Campaigns and Elections

Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis?

Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis? Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis?

Dim prospects for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House illustrate how far right of the American mainstream the GOP has drifted. 

Nov 5, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

An Election About GOP Extremism, Unions, Wages and Dollarocracy

An Election About GOP Extremism, Unions, Wages and Dollarocracy An Election About GOP Extremism, Unions, Wages and Dollarocracy

Watch for the signs of changing political tides this Election Day.

Nov 5, 2013 / John Nichols

Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio

Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio

The Republicans' last-dtich effort to ward off the inevitable involves lots of Red Scare and Harry Belafonte. 

Nov 4, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’

Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’ Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’

The governor returns to form as election day nears, caught poking a finger at a teacher and shouting vitriol—but this time the teacher is pushing back. 

Nov 4, 2013 / John Nichols

Kshama Sawant

Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign

A socialist candidate wins significant support for a “Fund Human Needs, Fight Corporate Greed” message.

Nov 3, 2013 / John Nichols

Chris Christie’s No Moderate, and Barack Obama Ought to Say That

Chris Christie’s No Moderate, and Barack Obama Ought to Say That Chris Christie’s No Moderate, and Barack Obama Ought to Say That

The president will do a campaign swing in Virginia this weekend. He ought to visit New Jersey, as well.

Nov 1, 2013 / John Nichols

How Joe Lhota Could Benefit From New York’s Own ‘Citizens United’

How Joe Lhota Could Benefit From New York’s Own ‘Citizens United’ How Joe Lhota Could Benefit From New York’s Own ‘Citizens United’

Could a debate over campaign finance breathe new life into Lhota's bid for NYC mayor?

Oct 25, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Anyone for a Real Inform Act?

Anyone for a Real Inform Act? Anyone for a Real Inform Act?

It was early, but for a moment I thought I was reading something important in an ad in The New York Times. Someone was paying attention to our nation's teetering imbalance! (No...

Oct 25, 2013 / Laura Flanders

The New Nullification Movement

The New Nullification Movement The New Nullification Movement

Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South.

Oct 23, 2013 / Feature / Ari Berman

Jim Crow II

Jim Crow II Jim Crow II

A history of the fight for voting rights and the movement to restrict them once again.

Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

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