The Supersizing of American Politics The Supersizing of American Politics
Billion-dollar budgets and 24/7 media coverage raise the question: how big can one election get?
Oct 23, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney
The Republcan nominee stumbled again and again in last night's foreign-policy debate, before finally agreeing with Obama on almost everything.
Oct 23, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Dream Defenders Will Address School-to-Prison Pipeline During the Last Presidential Debate Dream Defenders Will Address School-to-Prison Pipeline During the Last Presidential Debate
A coalition of students, youth and alumni, who organized in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s murder, have planned a protest in Boca Raton, Florida, to coincide with the last pres...
Oct 22, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Green Party Ticket Arrested at the Presidential Debate Green Party Ticket Arrested at the Presidential Debate
When Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were denied access to Hofstra University last night, American voters were denied a much-needed progressive voice on issues like p...
Oct 17, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Obama Outsources Romney Obama Outsources Romney
A dramatically more aggressive president called his challenger out again and again in a decade that saw Obama tell Toledo Romney’s “the last person who’s going to...
Oct 17, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
What Obama Should Have Said in the Debate About Pay Equity What Obama Should Have Said in the Debate About Pay Equity
The president missed a chance to highlight his support for workplace equality for women, in contrast to Republican opposition.
Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty? Greg Kaufmann: Why Are Politicians Ignoring Poverty?
American voters care about rising inequality in the US. So why don’t presidential candidates seem to?
Oct 16, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
#TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate #TalkPoverty: Fifteen Questions for the Second Presidential Debate
There were no questions asked about poverty in the first presidential debate. Here are fifteen suggestions for tonight.
Oct 16, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
How Romney’s Extreme Policies Insult Us All How Romney’s Extreme Policies Insult Us All
Tonight's debate is the perfect opportunity to call out Romney’s campaign dishonesty.
Oct 16, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Richard Milhous Ryan: No Specifics, Just a ‘Secret Plan’ Richard Milhous Ryan: No Specifics, Just a ‘Secret Plan’
Confronted on central premise of GOP campaign—cutting taxes and balancing budgets—Ryan asks voters to “fill in the details” after the election. That’s...
Oct 12, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols