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“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”: An Oscar-worthy historical fable
Andrew O'Hehir
Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey shine in a clunky but powerful yarn about race and American history
Republicans can’t turn off the climate science crazy
Brian Beutler
Asking folks like Jim Inhofe not to dispute climate science is like asking the scorpion not to sting the frog
Meet the other Koch Brother, William
Michael Beckel
He used to be known as a political moderate. Not any more
Donald Trump: Cruz would “have to explain” his citizenship if he runs for president
Daniel D'Addario
"Maybe he’s got a good answer — and maybe he doesn’t," he tells Salon
GOP’s rodeo of racism blows up
Joan Walsh
Anti-Obama ugliness resurges as birther-in-chief Donald Trump joins top Republicans in Iowa. Coincidence?
Richard Dawkins does it again: New Atheism’s Islamophobia problem
Nathan Lean
Richard Dawkins goes on another ignorant Twitter rampage. The ugly underbelly of his worldview is anti-Muslim hate
The Tea Party’s paranoid aesthetic
Kim Messick
To understand the powerful appeal of the movement to many of its adherents, a narrative history is first required
NSA loophole allows warrantless surveillance, targeting U.S. citizens
Natasha Lennard
Despite claims that Americans are not spied on, a back door enables the agency to search individuals' emails, calls
JPMorgan faces criminal and civil investigations
DOMINIC RUSHE
The US Attorney's office has concluded that the bank illegally sold mortgage-backed securities from 2005 to 2007
Lee Daniels: “Any white man can kill a black man and get away with it”
Daniel D'Addario
The director of "The Butler," and stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, and Forest Whitaker, talk race and film
Ted Cruz says he emulated Obama
Jillian Rayfield
The Texas Republican based his Senate campaign on the president's in 2008
Obama once fought to limit mass surveillance
Kara Brandeisky
Just five years ago, a pre-POTUS Obama supported the kind of data collection reform measures he recently condemned
Rand Paul’s shocking racial blind spot
Alex Seitz-Wald
The senator's refusal to confront the ugly parts of his base is why he'll never be able to expand beyond it
Lena Dunham wasn’t able to vote for candidate she endorsed
Daniel D'Addario
The "Girls" star endorses Stringer in a Democratic primary -- one in which hadn't been registered to vote [Updated]
Obama snubs Putin, cites Snowden asylum
Associated Press
The president accused Putin of slipping into a "Cold War mentality"
Dan Balz: “Being in power doesn’t mean you have real power”
Alex Halperin
The Washington Post's politics guru looks back on 2012, ahead to 2016, and explains why he isn't in "This Town"
Mitt Romney warns Republicans against government shutdown
Steve Peoples
"We need to exercise great care about any talk of shutting down government"
Will Bezos’ Washington Post be a mouthpiece?
Jonathan D. Salant
Amazon's ranking among the country's highest spending lobby groups could create ethical conflicts
Mitch McConnell gets barbecued: Politics at its weirdest, Kentucky-style
Brian Weinberg
Behind the scenes at Fancy Farm, the Kentucky picnic that might be the oddest day in American politics
Ka-ching we can believe in
Joan Walsh
As Obama staffers get rich pushing corporations and conservative politicians, cynicism about politics soars
Florida lawmakers will review “Stand Your Ground” law
Jillian Rayfield
Republican leadership in the state legislature announced that it will hold hearings on the law this fall
Give Manning and Snowden the Nobel Peace Prize
Andrew O'Hehir
If the Nobel committee had any guts, it would honor America's leakers and deliver a smackdown to the security state
All the pundits are wrong
Jonathan Bernstein
Conventional wisdom says the GOP has a grip on the House, but can't win the White House. Here's why both are wrong
Meet the Bush-loving, military women-fearing, likely new senator
Jillian Rayfield
Rep. Tom Cotton once argued against women serving in the infantry because their "nature" could "impair" the mission
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