Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
Jurisdictions that repeatedly violated voting rights during the Jim Crow era now want to get rid of federal scrutiny. They’re not ready.
May 24, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock
Romney Proposes Return to Bush Education Policy Romney Proposes Return to Bush Education Policy
Education reform is back in fashion, but the Tea Party won’t be pleased.
Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento
The veteran LGBT activist is fighting for an Assembly seat in California, but she faces tough opposition from a current representative who moved into her district and who is backed...
May 23, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing Ownership in America Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing Ownership in America
What options does a country have when its political system cannot handle its economic system?
May 23, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Noted Noted
Peter Kornbluh on Obama and Cuba, Salamishah Tillet on boycotting marriage, George Zornick on Eric Griego v. Wall Street crooks, plus a new project on poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich...
May 23, 2012 / Editorial / Various Contributors
The GOP’s Played-Out Race Card The GOP’s Played-Out Race Card
Republicans are turning to tired, failed strategies in an effort to alienate both black and white voters from President Obama.
May 23, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Bill O’Reilly’s Nonsense Zone Bill O’Reilly’s Nonsense Zone
O’Reilly and his crew cooked up the wacky theory this week that the Institute for Policy Studies is serving as the clandestine headquarters for the Occupy movement.
May 23, 2012 / John Cavanagh
Mortgage Fraud Investigation Has a Coordinator, but Does It Have White House Support? Mortgage Fraud Investigation Has a Coordinator, but Does It Have White House Support?
Troubling reports of low White House support for the RMBS working group are reason to worry.
May 23, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
The GOP Chooses the Pentagon Over Their Fellow Americans The GOP Chooses the Pentagon Over Their Fellow Americans
Take money from food stamps and healthcare for the poor, House Republicans cry, but don't you dare shave the defense industry's profit margins.
May 23, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The ‘Julia’ Backlash: Because Americans Like to Pretend They Don’t Need Government The ‘Julia’ Backlash: Because Americans Like to Pretend They Don’t Need Government
Backing policies that enable to women to access health insurance, earn fair wages, pay for college, start a small business: that’s showing respect.
May 22, 2012 / Blog / Emily Douglas