Politics

The GOP’s Year of Magical Thinking

Now that the election charade is over, will the party accept reality?

Theo Anderson

Robin Hood Goes To Capitol Hill

Will Congress get serious about taxing financial transactions?

Sarah Cobarrubias

Voting for Obama with No Illusions

Four reasons to keep Obama in the White House and Romney out.

Achy Obejas

How Obama Redefined America

Barack Obama has changed America in word, if not in deed.

John K. Wilson

The Threat of a Stolen Election

With the use of paperless voting machines in 31 states, recounts become impossible.

George Kenney

A Republican’s Rare Chance to Be a Real Leader

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie could revolutionize his party by acknowledging a simple scientific truth.

David Sirota

Political Parties Are Basically Bank Accounts

The flood of Wall Street money to campaigns is a threat to democracy, says one political science professor.

Sebastian Meyer

A Third-Party Breakthrough

The Working Families Party tips a race in upstate New York.

Theo Anderson

The Ice Man, Radioactive

Harold Simmons: the GOP’s $50 million man.

Greg Palast

Our Political Pravda

With the election approaching, Americans are being spun like pinwheels, and media fact-checkers are struggling to keep up.

Kenneth Rapoza

Progressive Star of Texas

Beto O'Rourke is on his way to shake up Congress.

Theo Anderson

Karen Lewis Drops Knowledge

The Chicago Teachers Union president has the formula for change.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

The Blue-Green Jobs That Romney Ignores

The Clean Water Act puts the lie to Mitt Romney's refrain that the government doesn't create jobs.

David Moberg

Fighting Voter Suppression

The battle for a basic civil right continues to rage.

Brentin Mock

Frances Fox Piven: For the Welfare of All

The Left needs to proudly support social welfare.

Frances Fox Piven

Rich Deserts

Our new cult of money ensures that breeding shall evermore speak to breeding.

Chris Lehmann

Two Old Names, One Lesson About Money

Forget Romney and Obama--what Brewster and Perot can teach us about campaign finance.

David Sirota

Green Party’s Jill Stein Gets Arrested While Obama and Romney Debate

Eric Murphy