: Voters are Ignorant, Colleagues Need Tutoring Ron Johnson’s Pompous Assumptions: Voters are Ignorant, Colleagues Need Tutoring

How hard will it be to negotiate with congressional Republicans? Ask the Republican senator who thinks voters are ignorant about fiscal math.

Nov 12, 2012 / John Nichols

CliffsNotes for Washington CliffsNotes for Washington

How to get yourself to the edge of the fiscal abyss and not jump. 

Nov 12, 2012 / Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman

Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It Occupy Wall Street Activists Buy Up Debt to Abolish It

The Strike Debt movement is planning a Rolling Jubilee—a bailout of the people, by the people. 

Nov 12, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Nine-Year-Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass and Maybe Changes the World Nine-Year-Old Girl Plays Football, Kicks Ass and Maybe Changes the World

Sam Gordon has become an Internet sensation after the spread of viral videos showing her shredding Pee Wee football defenses with a series of dynamic touchdown runs.

Nov 12, 2012 / Dave Zirin

An Appeal to the GOP: Stick to Your Principles! Don’t Listen to Pundits! An Appeal to the GOP: Stick to Your Principles! Don’t Listen to Pundits!

We need a choice, not an echo—especially on “legitimate rape.”

Nov 10, 2012 / Jon Wiener

This Week: Seizing the Moment This Week: Seizing the Moment

A progressive surge, a changing American electorate, and Voting Rights Watch 2012.

Nov 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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