Does It Matter Why Women Have Abortions?
From: Emily Douglas Emily Douglas Yes, it does.
View Article‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan
From: Laura Flanders Laura Flanders Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan all have me thinking of June Jordan’s great “Poem about My Rights.”
View ArticleJPMorgan Starts Buying Congress Again
From: George Zornick George Zornick Members are taking money from the bank once again, as memory of the "fail whale" recedes.
View ArticleGOP Concern for Disaster Preparedness Doesn’t Extend Beyond Tampa
From: George Zornick George Zornick Delegates to the RNC will be well taken care of if Isaac hits, but the party has targeted federal relief funding for years.
View ArticleSteve Brodner’s Live RNC Art Blog
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View ArticleLobbyist Parties at RNC Narrowly Skirt Ethics Rules
From: George Zornick George Zornick A collection of transportation companies threw a party for Congressional leaders, using a neat trick to avoid breaking the rules.
View ArticleStudy: ‘Win-Win-Win’ Carbon Tax Could Bolster Economy, Cut Pollution
While noting the raising taxes is never embraced by the mainstream of US politics, a new study released by researchers at MIT on the impact of a national carbon tax claims that such a scheme could be...
View ArticleOhio’s Jon Husted, the New Bad Boy on the Voting Rights Block
From: Voting Rights Watch 2012 Voting Rights Watch 2012 In a state already plagued by voting problems, the secretary of state is working hard to close, rather than open access to the polls.
View ArticleSecret Election Money Unleashed
The Nation Since Citizens United, corporations and foreign entities can spend unlimited undisclosed funds on elections. Here's what it looks like.
View ArticleJohn Nichols: Paul Ryan’s ‘Major Deceptions’
From: Nation in the News Nation in the News "Facts" from the acceptance speech of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan crumble under scrutiny.
View ArticleAnatomy of a Meme: #Eastwooding
From: Ilyse Hogue Ilyse Hogue It requires a perfect alignment of many cultural stars to create a meme, and last night at the RNC, Clint Eastwood gave us just that.
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s Labor Day Promise to American Workers: Candy and a Sports Schedule
From: John Nichols John Nichols On Labor Day, 2001, the congressman was asked what he would do to help the unemployed. He replied, “C’mon, we’re all here to have a good time.”
View ArticleAhead of DNC, Protesters Put Spotlight on ‘Corporate Greed’
Hundreds of people in Charlotte took to the streets on Sunday to voice their discontent with corporate dominion over US politics and called for a renewed challenge to the Democrats ahead of their...
View ArticleDNC Offers Obama Opportunity to Show Who the Real Reformer Is
From: John Nichols John Nichols The president's association of himself movement to amend the constitution to overturn Citizens United is a big deal. But will he use Charlotte to position as the 2012...
View ArticleStill Dreaming Ted Kennedy’s Dream
From: John Nichols John Nichols DNC electrified by a speaker who was not there, but who crushed Mitt Romney in a debate.
View ArticleA People’s Platform for the Democratic Party: Our Readers Respond
The Nation We asked our readers what they would add to the Democratic Party platform. From alternative energy to the right to vote, here's what they told us
View ArticleBen Dimiero & Eric Hananoki: A Brief History Of Conservative Anger At...
The GOP civil war continues to intensify, with numerous prominent conservative media figures lashing out at Karl Rove in recent days over vehement disagreements about the direction of the party. This...
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