Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers
The GOP candidate’s disastrous response to the incendiary “Innocence of Muslims” video should come as no surprise in light of his Islamophobic connections.
Sep 14, 2012 / Wayne Barrett
This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO) This Week in Poverty: Poverty Tour 2.0 Hits the Battleground States (VIDEO)
Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s Poverty Tour 2.0 arrived in Virginia, and high school students had a lot to say about their own struggles with poverty.
Sep 14, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax
The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.
Sep 14, 2012 / John Nichols
Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record Scott Brown Is Lying About His Reproductive Rights Record
In a new ad, the Republican Senator pretends that he is pro-choice, when his record is anything but.
Sep 14, 2012 / George Zornick
This Week’s Voting Rights Victories: Colorado and Florida Halt Their Voter Purges This Week’s Voting Rights Victories: Colorado and Florida Halt Their Voter Purges
The push back against voter suppression has resulted in some major victories this week.
Sep 14, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws
The burdens of voters of color in Pennsylvania continue to be overlooked by the state’s lawyers.
Sep 14, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads
Conservatives are complaining that sometimes President Obama reads intelligence briefings instead of getting them in person. How did George W. Bush handle it?
Sep 14, 2012 / Ben Adler
Ex–Blue Dogs, Defeated by Secret Money, Mount Their Own K Street Front Ex–Blue Dogs, Defeated by Secret Money, Mount Their Own K Street Front
Blue Dog Democrats were wiped out in the midterm elections by secret-money funds controlled by lobbyists. Now, defeated Blue Dogs are working for the same K Street interests and ma...
Sep 13, 2012 / Lee Fang
Neoconjobs Neoconjobs
The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world ...
Sep 13, 2012 / Eric Alterman
How the Right Packed the Court How the Right Packed the Court
The long-term campaign to roll back the New Deal.
Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / William Yeomans