Politics

Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC

Corporate lobbyists are at the helm of almost every large pro-Romney Super PAC and 501(c) group, channeling business cash into ads, and potentially, a lucrative career after the el...

Oct 10, 2012 / Blog / Lee Fang

Biden Should Rip Ryan on Neglect of Hometown Workers Biden Should Rip Ryan on Neglect of Hometown Workers

Romney said, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” Ryan cast votes that hastened the collape of “Detroit West”—the auto region he represented.

Oct 10, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA

Coal companies are using a number of tactics to help boost Mitt Romney's chances this November. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Lee Fang

The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide

The Family Research Council tries to swing Catholic voters on social issues, or as they call it, "intrinsic evils."

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform

The influential New York senator is urging his party not to pursue across-the-board rate cuts. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

Ohio’s Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights Ohio’s Secretary of State Subverts Voting Rights

Jon Husted wants Supreme Court to invalidate final three days of early voting in crucial battleground state

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman

Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’ Should Journalists Use ‘Illegal Immigrant?’

 Language matters, but to what extent does it affect political progress?

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes

Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview

The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’ More NAFTA Anyone? Romney Positions as Free-Trade ‘Champion’

The GOP nominee is all-in for low-road trade policies that cut wages and benefits in the US and abroad.

Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Nevada Disenfranchises Its Poor Electorate Nevada Disenfranchises Its Poor Electorate

Despite a federal obligation to do so, the swing state’s public service agencies are accused of not providing their clients with voter registration forms.

Oct 9, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado, Kate Sedinger, and Voting Rights Watch

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