Politics

Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs? Will the JOBS Act Actually Create Jobs?

Or will it encourage fraud?

Apr 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Romney’s Growing Momentum Romney’s Growing Momentum

The Republican nomination could be settled by the end of April.

Apr 2, 2012 / Ben Adler

Who Played Wisconsin Better: Romney or Santorum? Who Played Wisconsin Better: Romney or Santorum?

GOP tactics in the country's most serious political battleground. 

Apr 2, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

A New Energy Third World in North America? A New Energy Third World in North America?

How the big energy companies plan to turn the United States into a third world petro-state.

Apr 2, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

The Problems With BDS The Problems With BDS

If the anti-Israel boycott's losing vote at the Park Slope Food Coop really was a victory for BDS, that's a bad thing. 

Mar 31, 2012 / Ben Adler

Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5

Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5 Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5

Volunteers gathered over 900,000 certified signatures on recall petitions—far more than the required 540,000.

Mar 31, 2012 / John Nichols

Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed

Voter ID supporters rely on tricky language. Missouri didn’t fall for it.

Mar 30, 2012 / Brentin Mock

GOP Code Confusion GOP Code Confusion

From Romney to the Chamber of Commerce to the Supreme Court, Republicans are so distracted by their multiple phony attack lines that they’ve begun to confuse themselves. ...

Mar 30, 2012 / Leslie Savan

The Attack on Liberal Legitimacy The Attack on Liberal Legitimacy

The push against healthcare reform is just another chapter in the Right's ongoing attempt to deny legitimacy to liberals.

Mar 30, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie

This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out

Fresno adopts a policy of seizing and destroying homeless residents' property and a local legal services non-profit fights back.

Mar 30, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

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