The Election Reform Moment? The Election Reform Moment?
The good news is that things have gotten so bad, almost everyone agrees we need to make big changes.
Jan 30, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Libertarian Mugged by Reality Libertarian Mugged by Reality
Perhaps it’s time to revise the old saw that the ivory tower breeds liberals, and the “real world” makes them conservative.
Jan 30, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
The Pathway to Immigration Reform Remains Uncertain The Pathway to Immigration Reform Remains Uncertain
Does the national debate over immigration reform augur a more just sytem? Ask immigrants themselves.
Jan 30, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado
Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong
Massachusetts Governor Patrick skips over Barney Frank and picks a personal “ally” to join two other appointed-rather-than-elected senators.
Jan 30, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting
If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for not...
Jan 30, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock
Environmentalists Are Rankled by Some Details of the Sandy Bill Environmentalists Are Rankled by Some Details of the Sandy Bill
Republicans stripped away important coastal restoration money and screwed a small nature preserve in Connecticut for no reason.
Jan 30, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up on Immigration Reform The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up on Immigration Reform
Since House Republicans from gerrymandered districts need only worry about pandering to their hardcore base, real change probably won’t happen anytime soon.
Jan 29, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Gun Talk: With Your Host, the Glib Sociopath Gun Talk: With Your Host, the Glib Sociopath
Because, freedom. Duh.
Jan 29, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Can the Rising Progressive Tide Lift All Ships? Can the Rising Progressive Tide Lift All Ships?
As the Republican party comes to terms with its own obsolescence, the forward-thinking coalition that elected Barack Obama must tackle economic inequality.
Jan 29, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Meet Ron Johnson, the Randiest of the Ayn Rand Republicans Meet Ron Johnson, the Randiest of the Ayn Rand Republicans
The Senator who interrogated Hillary Clinton thinks we’re living in an Atlas Shrugged moment, and that he’s a lot like one of Rand’s “heroes.”
Jan 29, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols