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The final defeat of backlash politics
Michael Lind
The right's hopes of overturning the 1930s and the 1960s have been doomed by cultural and demographic change
Still want to fight a war on women?
Irin Carmon
Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin win; Akin and Mourdock are defeated. But it's no time for women to be complacent
Congress: A big night for women
Associated Press
Republicans hold the House, but Democrats sweep the hot Senate races in Massachusetts, Virginia and Wisconsin
American politics go tribal
Tom Jacobs
When did our very identities become inextricably bound to our political parties? A political scientist explains
Another year of the woman
Irin Carmon
A record number of women running includes progressive stalwarts and a handful of right-wing wild cards
Can a court order an abortion?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A judge and the parents of a pregnant mentally disabled woman battle over their daughter's womb
Religion scholar Mark Silk: “Catholics always go with the winner”
Ben Feuerherd
A religious scholar explains what drives the nation's largest -- and most complicated -- swing-voting bloc
Romney’s pitiful last-ditch plea to women
Adele M. Stan
The GOP candidate spent his last day on the campaign trail wooing the women voters of Virginia with outright lies
Embattled antiabortion forces hope to pull it out for Romney
Irin Carmon
Abortion opponents have had a lousy campaign, but they think they might be able to deliver Romney a key swing state
The hatred’s mutual
Robert Reich
On the eve of the election, party vitriol has reached a fever pitch. Is this normal, or is America at civil war?
Obama’s white working class firewall
Joan Walsh
The president is spending his last campaign day in Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin -- states he was losing just a year ago
Mitt’s religious rant goes viral
Zachary Bell
Romney's blustering defense of his faith shows the candidate's temper
Control of Senate could come down to Maine’s King
Andrew Miga
Angus King, an independent candidate in Maine, won't say which party he'll side with if elected to the Senate
How to choose a president
David Sirota
A guide to making a responsible -- or at least vaguely logical -- decision when neither candidate inspires
Three key Democratic takeaways from Election 2012
Robert Reich
Regardless of who wins, Democrats should take these lessons to heart if they want to shape America's future
Misogyny will cost the GOP
Irin Carmon
Loose talk on women's issues like abortion and birth control isn't helping Republicans -- especially in the Senate
Akin and Mourdock double down on rape talk
Mary Elizabeth Williams
As the election draws near, two candidates deploy women to preach their disturbing antiabortion message
Why Bloomberg backs Obama
Joan Walsh
After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg pledges to support the president
Memo to Republican men: Please shut up about rape
Zerlina
Congressional hopeful John Koster's just the latest to humiliate himself. Why can't they quit while they're behind?
Romney or Obama and the Supreme Court: Does it even matter?
David Sirota
A Romney presidency isn't an automatic judicial disaster. Not if Democrats get principled and oppose his nominees
Akin defended militias in wake of Oklahoma City bombing
Alex Seitz-Wald
The GOPer said the violent movement had "a lot of potential for good" three weeks after the Oklahoma City bombing
GOP House candidate has an opinion on “the rape thing”
Jillian Rayfield
Another day, another Republican questions the rape exception for abortion
Ryan has more in common with Akin than you think
Roxana Badin
Don't be fooled by his carefully worded responses to abortion questions on the campaign trail. He's a true radical
Romney’s latest abortion U-turn
Irin Carmon
A top surrogate shifts the GOP candidate's position on Roe -- again
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