Politics

George Zornick: Ten Top Romney Donors Hold Billions Offshore George Zornick: Ten Top Romney Donors Hold Billions Offshore

Ten out of Mitt's top eleven donors also find ways to stash money in low- or no-tax countries.

Jul 12, 2012 / Press Room

Texas’ Road To Victory in Its Decades-Long Fight Against Voting Rights Texas’ Road To Victory in Its Decades-Long Fight Against Voting Rights

A landmark 1944 Supreme Court decision over Texas’ Jim Crow laws changed the arc of voting history. This week, a case that’s expected to change things again began its t...

Jul 12, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Tom Engelhardt: The Costs of Defense

Tom Engelhardt: The Costs of Defense Tom Engelhardt: The Costs of Defense

America's military and intelligence infrastructures are about protecting people from terrorism, and little else.

Jul 12, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

House’s Anti–Healthcare Reform Vote Frames ‘Social Contract’ Debate House’s Anti–Healthcare Reform Vote Frames ‘Social Contract’ Debate

The Republicans are obsessed with repealing “Obamacare.” Democrats must be obsessed with explaining the Affordable Care Act.

Jul 11, 2012 / John Nichols

The Battle for Healthcare Has Just Begun

The Battle for Healthcare Has Just Begun The Battle for Healthcare Has Just Begun

Between Tea Party governors’ refusing to expand Medicaid and the attack ads vilifying Obamacare, progressives have a lot of work to do.

Jul 11, 2012 / The Editors

Healthcare Advocates: Time to Bury the Hatchet

Healthcare Advocates: Time to Bury the Hatchet Healthcare Advocates: Time to Bury the Hatchet

As a former insurance flack, I know progressive infighting over Obamacare will play right into the industry's hands.

Jul 11, 2012 / Wendell Potter

Liberals Win Big on Supreme Court ACA Decision Liberals Win Big on Supreme Court ACA Decision

But the fact that five justices were nearly willing to strike it down shows just how conservative this Court truly is.

Jul 11, 2012 / David Cole

The Prodigal Frum

The Prodigal Frum The Prodigal Frum

He spent his life inside the GOP establishment. Now, he’s on the warpath against the right. What’s gotten into David Frum?

Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Mark Oppenheimer

New York’s Black Sites

New York’s Black Sites New York’s Black Sites

As states like Mississippi reject solitary confinement, this “blue” state leads the nation in the use of “disciplinary segregation.” Or as prisoners call it...

Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

Today’s Social Justice Heroes Today’s Social Justice Heroes

Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.

Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Peter Dreier

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