The GOP’s ‘Key Largo’ Convention The GOP’s ‘Key Largo’ Convention
The Republican Party is so infested with Akin-Ryan policies and Romney-Ryan lies about them that their convention is threatened by more than a mere hurricane.
Aug 24, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney
An expert on child hunger has five questions for President Obama and Governor Romney in the second installment of our #TalkPoverty series.
Aug 24, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes After Sikh Temple Shootings, New Focus on Combating Hate Crimes
Michelle Obama's visit Thursday to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin came as activists, senators push for bolder response to violence and hatred.
Aug 23, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability Mitt Romney’s Hypocrisy on Disability
A new Romney campaign ad would have you believe healthcare reform was bad for the disabled. Actually, it is Romney’s policies that would put them at risk.
‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan ‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan
Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan all have me thinking of June Jordan’s great “Poem about My Rights.”
Aug 22, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting
Changes to Florida’s voting rules target people of color, and not those who have done anything wrong. Our newest community journalists reports what’s happening on the g...
Aug 22, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch
Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich
The jobs are gone in his hometown, but he’s sitting pretty in his mansion on the hill, a perfect metaphor for what a Romney-Ryan America would be like.
Aug 22, 2012 / Editorial / John Nichols
The GOP’s Will to Fantasy The GOP’s Will to Fantasy
Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate is another development in a long-term party trend: the triumph of ideology over reality.
Aug 22, 2012 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama
The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Paul Ryan: The Man Who Wasn’t There Paul Ryan: The Man Who Wasn’t There
How the pundit class is turning a right-wing ideologue into a bold intellectual—and framing the election.
Aug 22, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman