Five Questions for Rick Perry Five Questions for Rick Perry
Texas Governor Rick Perry has joined the presidential race. Here are some questions he should have to answer.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Who’s Paying the Super-Committee? Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?
The "super-committee" that will decide $1.5 trillion in cuts and potentially sweeping changes to entitlements and the tax code has raked in hundreds of millions of dollar...
Aug 12, 2011 / George Zornick
Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions
At the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, Republican candidates failed to explain how they would solve problems in the world that actually exists.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’? Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’?
The nation’s most identifiable champion of financial reform and economic sanity signals a serious interest in seeking Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.
Aug 12, 2011 / John Nichols
How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race? How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race?
Why is religion featuring so prominently in the Republican presidential race? What happened to jobs?
Aug 11, 2011 / MSNBC
With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity With Friends Like These… GOP Presidential Contenders Get Stomped by Palin, Perry Publicity
Sorry guys and gals, but the Republicans who have spent months preparing to compete in tonight’s Iowa debate and Saturday’s Iowa straw poll are about to be elbowed asid...
Aug 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Downgrading Democracy Downgrading Democracy
When Congress, the president and the media run roughshod over popular will and citizen action, small-d democracy pays the price.
Aug 10, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue
Wisconsin Recall: This Is What Democracy Looks Like Wisconsin Recall: This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Today, Wisconsinites go to the polls to see if they can recall Republican senators and take back the State Senate from the hands of Scott Walker-pandering Republicans.
Aug 9, 2011 / The Ed Show
Is Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann Cover Sexist? Is Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann Cover Sexist?
Melissa Harris-Perry says that both mainstream and liberal media outlets need to avoid portraying conservative women as inherently incompetent as individuals.
Aug 9, 2011 / MSNBC
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer This Is What Democracy Looks Like: A Wisconsin Recall Primer
Hundreds of thousands will vote today in recall elections to remove six Republican state senators who sided with Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor, anti-education, anti&ndash...
Aug 9, 2011 / John Nichols