Romney Attempts to Walk Back on Public Sector Workers Romney Attempts to Walk Back on Public Sector Workers
In the process, he bolsters Obama’s case.
Jun 12, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Amazon’s Stranglehold on Online Retail Amazon’s Stranglehold on Online Retail
How a single company bullied its way to the top of the online shopping heap and is determining the future of retail.
Jun 12, 2012 / Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Obama’s ‘Kill List’ Is Unchecked Presidential Power Obama’s ‘Kill List’ Is Unchecked Presidential Power
The national obsession with the leak source misses its vital significance: the warped policy and the drones that drive it.
Jun 12, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Has a Jobs Plan. Romney Doesn’t. Obama Has a Jobs Plan. Romney Doesn’t.
Romney’s prescriptions for the economy would only make a bad situation significantly worse.
Jun 12, 2012 / Ari Berman
Trials Begin for Occupy Wall Street D17 Arrestees, NATO 3 Trials Begin for Occupy Wall Street D17 Arrestees, NATO 3
Occupy Wall Streeters arrested on December 17 at a Trinity Church–owned lot and Chicago activists facing terrorism-related charges for NATO protests head to court.
Jun 12, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Leaking War Leaking War
How Obama’s targeted killings, leaks and the Everything-Is-Classified State have fused.
Jun 12, 2012 / Peter Van Buren
Dead Civilians in Libya, Afghanistan Dead Civilians in Libya, Afghanistan
NATO is not doing enough to acknowledge and prevent civilian deaths in what’s still a “global war on terror.”
Jun 12, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Framed: How Redefining Direct Democracy as Anti-Democratic Won Wisconsin Framed: How Redefining Direct Democracy as Anti-Democratic Won Wisconsin
Wisconsin voters were fans of recall elections at the start of the process but opposed at the end. The reason? A sly big-spending campaign by Scott Walker's supporters that went es...
Jun 12, 2012 / John Nichols
Meet Bob McDonnell, the Right’s Fallen Rising Star Meet Bob McDonnell, the Right’s Fallen Rising Star
The Virginia governor would be a leading contender for the Republican vice-presidential nomination if he hadn’t signed an extreme anti–abortion rights bill.
Jun 12, 2012 / Ben Adler
Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later
At the seventh annual gathering of Netroots, the progressive movement focuses on lessons learned.
Jun 12, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue