Politics

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 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? 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

GOP Super PACs Dominate Early Ads With Lies GOP Super PACs Dominate Early Ads With Lies

Conservative Super PACs are outraising and outspending the liberal ones. And they are spreading lies. 

May 22, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Representative Clyburn: ‘Voter ID is Not a Problem’… Really? Representative Clyburn: ‘Voter ID is Not a Problem’… Really?

Is the civil rights icon Representative Jim Clyburn throwing in the towel in the battle over photo voter ID laws?

May 22, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

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