By Karen McVeigh, Guardian UK
Americans United for Life campaign to undo on a state-by-state basis the legal rights to abortion enshrined in Roe v. Wade.
Limits on the legal right to abortion are sweeping through legislatures across the United … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Quick quiz: What’s a good five-letter description of Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, that ends in “y”?
The obvious choice is, of course, “bully.” But as a recent debate over the state’s budget reveals, … Read more »
By Hiroko Tabuchi, Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times
What passes for normal at the Fukushima Daiichi plant today would have caused shudders among even the most sanguine of experts before an earthquake and tsunami set off the world’s … Read more »
By Lincoln Caplan. New York Times.
The Supreme Court is expected to respond in June to a Montana Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s Corrupt Practices Act, which bans corporations from making political expenditures from their general treasuries.
American Tradition … Read more »
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Newspapers
The federal reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act has fallen victim to political bickering, with the House of Representatives and the Senate refusing even to consider the versions passed by each other.
Idaho Republican … Read more »
By Paul Krugman
Sometimes it’s hard to explain why we need strong financial regulation — especially in an era saturated with pro-business, pro-market propaganda. So we should always be grateful when someone makes the case for regulation more compelling and … Read more »
The New York Times.
Racial discrimination in voting is “one of the gravest evils that Congress can seek to redress,” Judge David Tatel wrote in a crucial ruling on Friday upholding the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.
In extending … Read more »
The Campaign Against Women
Despite the persistent gender gap in opinion polls and mounting criticism of their hostility to women’s rights, Republicans are not backing off their assault on women’s equality and well-being. New laws in some states could mean … Read more »
By Gary Younge, Guardian UK
Intransigent, extremist, uncompromising … the Republican party should be a basket case. Instead, it has a winning strategy.
In exit polls during the Republican primaries, voters were given four choices about what they believed to … Read more »
By Matt Gouras, Associated Press
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.… Read more »
