Campaigns and Elections

The Third Koch ‘Brother’ Hits North Carolina

The Third Koch ‘Brother’ Hits North Carolina The Third Koch ‘Brother’ Hits North Carolina

Art Pope and his cash are responsible for the state’s recent rise in repressive politics.

Jun 11, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Media Yawn at Barbara Buono, the Only Dem Willing to Take On Chris Christie

Media Yawn at Barbara Buono, the Only Dem Willing to Take On Chris Christie Media Yawn at Barbara Buono, the Only Dem Willing to Take On Chris Christie

But they heart the Gov, even as his most very special election suppresses the vote. 

Jun 11, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Calling Chris Christie’s Bluff, Legislators Seek to Undo Election Shenanigans

Calling Chris Christie’s Bluff, Legislators Seek to Undo Election Shenanigans Calling Chris Christie’s Bluff, Legislators Seek to Undo Election Shenanigans

‘Scheduling two special elections is a form of voter suppression,’ warns state senator who seeks to schedule Senate vote for same day as Christie’s re-election ru...

Jun 9, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

John Lewis

John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights

Nearly five decades after Bloody Sunday in Selma, he’s in the fight of his life, as the Supreme Court threatens to overturn his signature achievement.

Jun 5, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman

A Female President and the Power of Symbolism: A Response to Amy Schiller

A Female President and the Power of Symbolism: A Response to Amy Schiller A Female President and the Power of Symbolism: A Response to Amy Schiller

I don’t have simplistic fantasies about being rescued from oppression by figureheads alone. But I also know that women and people of color are a threat to the status quo.

Jun 5, 2013 / Erica Brazelton

Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed

Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed

Texas Republicans are responding to demographic change by trying to limit the power of an increasingly diverse electorate

Jun 5, 2013 / Blog / Ari Berman

It Wasn’t Michele Bachmann’s Ideas, It Was Her Money Power

It Wasn’t Michele Bachmann’s Ideas, It Was Her Money Power It Wasn’t Michele Bachmann’s Ideas, It Was Her Money Power

The exiting conservative congresswoman won Minnesota elections because of big money she got from Texas, California and Florida. That’s the real challenge facing the GOP and A...

May 29, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both

Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both

Republicans are obfuscating the debate by offering a false choice between gender equality and the public financing of elections, when really the two issues are deeply linked. ...

May 23, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘Primal Scream’ for Reform: LA’s 77 Percent Vote to Overturn ‘Citizens United’

‘Primal Scream’ for Reform: LA’s 77 Percent Vote to Overturn ‘Citizens United’ ‘Primal Scream’ for Reform: LA’s 77 Percent Vote to Overturn ‘Citizens United’

The US’s second-largest city joins the national call for a constitutional amendment.

May 23, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti

The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti The Feminist Case Against a Woman President: A Response to Jessica Valenti

Feminism is not any single person or outcome, it’s a practice, and a far more active one than Valenti gives credit for.

May 22, 2013 / Amy Schiller

x