Politics

‘Going Nuclear’ on Class

The Democrats’ working-class disconnect.

David Moberg

Ryan Shrugged

Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan can't shake his Randian roots.

Chris Lehmann

Splintering the 99%

Romney and Ryan descend to race-baiting.

Louis Nayman

Drug Dealers Protecting Their Turf

Alcohol peddlers are fighting marijuana reform to keep out the competition.

David Sirota

Winning in 2012

Wooing the volatile, mistrustful, anti-political — but crucial — Independent vote

Vic Fingerhut

Romney, Ryan, GOP Demand Obama Stop Strengthening Welfare-to-Work

Republicans flip-flop on welfare-to-work, challenging efforts by Obama to help states find jobs for welfare recipients.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

A Good Ole Boys’ Family Feud

As Romney sinks, Republicans turn on each other, and the 'Southern strategy' implodes at last.

Theo Anderson

The Right-Wing Machine Behind ‘School Choice’

Think public-school teachers are bad and vouchers are good? You may be prey to a well-funded stealth campaign.

Rachel Tabachnick

The Democrats’ Missed Opportunity

In failing to link immigrant rights and women's rights, DNC speakers overlooked how injustices interlock

Michelle Chen

Discussing the DNC

Bhaskar Sunkara

Yes, GOP, ‘We Built It.’ But Not Alone.

The Republican Convention's theme implies--wrongly--that entrepreneurs don't rely on public help.

Marilyn Katz

Enough With the Rape Gaffes

Bizarre rape remarks by prominent Republicans are distracting from the fundamental reasons to defend abortion

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

The GOP Parties Like It’s 1984

The script of the Republican National Convention reads like a Rambo reboot, with Democrats as the villains.

Theo Anderson

The Rich Really Are Different

Silver-spooners like Romney and Ryan have never experienced real fiscal insecurity--and their policies reflect it

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

At 35,000-Member Rally, AFL-CIO Attempts the Herculean

With rank-and-filers outraged over the DNC being held in anti-union North Carolina, the AFL-CIO makes an uphill case for Obama

Mike Elk

Whose Election Is This Anyway?

It’s not about Obama or Romney. It’s about us.

Marilyn Katz

GOP Land Grab

To Romney and others in his party, all public assets look ripe for privatization

Joel Bleifuss

‘Outsourced’ Workers Chase Elusive ‘Romney Hood’

After Bain moved their jobs to China, three auto-parts workers are knocking on Romney's door

David Moberg