Obamacare(s) for Women Obamacare(s) for Women
The Affordable Care Act extends coverage to almost 14 million women. Ladies, give the president a hand.
Jul 11, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Romney Spins Economic Lies to the NAACP Romney Spins Economic Lies to the NAACP
Mitt takes one from the Bush playbook, pretending to care about poor urban children, while promising to cut programs they depend on, like Medicaid.
The Great Disparity The Great Disparity
Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.
Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / William Julius Wilson
Freedom Deferred: On Stephen Kantrowitz Freedom Deferred: On Stephen Kantrowitz
How social equality was used to discredit the egalitarian project of Reconstruction.
Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression? Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech: Will He Condemn Voter Suppression?
The question that Romney must answer Wednesday is simple: Which side is he on?
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Ari Berman: Facts Don’t Support Texas Voter ID Law Ari Berman: Facts Don’t Support Texas Voter ID Law
Texas's response to 80 percent of its population increase’s coming from new African-American and Hispanic constituents? Dilute their voting power.
Jul 10, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority
Two hundred thousand Latinos will turn 18 between now and Election Day. But if they’re in Texas, their right to vote is under threat.
Jul 10, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Apologies to Mexico Apologies to Mexico
America sells pain to our southern neighbor and buys numbness in return.
Jul 10, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last
There’s a new Disney exhibit at the Reagan library. But what are drawings of Bambi and Cinderella doing in the National Archives?
Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Serena Williams and Getting ‘Emotional’ for Title IX Serena Williams and Getting ‘Emotional’ for Title IX
Serena Williams’s victory at Wimbledon, as well as the questions she had to answer, was a reminder about the importance of Title IX.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin