Politics

McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’

McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’ McCain, Scarborough and What ‘Everyone Knows’

Republicans lose it when challenged on their make-believe consensus.

Feb 4, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

As secretary of state, Clinton backed the Petraeus-CIA plan to go to war in Syria.

Feb 4, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Right-wing machinations around voting haven’t stopped just because the election’s over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.

Feb 4, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

Before we’re forced to pick our flavor of austerity, we should close tax loopholes in the financial sector to raise much-needed revenue.

Feb 4, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment

Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment

One picture might just speak a thousand words about Obama's balance stance on gun safety.

Feb 4, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

There is a special place reserved for the late New York City mayor in gay hell.

Feb 2, 2013 / Blog / Richard Kim

What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?

What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement? What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?

Voter suppression efforts in Virginia and Florida have galvinated activists to fight harder to protect--and expand--the vote in 2016.

Feb 1, 2013 / Brentin Mock

A Big Day for Obamacare

A Big Day for Obamacare A Big Day for Obamacare

The administration largely protected universal contraception coverage, but also made it harder for millions of familes to get health insurance. 

Feb 1, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

What We Will Lose When Tom Harkin Leaves the Senate

What We Will Lose When Tom Harkin Leaves the Senate What We Will Lose When Tom Harkin Leaves the Senate

An FDR Democrat who got big things done, the retiring senator has been a rare moral voice in a chamber of compromise and cynicism—especially on human rights issues.

Feb 1, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

It’s Good to Be Goldman

It’s Good to Be Goldman It’s Good to Be Goldman

Those responsible for the crisis continue to be rewarded, as Timothy Geithner’s Treasury Department approves tens of millions of dollars in bonuses for Goldman Sachs executiv...

Feb 1, 2013 / Robert Scheer

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