Politics

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

The GOP Goes All-In on the Tea Party

A tight Tea Party race in Indiana--and the Akin uproar--could determine control of the Senate.

Theo Anderson

How To Succeed in Business Without Adding Value

Private equity firms claim they help create jobs and improve businesses, but that is not the whole truth

David Moberg

Who Is Paul Ryan?

The media's image of Romney's running mate doesn't mesh with reality

David Sirota

Paul Ryan’s High Threshold for Hometown Pain

How the vice-presidential nominee has gotten away with policies devastating his Wisconsin district

Roger Bybee

Representative Democracy, Heal Thyself

Is an antidote to Citizens United within our reach?

Bhaskar Sunkara

Déjà Coup All Over Again

The U.S. is silent as Paraguay follows in the steps of Honduras

Jeremy Kryt

The Bain Legacy

Will Mitt Romney’s job-destroying past be our future?

David Moberg

GOP Time Travelers and Other Hucksters

The misguided semantics paving the way to November's election

Chris Lehmann