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Don’t say “climate change”
Sally Kohn
Even as a hurricane threatens Republicans' party, you'd be hard pressed to find one who recognizes global warming
Republican National Convention: Heart of whiteness
Thomas Schaller
Once again, the GOP will make a big show of its minority politicians while trying to mobilize its white, male base
Ron Paul’s rowdy sideshow
Michael Tracey
Largely shut out from the main convention, Ron Paul's fans threw their own party -- and conspiracy was in the air
Where the gender gap was born
Steve Kornacki
The origins of the GOP's war on women can be traced back to the summer of 1980
A short history of the phony political convention
Andrew O'Hehir
The GOP's phony living-room stage is the latest twist in a history of carefully crafted, content-free spectacle
Barack’s lottery winners
Michael Shaw
Are these dinners an opportunity for Obama to connect to his voters or a chance to spin his image as a populist?
America’s poor: Out of sight, out of mind
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Neither candidate seems to be paying much attention to the country's lowest economic bracket
Romney mines personal data to target donors
Jack Gillum
A small Texas firm tracks credit card transactions, church attendance and more to identify potential big spenders
Corporate America’s newest union insult
David Sirota
A string of new ads subtly suggests workers don't need solidarity to get ahead
Mitt Romney: I can’t, I’m Mormon!
Alex Seitz-Wald
Romney has a new lousy excuse for not releasing his tax returns
Is white pessimism all about race?
Joan Walsh
White middle-class folks are less optimistic than any other group. Maybe they have non-racial reasons to be
What’s next for gay marriage?
Paul Waldman
On Election Day, three states are slated to consider allowing same-sex nuptials
What liberal Hollywood?
Erik Lundegaard
A New York magazine story proposes a vast left-wing conspiracy at the movies. It's as fanciful as celluloid itself
Thomas Frank: Obama’s squandered hope
David Daley
In a dramatic essay, Thomas Frank blames Obama's conciliatory nature for a first term that looked like Bush's third
Nonprofits’ “public welfare” ruse
Kim Barker
Super PACs aren't the only organizations spending massive quantities of money to swing the election
Is Christianity pro-choice?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
It's not a religious contradiction to support choice. And the men who think they know better aren't God
When Paul Ryan told the truth
Joan Walsh
Republicans used to acknowledge government's role in growing the economy -- even Paul Ryan. So what changed?
Seven ways Republicans adopt slavery rhetoric
Adele M. Stan
Joe Biden slipped in his "chains" claim, but the GOP routinely uses the theme of slavery to scare its white base
Can Todd Akin still win?
Steve Kornacki
His "legitimate rape" comments are ignorant and inflammatory -- but maybe not politically fatal
Assange to Obama: End Wikileaks “witch hunt”
David Stringer
The Wikileaks founder suggests Bradley Manning is a political prisoner and calls for end to war on whistle-blowers
Joe Biden: The “practically perfect” vice president
Jonathan Bernstein
Ignore the right-wing outrage: Barack Obama couldn't have found a better vice president than Joe Biden
Are Biden’s gaffes secretly brilliant?
Russ Baker
Whether deliberate or unintentional, Biden's verbal bombs may not be as terrible as we make them out to be
Pussy Riot members sentenced to two years in prison
Nataliya Vasilyeva
Friday's sentence comes amid a wave of protests around the world in support of the feminist rockers
White and whiter
Joan Walsh
The Romney-Ryan ticket represents the GOP's gamble that its shrinking monochrome base can win one more election
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