Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO
The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Kris Kobach and the Connection Between Restrictive Voting and Immigration Laws Kris Kobach and the Connection Between Restrictive Voting and Immigration Laws
An avowed leader of the anti-immigrant agenda is skipping work help make the process of obtaining an ID even thornier for immigrants.
Mar 21, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock
The Man Blocking America’s Recovery The Man Blocking America’s Recovery
With millions still on the verge of losing their homes, why is the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency standing in the way of solutions for the housing crisis?
Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act
Texas is arguing it is unconstitutional; conservative scholars say it is outdated. Both are wrong.
Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan Ryan Budget Creates Political Peril For GOP Candidates, Including Paul Ryan
The House Budget Committee chair sees his budget provoking a referendum on “the fundamental nature of American democracy and the social contract”—or, perhaps, th...
Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’ Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’
Rush Limbaugh's anti-contraception tirade targeted a single woman. Would he have had done the same if Sandra Fluke had been married?
Mar 20, 2012 / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling
The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts
The House GOP budget is extremely generous to the wealthy and corporations—and the middle class is asked to pay the tab.
Mar 20, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Romney Joins Gas Price Pander Romney Joins Gas Price Pander
Mitt says his opponents “don't understand the economy.” Neither does he.
Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government
Our police force is the only entity that can ensure protection and justice. We must reform it, not opt out of it.
Mar 20, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Throwing Money at the Pentagon Throwing Money at the Pentagon
A lesson in Republican math and military spending.
Mar 20, 2012 / William D. Hartung