Why the Voting Rights Act Likely Won’t Survive Supreme Court Review Why the Voting Rights Act Likely Won’t Survive Supreme Court Review
The Voting Rights Act is, in some ways, living on borrowed time.
Nov 14, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Paul Ryan’s Rapid Rewrite of Election History Paul Ryan’s Rapid Rewrite of Election History
Ryan: “I don’t think we lost it on those budget issues, especially on Medicare.” Yes they did.
Nov 14, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Beyond Ballots: When Communities Are the Real Candidates Beyond Ballots: When Communities Are the Real Candidates
One week after Obama’s re-election, the work of social and economic justice movements is as clear as ever.
Nov 13, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado, Noni M. Grant, and Voting Rights Watch
Climate Activists Hit Hard With ‘Do the Math’ National Tour Climate Activists Hit Hard With ‘Do the Math’ National Tour
350.org’s caravan heads to Washington, DC, to push President Obama to address climate change in his second term.
Nov 13, 2012 / Tom Hayden
The GOP’s Very Own Reality The GOP’s Very Own Reality
Will the Republican fantasy bubble ever burst?
Nov 13, 2012 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Turns Out Romney Is the 47 Percent Candidate Turns Out Romney Is the 47 Percent Candidate
The irony of the final count from the 2012 election is that the GOP nominee will finish with 47 percent. Perhaps he shouldn’t have tried to divide and conquer.
Nov 13, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Conservative Explanations for Romney’s Loss Conservative Explanations for Romney’s Loss
Right-wing pundits are pointing fingers at Romney's "moderate" positions, the 47 percent, the media and even Hurricane Sandy—but never at the conservative movem...
The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices
Republicans’ pandering to white voters—at the exclusion of American minorities—killed their chances in the 2012 election.
Nov 12, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
What Mandate Did Voters Give Obama? What Mandate Did Voters Give Obama?
Last week was a big win for President Obama. So what are American voters trying to tell the president about their hopes for his second term?
Nov 12, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Katrina vanden Heuvel: President Obama and the Rising American Electorate Katrina vanden Heuvel: President Obama and the Rising American Electorate
A record turnout for non–white male voters gave the president a mandate to champion.
Nov 9, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room