Politics

Can the GOP Win Hispanic Voters in 2016?

Can the GOP Win Hispanic Voters in 2016? Can the GOP Win Hispanic Voters in 2016?

Susana Martinez vs. Julian Castro for vice president? Maybe.

May 19, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

How America First Learned About a Young Lawyer Named Gandhi

How America First Learned About a Young Lawyer Named Gandhi How America First Learned About a Young Lawyer Named Gandhi

His first mention in the US media occurred well before he became a leader of the Indian national movement—in The Nation magazine, in 1897.

May 19, 2014 / Ramachandra Guha

Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again

Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again

Why a forty-year-old plan for universal same-day registration makes more sense now than when reformers promoted it in the 1970s.

May 17, 2014 / John Nichols

Inquiry Into Bridgegate Provides Clues That Christie Knew About the Lane Closures

Inquiry Into Bridgegate Provides Clues That Christie Knew About the Lane Closures Inquiry Into Bridgegate Provides Clues That Christie Knew About the Lane Closures

Christie’s former top political aide and the governor’s spokesman dispute each other’s recollections.

May 16, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Three of the state’s five clinics may have to close their doors. Here’s what’s at stake.

May 15, 2014 / Dani McClain

How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities

Sixty years after Brown, whiter, wealthier communities are breaking away from racially and economically diverse school districts.

May 15, 2014 / Susan Eaton

Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks

Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks Elizabeth Warren Reveals Inside Details of Trade Talks

There's a reason corporations want the TPP negotiations secret—it wouldn’t pass otherwise.

May 15, 2014 / George Zornick

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

Why is an accrediting commission targeting a well-performing college serving underprivileged communities?

May 15, 2014 / StudentNation / Justine Drennan and StudentNation

The Battle of 42nd Street

The Battle of 42nd Street The Battle of 42nd Street

The demise of the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan is the end of a Bloomberg-era castle in the sky.

May 14, 2014 / Scott Sherman

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

Still mourning Chokwe Lumumba, progressives gather to push his vision for worker-owned co-ops.

May 14, 2014 / Laura Flanders

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