Politics

Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses

Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses

Once Mark Sanford won the Republican primary, he was all but certain to win in a district drawn to elect Republicans. That’s how it works in America.

May 8, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization

GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization

Meanwhile, Republicans oppose green cards for same-sex couples.

May 8, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

Fight for the Soul of the City: The Battle Over Buses in Los Angeles

Fight for the Soul of the City: The Battle Over Buses in Los Angeles Fight for the Soul of the City: The Battle Over Buses in Los Angeles

Progressive activists can learn important lessons from a successful grassroots campaign against transit racism.

May 8, 2013 / Feature / Eric Mann

Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?

Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail? Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?

Egypt’s reconciliation process has been lauded as restoring confidence to outside investors. But others say it amounts to impunity for the rich.

May 7, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap

The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap

The Republicans’ new push to win over women voters is just as craven as you think it is. 

May 7, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection

When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection

How else would we be safe?

May 7, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Obama Did It for the Money

Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money

Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.

May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The Last Empire?

The Last Empire? The Last Empire?

Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.

May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.

May 7, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?

How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers? How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?

Lobbyists are taking up top government positions—but not without receiving large bonus payments from their former firms to see them on their way.

May 6, 2013 / The Nation

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