What Does the Religious Right Want From Romney? What Does the Religious Right Want From Romney?
Bryan Fischer brags that social conservatives forced Mitt to fire a gay staffer. What else would they like to make him do?
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George Zornick on Al Armendariz and the EPA, John Nichols on Michigan’s Emergency Manager law, Katrina vanden Heuvel on Russia’s Pussy Riot case
May 2, 2012 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Women: Occupy the Left Women: Occupy the Left
Why is it so hard to understand that women's rights are an economic issue?
May 2, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Mitt Romney’s Neocon War Cabinet Mitt Romney’s Neocon War Cabinet
Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.
May 2, 2012 / Feature / Ari Berman
Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel
The founder of Providence was the first to see that religious freedom, and separation of church and state, was intimately connected with political freedom.
May 2, 2012 / Feature / John M. Barry
All in the Family: On Thomas Frank All in the Family: On Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank’s Pity the Billionaire is confused about the connection between the Tea Party and conservative cultural populism.
May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Obama’s Afghanistan Speech: A Guide for the Perplexed Obama’s Afghanistan Speech: A Guide for the Perplexed
What exactly does the president mean when he promises a “clear timeline to wind down the war"?
May 2, 2012 / Tom Hayden
DeMarco Punts on Principal Reduction DeMarco Punts on Principal Reduction
It appears increasingly unlikely there will be help for homeowners under DeMarco’s leadership.
May 2, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
The Beltway Continues to Ignore GOP Radicalism The Beltway Continues to Ignore GOP Radicalism
Two respected scholars sound the alarm and receive a dismissive response.
May 2, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Scott Walker’s Billionaire Boys Club: Big Money Backs Anti-Labor Agenda Scott Walker’s Billionaire Boys Club: Big Money Backs Anti-Labor Agenda
Walker’s collecting huge checks—$250,000 from Sheldon Adelson—to try to beat a people-powered recall campaign.
May 2, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols