Romney Campaign Continues to Lack Positive Message Romney Campaign Continues to Lack Positive Message
The RNC's efforts to create a positive, inspiring case for conservatism made no sense, and now they're back to negativity.
Change We Can Believe In, 2.0 Change We Can Believe In, 2.0
Electoral victories are necessary but not sufficient. Uprooting inequality and restoring prosperity requires much more.
Sep 4, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Democratic Platform: The Good and the Bad The Democratic Platform: The Good and the Bad
The party pledges to support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and gay marriage, but would also lower corporate tax rates and keep the death penalty.
Sep 4, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Voter Suppression: The Confederacy Rises Again Voter Suppression: The Confederacy Rises Again
Eight of eleven states in Dixie have passed restrictive voting laws since the 2010 election.
Sep 4, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman
DNC Offers Obama an Opportunity to Show Who the Real Reformer Is DNC Offers Obama an Opportunity to Show Who the Real Reformer Is
The president’s support for an amendment the constitution to overturn Citizens United is a big deal. But will he use Charlotte to position as the 2012 race’s real refor...
Sep 3, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
JoAnn Wypijewski: The GOP’s Ron Paul Problem JoAnn Wypijewski: The GOP’s Ron Paul Problem
The Republican party has a problem and his name is Ron Paul.
Sep 3, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Labor Day Message: We Can’t Labor Without Our Lives Labor Day Message: We Can’t Labor Without Our Lives
More work, less pay, longer hours, slimmer chances to advance; the message is coming up: the place of struggle is the workplace, but it’s also everywhere else.
Sep 3, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Undocumented Immigrants Take On the DNC Undocumented Immigrants Take On the DNC
The Undocubus activists are calling for the immigration reform that President Obama promised when he first ran for office.
Sep 3, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
The RNC’s Final Insult to Women The RNC’s Final Insult to Women
On Thursday, anti–abortion rights women spoke outside the convention and Romney patronized women in his acceptance speech.
Former Democratic Strategists Now Boost the GOP Former Democratic Strategists Now Boost the GOP
The 2008 producer of the DNC convention is among the many Democratic strategists now working for the GOP.