Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man
In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?
Sep 12, 2012 / Wayne Barrett
How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal
Ryan wouldn’t just slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He would fundamentally alter how those programs work.
Sep 12, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
Romney’s Campaign Should Probably Stop Reading Right-Wing Blogs Romney’s Campaign Should Probably Stop Reading Right-Wing Blogs
Yesterday’s misstep on Libya is only the latest of a string of errors committed by Romney when he elevates right-wing blog attacks to the mainstream.
Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety
Republicans should call their chairman out for intentionally creating a false impression after the death of the US ambassador to Libya.
Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots
Romney’s shocking remarks ought to disqualify him from the Oval Office.
Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege
Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.
New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote New Video Aims to Mobilize Rural Native Youth to Register to Vote
There's a concerted effort to register Native voters in 2012, and make a big impact on Election Day.
Sep 11, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado
Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?
The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...
Sep 11, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum The GOP Throws a Tampa Tantrum
The long-running feud between moderates and conservatives is over. The wackos have won.
Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
No Place Like Home No Place Like Home
In a desperate election, nostalgia for an America before the decline is the GOP’s only message.
Sep 10, 2012 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski