Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act
In Texas, protectors of voting rights are concerned about the "chill effect" when it comes to voter ID law.
Mar 28, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward Punditry and the Art of Failing Upward
From William Kristol to Condi Rice to Joel Klein, conservatives turn disastrous decisions into fabulous careers. How do they do it?
Mar 28, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem Trayvon Martin: What It’s Like to Be a Problem
Despite the end of Jim Crow, it is once again socially, politically and legally acceptable to presume the guilt of nonwhite bodies.
Mar 28, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
A Budget For Wall Street Versus A Budget For Main Street A Budget For Wall Street Versus A Budget For Main Street
Members of the US House will, in a series of votes Thursday, have an opportunity to offer their views not just on the Obama budget and Paul Ryan's budget, but also on the Congres...
Mar 28, 2012 / John Nichols
Ryan Budget Takes Aim at Resolution Authority Ryan Budget Takes Aim at Resolution Authority
Republicans are fighting Dodd-Frank's mechanism for dismantling failing financial firms.
Mar 28, 2012 / Pat Garofalo
The Radicalism of the Spanish Student Movement The Radicalism of the Spanish Student Movement
A report from inside Madrid's general student assembly.
Mar 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Zoƫ Schlanger
Fair and Square Fair and Square
Our basic philosophical stance on cryptic conventions.
Mar 28, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity
Why America is not so different from other countries that are facing austerity.
Mar 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Tell AT&T to Stop Funding ALEC Tell AT&T to Stop Funding ALEC
A range of prominent household names like AT&T help fund ALEC's work of suppressing voter turnout, privatizing public schools, Medicare and Social Security and gutting minimum ...
Mar 27, 2012 / NationAction
Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street
On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.
Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Tom Hayden