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.
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
Rick Perlstein: Republicans, Crazy; Democrats, Stupid Rick Perlstein: Republicans, Crazy; Democrats, Stupid
How did American politics degenerate into the two opposing worldviews that govern the country today?
Apr 12, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
‘National Review’ Drops Another Racist Writer ‘National Review’ Drops Another Racist Writer
The conservative magazine let go of another contributor for offensive racial remarks. There is a reason this keeps happening.
The War on Women Voting The War on Women Voting
Photo voter ID laws will have a disproportionate impact on women voters, who are more likely to have name and address changes.
Apr 12, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock
You’re on Your Own, Kids: The End of Welfare as We Know It You’re on Your Own, Kids: The End of Welfare as We Know It
Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race?
Apr 12, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Scott Walker’s Using John Mellencamp’s Music; Mellencamp is Not Amused Scott Walker’s Using John Mellencamp’s Music; Mellencamp is Not Amused
Wisconsin's anti-labor governor uses rocker's song "Small Town" at his first recall rally. Mellencamp responds with a pro-labor message.
Apr 12, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
The Fight for American Liberalism The Fight for American Liberalism
If their fortunes are ever to revive, liberals must find a way to recapture FDR’s militant and optimistic spirit.
Apr 11, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Republican Women in Denial Republican Women in Denial
A visit to the Republican Women's Club of New York to see Callista Gingrich suggests the GOP won’t fix its gender gap problem.