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Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights

Wisconsin's governor is not just attacking labor rights, and voting rights, he's attacking access to reproductive rights. And Wisconsin women are losing  some vital Planned Pa...

Apr 20, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Corporate-Funded Conservative Propaganda Machine Distorts Obama’s Record Corporate-Funded Conservative Propaganda Machine Distorts Obama’s Record

Karl Rove and the Koch brothers want to promote falsehoods about Obama’s policies. 

Apr 20, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Is the Tea Party Excited About Romney? Is the Tea Party Excited About Romney?

Mitt's speech to the Philadelphia-area Tea Party shows he’s speaking their language. 

Apr 18, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women

Both Planned Parenthood and Nebraska Right to Life support a measure to restore healthcare coverage to “unborn children.”

Apr 18, 2012 / Blog / Emily Douglas

An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford An Elite Consensus We Can’t Afford

Calls for bipartisanship ignore the simple reality that the GOP has been captured by the extreme right. 

Apr 18, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

As corporations quit, shadowy group disbands task force that developed voter suppression and “shoot first” laws. But ALEC still pushes "model" bills that atta...

Apr 17, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Romney’s Bad Math Romney’s Bad Math

Mitt got caught offering some details on how he would cut spending. But they still don’t add up to a balanced budget.

Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda

Forget Mitt Romney. Wisconsin’s governor gets a hero’s welcome at the NRA convention, with a gun-talk laden speech that claims his critics “want to take me o...

Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Romney’s Female Surrogates Oppose Women’s Rights Romney’s Female Surrogates Oppose Women’s Rights

The female Republican politicians attacking Obama’s record on women in the economy don't support fair pay, contraception access or abortion rights.

Apr 13, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress What Allen West Does Not Know About Communists and Congress

The congressman imagines he’s surrounded by radicals. But it was his own Republican Party, founded by utopian socialists and militant abolitionists, that brought Marxist idea...

Apr 13, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

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