GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something
At the Republicans’ Arizona debate, held a couple hours from where Gabby Giffords was shot, no one raised the issue of gun control.
Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan
John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park
What made the Wisconsin protests revolutionary?
Feb 23, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
In Defense of Republican Debates In Defense of Republican Debates
Think the GOP field is bad? Just imagine how much worse it would be without the debates.
Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill
Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.
Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future
The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.
Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Ron Paul Wants to Abolish the CIA; His Largest Donor Builds Toys for It Ron Paul Wants to Abolish the CIA; His Largest Donor Builds Toys for It
Why does 76 percent of the civil libertarian’s Super PAC money come from billionaire Peter Thiel, whose Palantir Technologies helps the government spy on citizens?
Feb 23, 2012 / Mark Ames
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’
Why is the Republican party resorting to hypocritical attempts to dictate American values?
Feb 23, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Gang That Couldn’t Bomb Straight The Gang That Couldn’t Bomb Straight
With the economy showing faint signs of life, the leading Republican candidates have returned to the elixir of warmongering to once again sway the gullible masses.
Feb 23, 2012 / Robert Scheer
GOP Debate to Rape Victims: Drop Dead GOP Debate to Rape Victims: Drop Dead
At the CNN Republican debate in Arizona, candidates vied to be the most stridently opposed to contraception, even for rape victims.
The Buying of the President 2012: Meet the Super PAC Mega-Donors The Buying of the President 2012: Meet the Super PAC Mega-Donors
Fewer than 200 donors, equal to .000063 percent of the electorate, are deciding the 2012 campaign.
Feb 22, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman